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The Ocean Conservancy, a Washington D.C.-based environmental organization, released its 2012 list of trash collected during its International Coastal Cleanup. More than 10 million pounds of debris was collected globally, with more than 769,000 pounds collected in California alone. The most common items found during the cleanup: Tweet This Post
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Calvin Johnson Says He Played 2012 Season With Broken Heart
Posted by admin on May 22nd, 2013
DETROIT—Months following his record-setting 2012 campaign, Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson shocked football fans Wednesday, revealing that he played much of last season with a severely broken heart. The Onion Tweet This Post
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No Comments »Senator accuses IRS officials of withholding information in 2012 about agency practices
Posted by admin on May 21st, 2013
Two top Internal Revenue Service officials knew that the agency was using a list to scrutinize applications for tax-exempt status that included the phrase “tea party” as early as the spring of 2012, but did not tell lawmakers until this year. Former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and outgoing Commissioner Steven Miller told the Senate Finance [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 2012, about, accuses, Agency, Information, officials, practices, Senator, withholding No Comments »Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012
Posted by admin on May 17th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign. [...]
IRS: Top official first told of targeting in 2012
Posted by admin on May 13th, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service says acting IRS Commissioner Steven T. Miller was first informed in May 2012 that tea party groups were inappropriately targeted for scrutiny. Tweet This Post
This week in the war on voting: Youth vote in 2012 election slipped 6 points over 2008
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2013
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SHOCK: IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups During 2012 Election, Apologizes
Posted by admin on May 11th, 2013
• Conflicting stories • Spokeswoman says no apology issued until today because “no one asked” • No disciplinary action taken? • “I’m not good at math.” • Issa vows probe • IRS singled out groups that used words like “patriot” or “tea party” • Blames low-level staffers in Cincinnati • Top brass denied any wrongdoing [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: 2012, admits, Apologizes, Conservative, During, election, groups, shock, targeting No Comments »Drop in youth vote for Obama in 2012, study shows
Posted by admin on May 10th, 2013
Some 2.4 million young voters who supported Barack Obama in his 2008 presidential race did not vote for him in 2012, according to an analysis released Friday by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University. CIRCLE used Census data released this week combined with exit poll data [...]
