Egypt Sends Back U.S. Letter on Travel Bans // Updated

CAIRO – Egypt’s justice minister said on Tuesday he had sent back a letter from the U.S. ambassador that asked for an end to a travel ban on Americans being investigated for alleged illegal funding of pro-democracy groups.

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U.S. Crackdown on Identity Theft Saves $1.4 Billion in Fraudulent Refunds // Updated

A U.S. government crackdown on suspected identity thieves filing false tax returns stopped $1.4 billion in bad refunds from being sent out in calender 2011, the tax-collecting Internal Revenue Service said on Tuesday.

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Pennsylvania Councilman Arrested in 30-Year-Old Murder Case // Updated

PHILADELPHIA – A borough councilman in Western Pennsylvania was in jail on Monday, charged with strangling a lover whose body, bound with rope, was found in her bed more than 30 years ago.

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Gingrich Sued Over Use of Rocky Theme Song // Updated

NEW YORK  - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich faces a lawsuit over his use of “Eye of the Tiger,” the theme song to the movie “Rocky III,” court documents show.

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Baby Doc to Face Trial in Haiti for Corruption, Not Murder // Updated

PORT-AU-PRINCE  - Former Haitian dictator Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier will face trial for corruption during his 15-year rule, but not for human rights abuses, a senior judicial official told Reuters.

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