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More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the IRS had inappropriately targeted conservative groups, President Barack Obama's spokesman disclosed Monday, expanding the circle of top officials who knew of the audit beyond those named ...
AP source: Treasury told WH of IRS disclosure plan
A Treasury official says the department told the White House twice that the IRS was preparing to make public its targeting of conservative political groups. The official said Monday that Treasury told the White House in late April about a possible speech in which IRS official Lois Lerner would make ...
Public pension employees skip Hawaii conference
Organizers of an annual conference for people who manage more than $3 trillion in public sector pension funds in the U.S. and Canada say a significant number of administrators are skipping this year's meeting in Hawaii to avoid the perception they're wasting money by heading to the island paradise. Roughly ...
Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares
Meeting Warren Buffett was exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer said winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his life. Matthew said he never expected to make the finals in Omaha, much less win the entrepreneurial contest tied to "The Secret Millionaire's ...
Mariners blow leads, lose 10-8 to Indians
After four losses, three on walk-offs by the Indians in four days, the Seattle Mariners couldn't pack their bags and get to the airport fast enough. "Glad to leave," closer Tom Wilhelmsen said. "Glad to leave Cleveland." Talk about lost weekends. Despite hitting homers in the eighth, ninth and 10th ...
Testing starts at ex-park near Ohio cancer cluster
Whirlpool Corp. began soil and water testing Monday at a former park in a northern Ohio area where cancer has sickened dozens of children for more than a decade. The Benton Harbor, Mich.-based appliance manufacturer has a washing machine factory in the town of Clyde and once owned the nearby ...
Indians rally to beat Mariners 10-8
Chris Perez was stunned, surprised and shocked. And he was hardly alone. The Cleveland Indians somehow pulled out a game they had no business winning. "Best game I've ever been a part of," said Perez. "It was the craziest, most fun ... obviously, it stunk to give up a home ...
Ohio trial postponed for husband in ICU shooting
A schedule conflict has delayed the trial of an Ohio man charged with shooting his wife of 45 years in a hospital intensive care unit in what may have been a mercy killing. The prosecutor's office says the judge is involved in another trial, so Monday's start of the aggravated ...
Chinese 14-year-old will tee it up in Memorial
Guan Tianlang, the 14-year-old Chinese amateur who made history at Augusta National, is bringing his game to Jack Nicklaus' backyard. Guan, who last month became the youngest player to make the cut in a major championship when he finished 58th at the Masters, has accepted an exemption to play at ...
Indians blank Mariners 6-0
Cy Young himself wouldn't want to mess with the Indians right now. Justin Masterson struck out a season-high 11 in seven shutout innings and Michael Brantley hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs off Felix Hernandez as Cleveland toppled yet another former Cy Young Award winner on Sunday ...
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