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Someone Filed a False Tax Return in Your Name. What Now? 03/16/2015 08:00pm • It's not just credit and debit cards that cyber hackers are after these days. Criminals are also using stolen personal information to file fraudulent tax returns and receive tax refunds. Tax fraud has increased substantially in recent years, according to Federal Trade Commission identity theft dat Dealing death: The heroin epidemic 03/16/2015 06:18am • WASHINGTON — Worth Lancaster lost everything. His home. His job. His fiancée. All because of heroin. But he was lucky. At least he survived. Heroin is killing more people nationwide than ever before. It's cheaper and more potent. The customers are younger. The Centers for Disease Control and P 9 ways to be an incredibly likable interviewee 03/10/2015 08:00pm • If hired, will you say "hi" and "bye" most days and be friendly to both your manager and the person fixing your computer? Will you show up to team happy hours and respectfully contribute in brainstorming meetings? Will you humor us -- but not smother us -- with pleasant small talk about weeken Va. surgeon admits to writing fake prescriptions to addicts 03/09/2015 04:17pm • WASHINGTON — An Arlington, Virginia surgeon is heading to federal prison for charges of writing fake prescriptions to oxycodone addicts. FBI investigators say Dr. Derron Simon admitted to writing the painkiller prescriptions for people he'd never treated. Investigators say he pocketed thousan FBI: 'Black Hat Bandits' behind bank heists in Md., Va. 03/02/2015 06:14pm • WASHINGTON - Federal investigators believe the same group of thieves is behind a series of bank robberies in the D.C. suburbs. The group, which the FBI is calling the "Black Hat Bandits," has hit eight banks in Maryland and Virginia since Jan. 2. On Monday afternoon, the group robb VIDEO: 'SNL' skit on ISIS draws laughs, controversy 03/02/2015 01:06pm • WASHINGTON -- "Saturday Night Live" recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. But now that the show is back to its regularly scheduled program, it's stirring up controversy. On February 28th, "SNL" aired a fake ad starring Dakota Johnson ("Fifty Shades of Grey") as a young girl who says goodb 5 Vegetarian Eating Mistakes Hurting Your Health and Waistline 02/23/2015 08:00am • Cut out (or down on) meat, lose weight. And, while you're at it, protect your heart, sidestep cancer and live longer. It's a promising premise. "By reducing meat consumption, we can see improvements in our blood sugar levels blood cholesterol levels, as well as decrease our risk for heart diseas 7 apps to save money on dining out 02/17/2015 07:00pm • Whether you're heading to your favorite restaurant or fast-food joint, the cost of dining out can make a big dent in your budget. Americans spend an average $936 on lunch outside the home each year, according to a 2013 Visa survey. Dinner at a restaurant can be twice as expensive when you factor in Change in illegal man downfield rule could boost defenses 02/12/2015 10:03pm • The play still annoys many Alabama fans who are convinced it was illegal. No, not the Kick-Six that Auburn used to beat the Crimson Tide on the last play of the 2013 Iron Bowl. It was the touchdown the Tigers scored before the famous missed field goal that really burns 'Bama fans. Auburn tied the sc Jamaica extradites first lottery scam suspect to US 02/12/2015 07:21pm • KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A Jamaican man was extradited Thursday from the Caribbean island to Florida on charges that he was involved in a lottery scam ring that defrauded elderly Americans out of their retirement savings. The U.S. Justice Department identified the suspected swindler as Damion Brya Packers coach McCarthy gives up play calling job on offense 02/12/2015 06:23pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Admitting that he is "going to miss it," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Thursday that he will give up his job calling plays for Aaron Rodgers and the rest of the Green Bay offense. The decision is part of a significant shake-up on that side of the ball, where the Packers l Superstition times 3: 2015 calendar has 3 Friday the 13ths 02/12/2015 02:40pm • LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Get ready for superstition — times three. Friday is the first of three Friday the 13ths this year. Each year has at least one Friday the 13th, but there can be as many as three. 2012 was the last year with three Friday the 13ths; the next will be 2026. Here's a look a 2 big TV stars with opposite fates departing their shows 02/12/2015 07:45am • NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart and Brian Williams were mirror images of each other in an era when the nature of TV news, like the people who present it, has increasingly been muddled. And on Tuesday, the career of each of these big-time TV stars — a fake news anchor and a real one — lurche Reaction: What Jon Stewart meant to a generation 02/11/2015 09:03am • WASHINGTON -- No exaggeration. Jon Stewart will be missed more than any other TV personality of this young millennium. The longtime "Daily Show" host not only gave us a crop of new stars, from Steve Carell to Stephen Colbert and from Ed Helms to John Oliver. Not only did his opening mo The 'Dirty Dozen' Tax Scams to Avoid 02/09/2015 07:00pm • The IRS recently released its "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for the 2015 filing season, and phone calls from scammers posing as IRS agents top the list. Fake emails or phishing schemes, identity theft and tax return preparer fraud followed close behind. In fact, due to fraudulent tax returns filed