NEW YORK (Reuters) - The controller of the Empire State Building has offered investors the opportunity to sell some of their shares and relieve some of the expected tax burden if a proposed initial public offering is approved before the end of the year, according to a federal filing on Tuesday. But that may not be enough to help the 2,824 investors pay what could be a tax liability somewhere betw
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From http://news.yahoo.comMrs. Edwards Shocked Over Mistress Money
From ABC News
The prosecution in the John Edwards case is nearing the end of its case, meaning they have to make a decision whether to call his mistress Rielle Hunter to the stand.
Wyo. farm investigated for kicking, twirling pigs
From MSNBC.com
Officials are investigating allegations of animal abuse at a Wyoming pig farm after undercover video showed workers kicking pigs and tossing and twirling piglets — incidents that even a co-owner of the farm said looked like major abuses that warranted firings.
Two arrested in case of kidnapped Tennessee mother, daughters
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TUPELO, Miss./NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - The wife of a man suspected of kidnapping a Tennessee mother and her three daughters has admitted she drove them to a house in Mississippi where the bodies of the mother and oldest daughter were later found, authorities said on Tuesday. Teresa Mayes, wife of Adam Mayes, was arrested Sunday along with his mother, Mary Mayes. Both are in Hardeman Count
Six-Term Sen. Lugar in Historic Loss
From ABC News
Dick Lugar’s 35 years in the U.S. Senate will come to a close. State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, backed by tea partiers and conservative campaign groups outside the state, has ousted Lugar in Indiana’s Republican Senate primary, the Associated Press projects. Mourdock will face Demcoratic Rep....
TSA finds gun parts, ammo hidden in stuffed toys
From MSNBC.com
Gun components and ammunition were found hidden inside three stuffed animals carried by a passenger at Rhode Island's T.F. Green Airport on Tuesday, federal transportation officials said.
Veteran Republican Senator Lugar defeated in Indiana
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INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was defeated in the Indiana Republican primary by a Tea Party-backed challenger on Tuesday, the first Senate incumbent ousted in the 2012 election year. Lugar conceded defeat to challenger Indiana state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who attacked the soft-spoken Senator for votes in supp
Lawyer Expects Van Der Sloot to US
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ABC News’ Joe Goldman in Lima, Peru, reports: The extradition of Joran van der Sloot to the U.S. on charges of wire fraud and extortion in connection with the death of Natalee Holloway will likely take place this summer, his lawyer told ABC News today....
