IRS tax claim disputed by Columbia/HCA over reserve deductions
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp filed a protest with the US Tax Court challenging a $267 million IRS demand for 1993 and 1994 taxes tied to reserve funds used to cover Medicare claims. Auditors question deductions while the firm calls them routine and says mergers created differing tax formulas.
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Washington
Medicare
Columbia
HCA Healthcare Corp
USA
Internal Revenue — Service
HCA
Jeff Prescott
Prescott
Columbia Hca
Columbia/HCA
ACLU monitors new airport screening system rollout
The FAA will phase in a computerized travel history and criminal records screening to decide on further bag checks. ACLU and civil liberties groups warn the system may disproportionately target certain ethnic groups, while officials defend it as tightening aviation security.
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Washington
American Civil Liberties Unions
Federal Aviation Administration
Sam Husseini
American- Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
ACLU
Department of ‘Transportation
Gregory Nojeim
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
FAA
Carol Hallett
The
Air Transport Association
Charities Benefit as Donors Embrace Stock and More
The article notes the rise in charitable giving as donors use stock donations to avoid capital gains taxes and other gifts such as cars and real estate. Red Cross and United Way report growth, while experts attribute the trend to aging baby boomers and increased equity.
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Mary Kay Phelps
American Red Cross
Red Cross
United Way
Don Struke
United Way Foundation
David G. Phillips
Custom Development Solutions
Isle of Palms, S. C
Louis Pelico
Boca Raton
Fla
Pelico
Indian Forest Owlet photographed after 113 years unseen
Researchers Pamela Rasmussen Ben King and David Abbott photographed the Indian Forest Owlet near Shahada India sighting two individuals after a century of no confirmed records. They debunked earlier unconfirmed reports including a 1914 claim by Col Richard Meinertzhagen. The bird’s status remains uncertain with other mystery Indian birds also unverified.
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Washington
Pamela C. Rasmussen
National Museum of Natural History
Shahada
India
Bombay
Rasmussen
Ras
Ben King
American Museum of Natural History
New York
David Abbott
Ashburne, Va
Population shifts could shift House seats after 2000 census
New Census Bureau estimates show movement toward the south and west. Texas would gain two seats to 32, Montana would regain a seat, and Arizona California Florida Georgia Nevada would gain. Connecticut Illinois Mississippi New York Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania and Wisconsin would lose one seat each. Nevada posted the fastest growth at 4.8 percent from 1996 to 1997.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Election Data Services
Texas
Montana
Kimball Brace
EDS
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Nevada
Connecticut
Illinois
Mississippi
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Utah
Colorado
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