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03.18.2010
With less than a month left before income tax returns are due, stragglers will begin to feel the need to get it done already. Tax time isn't fun for anyone. Neither is it always easy trying to decide whether to do the taxes yourself or pay a professional.
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03.18.2010
In this corner, for the defense, from Pittsburgh, coroner of choice in the deaths of Elvis Presley, JonBenet Ramsey, and Vincent Foster: Cyril H. Wecht. And in the opponent's corner, for the prosecution, from New York, star of the HBO series Autopsy and expert for the congressional probes of the murders of President Kennedy and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Michael Baden.
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03.18.2010
Many millions of people will face important choices about their checking and credit card accounts in the coming months, though recently one of the biggest banks made one of the decisions for them. Bank of America shocked competitors last week when it announced it was doing away with overdraft fees for debit card purchases. Starting this summer, the bank's checking account customers who don't have enough money to cover their purchases will, in most instances, not be able to use their cards to complete the transaction. Bank of America (and many of its competitors) had often been letting the charge go through despite the lack of funds and then hitting the customer with a fee of about $30.
