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Taxes are due in just a few weeks and for most people that should be exciting. Most people you talk to will say that they did their taxes and got some money back. But they don't always seem excited about it. Why?!

It seems that politicians are always talking about budgets. We either have too much money (yeah right) or we don't have enough and we need to make cuts somewhere. How about this - how much could the government save by switching fonts on their printed papers?

With the federal government shut down, there's one group we've all forgotten... the animals.  In this exclusive interview with a select panel of experts, we got their reactions on tape.

New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney has been feuding with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie over the state's budget for some time. During their battle of words, Sweeney has called Christie a "punk" and a "bully," admitted he'd like to 'punch in the head," and then refused to apologize for these remarks. But when Sweeney began to criticize Christie during a

If you thought grape juice was the biggest challenge for those in the carpet cleaning business, you'd be wrong. It turns out getting people to know your name is the real dilemma. According to WSB, the Georgia Department of Labor has launched an investigation after one its employees sent a piece of mail to a suburban Atlanta cleaning company called Rug Suckers last month with a rather foul word we

Taxes are due one week from today,  on  Monday, April 18th.  Before you file, here are seven things you shouldn’t even THINK about deducting. #1.)  Your Landline Telephone. Even if you only use it for work, the IRS says the first hard-wired phone in your home is always considered a personal expense.  But you CAN deduct long distance calls as long as they’re business-related.

The government might have a shutdown Today.  You know what happened because of the last shutdown, in 1995?  The MONICA LEWINSKY scandal.  Really.  Because of the shutdown, she couldn’t get a government job and extended her White House internship.  The day after the shutdown, she and PRESIDENT CLINTON had their first meeting and hook-up.  Not saying that will happen…but its possible.

Maybe the government COULD get a little smaller and COULD abuse us with fewer taxes . . . if only we didn’t love every single thing it does so damn much. According to a new Harris poll, basically, Americans love every government program, don’t know what we’d ever do without them, and wouldn’t really cut any of them.