For nearly 40 years, San Diego State University accounting students have offered complimentary state and federal income tax assistance to California residents through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Trained by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SDSU students enrolled in
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When the plane engine blew up and the oxygen masks rained down, there was only one thought that dominated Marty Martinez's mind: sending a goodbye message to his parents. “I had no reason to be hopeful,” said Martinez. People were screaming. A window was smashed out by engine debris.
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The system outages at the Internal Revenue System on Tax Day (Tax Day!) will undoubtedly be the source of much outrage over the next several days – but that outrage will likely miss the point that, properly exploited, these outages could provide the impetus to make things radically better. Last-minute
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In the run-up to the 2016 campaign, Republicans were told that they had to adjust to demographic change if they were to have a future. They even said it to themselves. The Republican National Committee produced an “autopsy” after Mitt Romney's 2012 defeat urging the party, among other things,
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It's likely to be the biggest financial decision of your life. Now hurry up about it. The median U.S. home took just 81 days to sell in 2017, according to a report Tuesday by Zillow Group Inc. That's nine days faster than in 2016, a new land speed record since Zillow started keeping track in 2010, and a fresh
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