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Personal Finance IRS offers free tax webinar Thursday for small business owners

National Small Business Week , the IRS is offering a free online tax webinar on Thursday for small business owners. The 1-hour workshop, "Avoiding the Top Tax Mistakes that Small Businesses Make," will cover common errors made on business taxes; reliable strategies for recordkeeping; how to choose a tax preparer and other topics. It starts at 11 a.m. and includes a live Q&A ...
Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally

Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...
LA to give every student an iPad $30M order

The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads as the first part of a multi-year commitment. It found that the iPad was the least expensive option that met its specifications. The initial order is for more than 31,000 iPads, Apple said. The Los Angeles Unified School District has more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. ...
Teen Suspect In Davis Couple Slaying To Make First Court Appearance

DAVIS (CBS13) – The 16-year-old accused in the stabbing death of an elderly Davis couple is headed to court for the first time ...
South Sacramento Park Finally Opens After 15 Years

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – The south Sacramento project was more than a decade in the making, and it finally received a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday. The ground breaking ceremony took place a year ago. But the hip-high weeds are long gone as Franklin Boyce Community Park celebrated its opening. ';It’s wonderful; it doesn’t look like a fire hazard waiting to happen,'; ...

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Casino Royale [DVD]

It seems that, each time I write about a new James Bond film, I feel compelled to quote something I wrote about the previous one. So as not to break precedent, I will offer this compelling nugget I wrote about Die Another Day (2002), the last film to star Pierce Brosnan as H ... ...

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Manteca man accused of kidnapping torturing young girl

MANTECA, Calif. - A Manteca man was arrested Saturday in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a young girl. The juvenile, missing since June 11, texted her mother on June 15 to inform her she was being held against her will at her ex-boyfriend's house, said Manteca Police Sergeant Jodie Estarziau. According to Estarziau, police responded to the 400 block of Cowell Ave. at ...
Detectives Hope to ID Person of Interest in Serial Flashing Case

Police say this man is a person of interest in a serial flasher investigation. SACRAMENTO- Sacramento Police detectives have released a photo of a man seen near where a recent flashing incident happened in the city’s Pocket neighborhood. There have been several reports of flashing in that neighborhood, with the most recent being June 4. Police say a man reportedly exposed himself to a ...
Kim Kardashian’s Push Gift

Jillian Barberie gives Paul Robins and Sabrina Rodriguez a preview of what to expect on The Hollywood Mix tonight- from the burlesque beauty Dita Von Teese to Kanye West’s gift to Kim Kardashian and their new baby ...
Brazilian Protesters to Take a Break as More Security Hits the Streets

After a chorus of cries for social justice echoed through the streets of Brazil for days, protesters called for a time out Wednesday. Despite the anticipated lull in street marches, the government will beef up security with the deployment of elite police officers and firefighters. The protests, which started over a hike in bus fares, have had some effect. A handful of states have passed laws ...
Girl Power Local Girls Launch Fashion Trend

Two local sisters, Elaine and Melina Pappas have launched Flapys- a fashion tag accessory that you can wear on shoes, backpack, luggage, key chain, etc. A portion of the proceeds are donated to charities dedicated to ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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US immigration bill clears key senate hurdle

As a major immigration bill that would give over 11 million people, including some 260,000 Indians, living illegally in America a path to citizenship, it received a full endorsement from President Barack Obama.

"If you're serious about actually fixing the system, then this is the vehicle to do it," he said Tuesday at the White House, flanked by immigration reform supporters, hours before a strong Senate majority voted to open debate on it.

"If you're not serious about it, if you think that a broken system is the best America can do, then I guess it might make sense to try to block it," he said referring to the bill drafted by a bipartisan "gang of eight", four Democrats and four Republicans.

"But if you're actually serious and sincere about fixing a broken immigration system, this is the vehicle to do it," he said flanked among others by young undocumented students and the US Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, Tom Donohue.

"This bill isn't perfect, it's a compromise," Obama said. "And going forward, nobody is going to get everything they want. Not Democrats, not Republicans, not me. But this is a bill that's largely consistent with the principles that I and the people on this stage have laid out for common-sense reform. ...