Woman awarded 325000 in IRS harassment case
US District Court Judge William Downes ordered the IRS to pay Carole Ward 325000 after an auditor shredded her privacy by padlocking her Colorado Springs stores and releasing confidential tax data to TV shows. Ward received 250000 punitive and 75000 actual damages plus fees. The IRS declined comment.
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Carole Ward
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Oklahoma mother charged with child neglect
Audrey Saylor, a Tulsa mother, pleads innocent to a neglect charge after her 10 year old daughter Ashton says she was left alone months and ate dog food. Prosecutors dispute the tale citing two to three days alone in a filthy trailer with no utilities.
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Audrey Saylor
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Teacher charged with grade extortion at Lake Zurich High
A grand jury indicted Douglas Petrovitch, 28, a Lake Zurich High School business and economics instructor, on four counts of official misconduct and two counts of intimidation for trading grades for goods and meals. He resigned April 10 and allegedly threatened students by phone, later arrested after attempting to leave a Target with nearly $1,000 in merchandise he bought for $111.
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Douglas Petrovitch
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George Strickland
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Target
Great Lakes Aviation Grounded Over Maintenance Woes
Federal safety officials grounded Great Lakes Aviation after finding hundreds of issues across its fleet, including a cracked wing rib and missing control cable. One in five planes inspected were removed from service, prompting scale-back plans, route cuts, and a shift in the carrier’s 74-city, 21-state network.
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Thomas Stuckey
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House Aviation Subcommittee
Peter DeFazio
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Florida Everglades
Spencer
Iowa
Mexico
Raleigh-Durham
N.C
Doug Voss
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