Scientology pays $12.5 million for tax status endgame
The Church of Scientology confirmed paying $12.5 million to the IRS to secure tax exempt status as part of a 1993 settlement ending a long dispute that began in 1967. The accord drops lawsuits and may involve further payments, described as a peace treaty ending the war with the tax agency.
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Scientology
Church of Scientology
Internal Revenue Service
Mark Rathbun
Religious Technology Center
The
Wall Street Journal
Rathbun
IRS
Daring Coast Guard Air Force rescue saves sailors near Cape Canaveral
A 2 1/2 hour rescue recounted as 28 sailors leaped from a sinking 493 foot freighter Merchant Patriot east of Cape Canaveral. Air Force and Coast Guard crews plucked them from 20 to 30 foot seas amid 60 mph winds, with helicopters and C 130 planes coordinating a moral and dangerous operation.
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Cape Canaveral
Coast Guard
Air Force
JJ. O'Connor
O'Connor
O’connor
Brazil
Savannah
Patrick Air Force Base
Clearwater
Nassau
Patrick
Ed Sheppard
Anthony Cassatt
Perlechiere
Eric Siggins
Columbia/HCA fights IRS over reserve fund taxes
Washington reports the government seeks 267 million in back taxes for 1993 and 1994 on Columbia/HCA reserve funds linked to Medicare billing. The Nashville based chain protests to the U.S. Tax Court claiming deductions are legitimate, noting routine industry practice and mergers created varying formulas for reserve calculations.
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Washington
Medicare
Columbia
HCA Healthcare Corp
U.S
Internal Revenue Service
Columbia/ HCA
Jeff Prescott
Prescott
IRS
Columbia/HCA
Justice Department
Hospital Corp. of America
Galen Health Care Inc
Microsoft lawsuit expedited by appeals court
A federal appeals court ordered expedited consideration of Microsoft's appeal against an injunction restricting the Explorer browser distribution. Written motions and replies are due by March 9, with no oral argument date set. The Justice Department alleges Microsoft violated a 1995 order by tying Windows to Explorer to expand its browser market share.
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Washington
Microsoft
U.S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Justice Department
U.S
Thomas Penfield Jackson
Firms pre emptive about Internet Boston
Bell Atlantic bought the Internet addresses bellatlanticsticks com and bigyellowsucks com to fend off unfriendly hands. It also acquired Nynex and locked up nynexsucks com. Companies register about 100 dollars for two years to protect branding and direct surfers to official sites. Procter & Gamble hosts about 150 domains including under arm com badbreath com diarrhea com to cover bases.
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Boston
Bell Atlantic
Bellatlanticsticks. Com
Bigyellowsucks.com
Nynex
Procter & Gamble
Underarm.com
Badbreath.com
Dandruff.com
Rare Indian forest owl photographed after 113 years
Pamela Rasmussen and colleagues photographed the Indian Forest Owlet near Shahada, India, after 113 years with no verified sightings. The team debunked earlier unconfirmed reports and frauds, noting the species may be extinct or elusive and suggesting a potential breeding pair observed on two November days.
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Washington
Pamela Rasmussen
National Museum of Natural History
Shahada
India
Bombay
Rasmussen
Richard Meinertzhagen
Meinertzhagen
British Museum
Ben King
American Museum of Natural History
New York
David Abbott
Ashburne
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Elmhurst
Ill
Ohio
Illinois
Rep
Jim McDermott
D-Wash
Chicago
Rhode Island
Hammersmith Farm
John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline
William Farley
Fruit of the Loom Inc
Roger Souto
Newport
Knicut-Ripper News Service
Sheppard
Apphare
Times Square
West 6Th Street
Dillons
Lawrence Imperial Garden
HTG. & Air, Inc
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