A roundup of federal money-saving resources: the FCIC's "66 Ways to Save Money" brochure, Department of Energy and Lawrence Berkeley home energy guidance, and the FTC's Money Matters site. It warns that online product listings are often paid placements.
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IRS Tax Tip 2011-17: Tax Help for Small Businesses and Self-Employed
An IRS tax tip pointing small business owners and the self-employed to the agency's Small Business and Self-Employed Tax Center, which offers forms, an EIN application, employment tax information, a virtual tax workshop, an audit guide and a video portal.
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Toddler temper-tantrums could predict legal troubles later in life.
Tracking 1,037 New Zealanders from birth to age 32, researchers linked low childhood self-control to more health problems, substance dependence, single parenthood, money trouble and criminal records. Among 500 British twin pairs the same pattern showed by age 12.
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IRS Tax Tip 2011-16: Tax Tips for Self-employed Individuals
The IRS lists six points for the self-employed: file Schedule C or C-EZ, pay self-employment tax figured on Schedule SE, deduct half of that tax, make quarterly estimated payments or risk a penalty, and deduct business expenses that are ordinary and necessary.
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Scientists reveal mechanism of hearing loss
Sheffield researchers found that a mutation in the microRNA miR-96 halts development of the inner ear's sensory hair cells in mice, arresting their maturation around birth. They suggest drugs aimed at microRNA molecules could eventually help treat hearing loss.
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Patients recovering from back surgery can get back to normal life sooner
Northwestern researchers reviewed two decades of records on 52 NFL players who had disc surgery: 80% returned, playing a median of 33 games over three years. The lead author says ordinary patients should take it easy for three months but need not fear normal life.
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Cell binding discovery potential help for skin and heart problems
Manchester researchers used chemical cross-linking to show each desmosome glue molecule binds primarily to the same type on the neighbouring skin cell, making the bond highly specific. Lead author David Garrod says the finding may also apply to the heart.
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Innovative device developed for detection
University of Houston scientists say they built a sensor from molecularly imprinted polymers, electropolymerised directly onto a gold surface and attached to a digital readout, that could detect anything from explosives to tainted milk. Lead researcher Rigoberto Advincula cites airport screening.
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Daily Tax Tip - 15: Five Important Facts about the Making Work Pay Credit
An IRS tax tip listing five facts about the Making Work Pay Credit for 2010: up to $400 for individuals and $800 for joint filers, claimed on Schedule M or the 1040-EZ worksheet, and unavailable above $95,000 in modified adjusted gross income, or $190,000 for joint filers.
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Daily Tax Tip - 13: How to Get Your Prior Year Tax Information from the IRS
The IRS offers free transcripts of tax return and tax account information for the current and past three tax years, by web, phone or mail. Online or phone requests arrive in 5 to 10 days; mailed Form 4506T or 4506T-EZ requests take about 30 days.
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Daily Tax Tip - 14: Four Tax Tips about Tip Income
The IRS reminds tipped workers that cash and non-cash tips are taxable and subject to Social Security and Medicare tax, that credit card and split tips belong in gross income, that $20 or more in a month must be reported to the employer, and that Publication 1244 helps log daily tips.
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The Best Bomb Detectors for Airports - Why Aren't We Using Them?
Mercola reports 486 full-body scanners at 78 U.S. airports, rejected in Dubai and barred for under-18s in the UK. He cites Russell Blaylock's argument that the scanners concentrate their energy on the skin, where radiation generates free radicals that damage DNA.
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Deconstructing Dean Foods: Spinning-off Organic/Namebrand Division
Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute picks apart Dean Foods' plan to spin off WhiteWave, its organic and branded division, noting the stock has lost 84 percent of its value since 2007, that CEO Greg Engels ranked last of 338 CEOs for wealth destruction, and that Danone is rumored to be circling.
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Daily tax Tip - 12: Two Tax Credits to Help Pay Higher Education Costs
The IRS explains two education credits: the American Opportunity Credit, worth up to $2,500 for each of a student's first four years and 40 percent refundable, and the Lifetime Learning Credit. Only one applies per student per year, claimed by the parent or the student but not both.
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Daily Tax Tip - 11: Let Free File do the hard work for you
IRS Free File lets taxpayers with 2010 adjusted gross income of $58,000 or less use brand-name tax software at no cost, with online fillable forms for everyone else. Users must start at irs.gov/freefile; the IRS puts user satisfaction at 98 percent.
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Annals of Internal Medicine Health Headlines
Peer storytelling improved blood pressure control among 299 African American patients; heart failure patients at high-volume hospitals had 18 percent lower death risk and $400 lower costs; the USPSTF renewed osteoporosis screening advice; and FDA approved two neurothrombectomy devices.
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Tucson Shooter Comes From Long Line of Legal Gun Owner/Murders
A column notes the NRA's silence after mass shootings and lists killers who bought their guns legally and passed background checks, from Seung-Hui Cho and Jiverly Voong to Latina Williams, who bought a .357 revolver at a pawn shop the day before her attack.
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Daily Tax Tip - 5: Top 10 Reasons to Visit the IRS Website
IRS Tax Tip 2011-05 lists reasons to use irs.gov: round-the-clock access, Free File software for those earning $58,000 or less, fillable forms for everyone else, e-file with direct deposit, and online refund status checks.
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