An IRS list of ten things to know about federal income tax refunds: payment by check, direct deposit or savings bonds, splitting a refund across up to three accounts with Form 8888, about six weeks for paper returns and three for e-filed ones, and how to check status.
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Jesse James checks into a rehab
A commentary on reports that Jesse James checked himself into an unspecified rehab facility over personal issues after his marriage to Sandra Bullock came under scrutiny, drawing a parallel with Tiger Woods and musing that sex, like some foods, can become addictive.
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Addicted To Your Cell? Join The Crowd!
The writer skewers constant cell phone use, from train passengers relaying an emergency announcement into their phones, to a driver and a pedestrian who nearly collided without either hanging up, to doctors waiting while a patient finishes a call.
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60 Minutes Exposes United States Financial Collapse
Mercola links to a 60 Minutes report on the Wall Street outsiders who bet against subprime mortgages and on Lehman Brothers' tactics for hiding its condition, then objects that Pfizer sponsored the segment and ran a Lipitor ad beside it.
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There are Too Many Preventable Deaths among New Moms
Mercola reports that US pregnancy-related deaths rose over the past decade to 13.3 per 100,000 births, four times the federal goal, and nearly tripled in California. He points to cesareans, now almost a third of births, along with obesity and later childbearing.
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Medications for Your Pet: 10 Questions to Ask Your Vet
The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine lists 10 questions to ask a vet about a prescribed pet medication: what it treats and for how long, how and when to give it, whether with food, how to store it, and what to do about vomited or missed doses.
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Safe and Healthy Wedding
Wedding-planning advice that treats health as part of the checklist: eat well and get at least 2.5 hours of activity a week, skip crash diets, manage stress with sleep and limits, pick smoke-free venues, place decorations to avoid falls and burns, and prepare for honeymoon travel.
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Older Drivers — Stay Safe on the Road
An average of 500 older adults are injured in crashes every day, and 4,600 were killed in 2008, with death rates climbing markedly after age 70. The piece urges drivers 65 and over to review medicines with a doctor, get yearly eye exams, plan routes and avoid distractions.
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The Price of Cheap Easter Eggs? 250,000 Hens Dead From Fire at Ohio Fresh Eggs
A fire at Ohio Fresh Eggs in Harpster killed 250,000 hens after firefighters cut power to the barns and ventilation systems to stop the flames spreading. The column notes eight employees were tending 16 barns and that the carcasses go to an animal feed processor.
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President Obama Achieves “Real and Major Reform”
Obama used his weekly radio address to call the new health care law "real and major reform," citing coverage for up to 32 million uninsured people and an end to pre-existing condition exclusions and coverage caps. Mitch McConnell vowed Republicans would repeal it.
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Taxes and Tighter Restrictions Upcoming for Indoor Tanning
A 10 percent tax on tanning salon fees takes effect July 1, 2010 under the health care law and is projected to raise $2.7 billion over a decade. An FDA panel also urged restricting tanning beds for teens under 18, which dermatologists link to skin cancer.
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NYC Unemployment Rate Dips but is Still Higher than the National Average
New York City's unemployment rate slipped from 10.4 percent in January to 10.2 percent in February, still above the 9.7 percent national rate. Analysts noted hiring in law, accounting and leisure, while the state deficit stood at $9 billion and growing.
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When did Washington, DC, receive its Japanese cherry trees?
Tokyo's mayor gave Washington its Japanese cherry trees on March 27, 1912. The National Cherry Blossom Festival, running March 27 to April 11 in 2010, marks that gift and the thousands of trees bordering the Tidal Basin.
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Casey Reinhardt Teaming with Brother Doug for New Show
Casey Reinhardt, 23, formerly of MTV's Laguna Beach, will star in a new E! reality show produced by her brother Doug, who is engaged to Paris Hilton. She also models, studies at Pepperdine, and runs the C.A.S.E.Y. Foundation for youth education.
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No Charges Filed Yet in Dairy Atrocity Seen on Nightline
Two months after Nightline aired footage of tail docking, dehorning without painkillers and workers beating cows at Willet Dairy in Cayuga County, NY, the district attorney has filed no charges, calling the conduct “not necessarily illegal” and awaiting an SPCA inquiry.
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Crazy Little Thing Called Love
A short note about Queen's song 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love,' which Freddie Mercury said he wrote on guitar in five to ten minutes and which spent five weeks at number one in the US.
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HTC EVO 4G
Sprint Nextel said it will sell HTC's Android-powered EVO 4G, running on its CDMA network and Clearwire's WiMax service. The phone has a screen 30 percent larger than the iPhone's, two cameras, a 1GHz processor and hotspot capacity for eight devices. Pricing comes at launch.
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Cynthia Shackelford Awarded $9M from Husband’s Mistress
A North Carolina jury awarded Cynthia Shackelford $5 million in compensatory and $4 million in punitive damages against Anne Lundquist under the state's alienation of affection law, after Shackelford said Lundquist broke up her 33-year marriage. The writer asks where the husband's blame went.
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