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U.S. / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

SF Gate -- Drivers crossing the Golden Gate Bridge will pay as much as $7 during the morning and evening commutes and on weekend and holiday afternoons if bridge directors approve a congestion-based toll unveiled Thursday. The district already plans to increase b.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Feb 27, 2008 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- Fear of an audit is only one factor behind most people's belief that they should pay their fair share of taxes, according to a survey by the IRS Oversight Board. Ninety-five percent of those polled last August either completely or mostly agreed that it.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 21, 2007 @ 8:20am neoform

USA Today -- Beginning early next year, drivers in six states will begin testing a new way to pay for roads and transit: Commuters will be charged for the miles they drive rather than paying taxes on gasoline purchased. Researchers from the University of Iowa Publi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Sep 15, 2007 @ 6:02pm neoform

www.thebostonchannel.com -- A Massachusetts man who insists his New Hampshire highway tokens are still valid just spent three days in jail because he insisted on using two tokens to pay a 50-cent toll. Thomas Jensen, 68, of Braintree, said the state broke a contract with him and.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 11:02pm neoform

Yahoo News -- When the United States invaded Iraq more than four years ago, war opponent David Gross asked his bosses for a radical pay cut, enough so he wouldn't have to pay taxes to support the war. "I was having a hard time looking at myself in the mirror," Gross.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 11, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

New York Times -- The company that makes the narcotic painkiller OxyContin and three current and former executives pleaded guilty today in federal court here to criminal charges that they misled regulators, doctors and patients about the drug’s risk of addiction and its.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Apr 15, 2007 @ 9:22pm neoform

BBC News -- The embattled World Bank President, Paul Wolfowitz, has indicated he does not plan to resign over a pay scandal. Mr Wolfowitz told a news conference: "This is important work and I intend to continue it." He has been under pressure to quit after admi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Apr 2, 2007 @ 11:26pm neoform

SF Gate -- The city's insurance company has agreed to pay $1 million to settle claims from about 175 people who were wrongly arrested during a peaceful World Trade Organization protest in 1999. The case went to trial in January, and a federal jury found Seattle l.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Fri Mar 23, 2007 @ 6:17pm neoform

CBS News -- n the old days, banks lent money to people they were confident would pay them back. No more. These days, banks search for people who cannot pay them back and lend them money anyhow. These unsecured loans come in the form of credit cards. And the banks.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 13, 2007 @ 3:53pm mrmdc

MSNBC -- A bookkeeper pleaded guilty Monday to embezzling $6.9 million to pay for such things as a ranch in Vermont, a life-size statue of Al Capone and a private performance by singer Burt Bacharach, federal authorities said. Angela Buckborough Platt, 43, pock.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 5, 2007 @ 1:40pm mrmdc

Boston Globe -- Attorney General Martha Coakley announced this morning that Turner Broadcasting System will pay $2 million in restitution and other compensation for last week's bomb scares that paralyzed parts of the Boston region... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Feb 3, 2007 @ 11:50am neoform

Reuters -- Turner Broadcasting has agreed to pay all costs of a security scare triggered by a marketing campaign that disrupted travel in the city for nearly a full day, a spokeswoman for Mayor Thomas Menino said on Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Feb 2, 2007 @ 9:22am neoform

Reuters -- Turner Broadcasting has agreed to pay the full cost -- around $1 million -- of a security alert in Boston triggered by battery-powered cartoon advertising signs for one of its shows, The Boston Globe reported on Friday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Jan 11, 2007 @ 9:29pm neoform

Associated Press -- Even though a paternity test ruled out Anthony L. Parker as the father of a child in a child-support dispute, he still has to pay support owed the mother before he took the test, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 9:49am neoform

CBS News -- Servicemen and women who made huge sacrifices fighting in the war and now paying yet another price, even after coming home. One soldier in particular is currently battling against a new "debt of service." Brian Rodriguez is a fighter, an honorably d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

Washington Post -- The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 2 yesterday to help pay for a 23-mile extension of Metro to Dulles International Airport with an overhead track through busy Tysons Corner, angering tunnel advocates but keeping alive plans for traffic-co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 17, 2007 @ 8:52pm neoform

FOX News -- The Florida Lottery is refusing to pay a $500,000 prize until it can inspect the $20 scratch-off ticket, which officials said Thursday appears to be a misprint. Joe Curcio, 56, says he got the ticket at a service plaza Sunday on Florida's Turnpike... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 2:51pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Lawrence Roach agreed to pay alimony to the woman he divorced, not the man she became after a sex change, his lawyers argued Tuesday in an effort to end the payments. But the ex-wife's attorneys said the operation doesn't alter the agreement. The lawye.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 28, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

SF Gate -- Santa Clara electricity customers would have to pay rate increases of as much as 16 percent if the city taps its utility's reserves to help pay for a 49ers stadium, according to a city manager's report. Voters would also have to amend the city charter.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Jan 28, 2007 @ 6:46pm neoform

Herald Tribune -- Oliver DeSofi's normal cell phone bill is about $150 on a family plan, and he used about 183 minutes on his phone in October... Read More