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7 Tax Rules to Know if You Give or Receive Cash 01/04/2024 07:00pm • Whether you receive cash tips as part of your job in the gig economy or are giving a cash gift to a relative, you need to know when and how to report that money to the IRS. There are different rules and reporting requirements depending on whether cash is income or a gift, how much money changes hand 'Fat Leonard' seeks new attorneys ahead of sentencing in Navy bribery case, causing another delay 01/04/2024 03:59pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� Defense contractor Leonard ���Fat Leonard��� Francis, who fled to South America weeks before he was scheduled to be sentenced in one of the biggest bribery schemes in U.S. military history, said Thursday that he wants new attorneys now that he is back in U.S. custody after a Venez Important Dates to Mark on Your Financial Calendar 01/02/2024 07:00pm • A lot of people make New Year's money resolutions. If one of yours is to stay on top of your finances, a calendar can be a big help. Aside from having the money to pay bills, much of staying organized with your finances means keeping track of dates, so pull out your digital or paper calendar and add Burning Man survived a muddy quagmire. Will the experiment last 30 more years? 01/02/2024 06:25pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� The blank canvas of desert wilderness in northern Nevada seemed the perfect place in 1992 for artistic anarchists to relocate their annual burning of a towering, anonymous effigy. It was goodbye to San Francisco���s Baker Beach, hello to the Nevada playa, the long-ago floor of an Cause still undetermined for house fire that left 5 children dead in Arizona, authorities say 01/02/2024 04:58pm • BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. (AP) ��� The cause of a house fire in northwestern Arizona that left five children dead last month is still unknown and could take months to determine, authorities said Tuesday. Bullhead City police said the analysis of the fire debris is being conducted in a federal laboratory Taylor Swift's new romance, debt-erasing gifts and the eclipse are among most joyous moments of 2023 01/02/2024 12:27pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� A romance that united sports and music fans, a celestial wonder that drew millions of eyes skyward and a spiritual homecoming for some Native American tribes were just some of the moments that inspired us and brought joy in 2023. In a year that saw multiple wars, deadly mas The year in review: Influential people who died in 2023 12/31/2023 06:30pm • Yevgeny Prigozhin rose from being an ex-con and hot dog vendor to winning lucrative Kremlin contracts and heading a formidable mercenary army. But it all came to a sudden end when the private plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded over Russia. Prigozhin's Aug. 23 death put an exclamatio Shecky Greene, legendary standup comic, improv master and lord of Las Vegas, dies at 97 12/31/2023 01:59pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las Vegas lounge headliner and was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest standup acts of his generation, has died. He was 97. His widow, Marie Musso Green, told the Las Ve Wolves dominate Everton for their biggest home win in EPL 12/30/2023 12:34pm • WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) ��� Captain Max Kilman's first goal in two years inspired Wolves to a dominant win over struggling Everton by 3-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday. The defender's opener was followed by Matheus Cunha's tap in and Craig Dawson's strike at Molineux. Wolves celebrat Thompson's 32 saves helps Golden Knights end 4-game skid with 3-2 win over the Kings 12/29/2023 01:55am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Logan Thompson made 32 saves, bouncing back from a shaky performance, and the Vegas Golden Knights stopped a four-game slide by holding off the Los Angeles Kings for a 3-2 victory Thursday night. Jack Eichel, Michael Amadio and William Karlsson scored for Vegas ��� all in the firs How you can cash in on those unwanted gift cards 12/27/2023 08:15pm • Tis the season for returns and exchanges. Just when you thought those stocking stuffers would go to waste this holiday season, experts share details on how you can get the cash for those unwanted gift cards. "There are a number of websites that are out there that will take your gift card,"��Edgar WTOP's Book Report: Don't-miss books of 2023 12/27/2023 12:12am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King.��Read more of that coverage.�� In 2023, WTOP's Book Report series took us many places. We've conversed with a law professor about the complicated history of police lawsuits, chatted with a journalist about t The secret life of gift cards: Here's what happens to the billions that go unspent each year 12/26/2023 07:55am • Gift cards make great stocking stuffers ��� just as long as you don't stuff them in a drawer and forget about them after the holidays. Americans are expected to spend nearly $30 billion on gift cards this holiday season, according to the National Retail Federation. Restaurant gift cards are the most Lamar Jackson leads the Ravens past the 49ers 33-19 in a showdown of the top 2 teams 12/26/2023 12:41am • SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) ��� If the rare late-season matchup between the top teams in the NFL was a statement game, Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens delivered a loud one to the rest of the league. Jackson threw two touchdown passes in a span of 18 seconds in the third quarter and the Ravens Ways to Find Unclaimed Money 12/25/2023 07:00pm • If your idea of a windfall is finding money under couch cushions or a coin in a parking lot, just wait until you start looking through databases for finding lost or unclaimed money. Chances are, you'll find it more fun -- and possibly far more profitable. Banks, insurance companies and the U.S. Depa