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UPDATE: Mishawaka businessman admits to welfare fraud, tax evasion
SOUTH BEND – The owner of Kenneth G. Rare Coins pleaded guilty Friday afternoon to welfare and bank fraud and tax evasion.
Kenneth Gaipa, 43, entered the admission of guilt to a federal judge.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010, Gaipa failed false tax...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Punishment, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Multiple Sclerosis
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State disability funds going broke, and going away
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With hundreds of thousands of wounded veterans looking for work after World War II, many states offered businesses an incentive to hire the returning heroes. They created special disability funds to help pay the tab should...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, St. Louis, Behavioral Conditions, Lawyers, World War II (1939-1945)
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Michigan shrinks safety net for poor as poverty rises
LANSING, Mich.. (AP) — Michele Shoemaker spent Wednesday packing, faced with a weekend deadline to leave the simple two-bedroom rental in Jackson where she and her 15-year-old son have lived for five years. About to be cut off from welfare and...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Government Health Care, Unemployment, Personal Income, Health Insurance
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Democrats push repeal of Defense of Marriage Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats who back gay marriage have decided now is the time to repeal a federal law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. The Democrats may satisfy their gay marriage supporters, but the bill won't get...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Dianne Feinstein, Politics, Lawyers, Gays and Lesbians
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Deep spending cuts pose a new threat to US economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Analysts say they're concerned but not panicked about the possible effects on the economy of automatic cuts if the deficit supercommittee fails to agree. David Kelly of JP Morgan Funds says "there's no doomsday scenario in...Tags: Washington, DC, Federal Reserve
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Police: South Bend man tried to use son's ID at blood bank
SOUTH BEND — He had already been banned from the blood bank for being unruly, police said. When a South Bend man presented his son’s Social Security number as identification in an attempt to give blood Monday afternoon, he was arrested....Tags: Charity, Politics, Interior Policy, Blood, Human Body
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Illegal alien probe nets two arrests in St. Joseph County
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — Federal prosecutors have charged two men with helping illegal aliens fraudulently obtain vehicle registrations and license plates from the Mishawaka Bureau of Motor Vehicles branch. Ramon Garcia, 38, of South Bend, and Paulino...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Crimes, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice
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Michigan grandmother faces prison in Social Security fraud
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit woman claims a Social Security fraud that authorities say brought in nearly $120,000 was done because she needed money to raise her grandchildren. The Detroit Free Press reports that 67-year-old Mary Alice Austin faces...Tags: Politics, Lawyers, Crimes, Wages and Pensions, Crime, Law and Justice
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Medicare rise could mean no Social Security COLA
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says next year should see the first Social Security cost of living increase since 2009. But for most beneficiaries, rising Medicare premiums threaten to wipe out any increase in payments. About 45 million people...Tags: Government Health Care, Washington, DC, Wages and Pensions, Medicare, Health
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Indiana judge rules in favor of illegal immigrants' kids
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge says Indiana can't require illegal immigrants to provide Social Security numbers to establish paternity for their children who are born in the U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in Indianapolis issued a...Tags: Migration, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Social Security fund will be drained by 2037
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security fund is on track to run out of money by 2037. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office calculates that this year alone Social Security will collect $45 billion less in payroll taxes than it pays out in...Tags: Washington, DC, Unemployment Benefits, Wages and Pensions, Human Interest, Career and Workplace
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No stemming red ink: Federal deficit to hit $1.5T
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from slowing, the government's deficit spending will surge to a record $1.5 trillion flood of red ink this year, congressional budget experts estimated Wednesday, blaming the slow economic recovery and last month's tax-cut law....Tags: Unemployment, Democratic Party, Politics, Labor Markets, National Government
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