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Angelina Jolie and the fate of breast cancer genes
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk of getting breast cancer struck a chord with fellow celebs as well as with Los Angeles Times staffers Anna Gorman and Paul Whitefield,...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Mastectomy, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, The New York Times
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Editorial: Why did the IRS muscle the right?
Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups startles many Americans because such abuses are rare but consequential: When the House Judiciary Committee approved Articles of Impeachment on a momentous Saturday night in July 1974, one of the...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush, Internal Revenue Service
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Senior tax officials knew of extra Tea Party scrutiny
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Higher-level Internal Revenue Service officials took part in discussions as far back as August 2011 about targeting by lower-level tax agents of "Tea Party" and other conservative groups, according to documents reviewed by Reuters...Tags: Barack Obama, Fox News Channel (tv network), U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
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US STOCKS-Futures tick lower as investors look for catalysts
Reuters* Investors pause with S&P up more than 14 percent this year * Tesla Motors jumps in premarket, extending recent gains * U.S. shares of Nokia drop after unveiling new phone * Indexes down: Dow 27 pts, S&P 1.9 pt, Nasdaq 2.75 pts By Ryan Vlastelica...Tags: Stock Market, Earnings, Federal Reserve, NASDAQ, Credit Ratings
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Senior U.S. tax officials knew of extra Tea Party scrutiny -documents
ReutersBy Kim Dixon and Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Higher-level U.S. Internal Revenue Service officials took part in discussions as far back as August 2011 about targeting by lower-level tax agents of "Tea Party" and other conservative...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Internal Revenue Service, Labor Legislation, Taxation
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IRS kept shifting targets in tax-exempt groups scrutiny: report
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - When tax agents started singling out non-profit groups for extra scrutiny in 2010, they looked at first only for key words such as 'Tea Party,' but later they focused on criticisms by groups of "how the country is being run,"...Tags: Politics, Government Debt, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, Taxation
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Jerry Brown files notice to appeal prison ruling to Supreme Court
Gov. Jerry Brown has, as promised, filed legal papers to appeal federal court orders to reduce the state's prison population with the U.S. Supreme Court. [Updated 4:40 p.m. May 13: The brief notice of appeal, filed Monday afternoon, simply states that a...Tags: Jerry Brown, Lawyers, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Supreme Court passes on stock index option suit
ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not take up the dispute over CBOE Holdings Inc.'s copyright on Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average index options. CBOE has fought for years to prevent its rival, the...Tags: CME Group Inc., Stock Market, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stock Activities
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U.S. justices rule for Monsanto in patent fight
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Indiana farmer violated giant agribusiness company Monsanto Co's patent for a type of soybean. In a case closely watched by the biotechnology industry, the court agreed...Tags: Biotechnology, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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High court rules Ind. farmer violated Monsanto soybean patent
ReutersThe U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of a Monsanto Co.'s soybean patent. In the case, closely watched by the biotechnology industry, the court agreed unanimously with Monsanto that Vernon Bowman, 75, an Indiana grain farmer, had performed...Tags: Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry, Science and Technology
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CBOE keeps index franchise as justices stay out of dispute
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - CBOE Holdings Inc won a long-running legal battle to prevent rival International Securities Exchange from listing options on two key U.S. stock-market indexes, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider their...Tags: Stock Market, McGraw-Hill Incorporated, Joint Ventures, Marketing, Chicago Board Options Exchange
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