What Happens When Someone Else Gets Your Tax Refund
If you usually wait until April to file your taxes, you might want to hurry up — before identity thieves beat you to it. Using stolen names and Social Security numbers, these criminals file fake tax returns. This generates big, and fraudulent, refunds, before the real taxpayer gets around to filing.
Greece's Economic Crisis Reveals Fault Lines In The Media
A system of favors among Greek media outlets, politicians and banks helped produce one of the most inflated media sectors in Europe. But the media have been hard hit by the country's massive austerity drive, and taken a huge loss in terms of credibility.
Disabled Residents Displaced By Superstorm Sandy Back At Home
It's been nearly four tumultuous months since Superstorm Sandy forced the residents of Belle Harbor Manor from their adult home. Last week, the residents, who suffer mental and physical illnesses, were allowed to return home, only to find that things were not at all like they left them.
Korean Pastor Tackles Prejudice At Home
Korean-American pastor Peter Chin leads an African American church, and lives in a predominately black neighborhood. It hasn't always been easy, but in this holiday rebroadcast, Chin tells host Michel Martin how he's worked through diversity issues with his family, his congregation and himself.
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Newly Displaced Syrians Head For Turkish Border
Refugee numbers are swelling again in Southern Turkey due to a heavy Syrian army military offensive in Central Syria. Humanitarian aid groups are becoming overwhelmed.
Fake Food George Washington Could've Sunk His Fake Teeth Into
Herring drizzled with mustard sauce, ham hocks and hog jowls — these are some of the historic foods that Sandy Levins painstakingly recreates for America's historic houses. So you, too, can gaze upon our founding fathers' dinners. Just don't try to eat them: These foods are sculpted replicas.
How New Jersey's High-Flying Sen. Menendez Ran Into Turbulence
Robert Menendez was re-elected in a landslide and recently became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. But the Democratic senator has been hit with an ethics probe amid scrutiny over his ties to a wealthy Florida eye doctor and big political donor.
Book News: Amazon Fires German Security Firm After Claims Of Intimidation
Also: the best books coming out this week; the return of Haruki Murakami; and Ian McEwan's crisis of faith.
President Chavez Returns To Venezuela From Cuba
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela early Monday after more than two months of medical treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery.
Protesters Call On Obama To Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
Tens of thousands of protesters turned out on the National Mall Sunday to encourage President Obama to make good on his commitment to act on climate change. The pipeline would carry tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to refineries on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Farmer's Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court
On its surface, the case is about whether farmers can use seeds derived from patented crops. But the bigger question is, how much control does a company have over its patented products once they're in the hands of consumers?
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Should You Be Worried About Your Meat's Phosphorus Footprint?
An environmental researcher argues the heavy phosphorus footprint of meat is good reason to eat less meat, given that phosphorus is a finite resource and critical for food security. But not everyone thinks we should be worried.
White House Outlines Plan To Give Illegal Immigrants Path To Citizenship
A draft of the plan, which was leaked to USA Today, proposes the creation of a "Lawful Prospective Immigrant" visa for those living here illegally. But GOP Sen. Marco Rubio dismissed the proposal, saying it was "disappointing" to those working on a solution to the issue.
White House Warns Of Sequestration's Effects
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough said the cuts would offset "pretty good" economic activity over the past few months. GOP Rep. Paul Ryan was pessimistic about a deal, while Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer said the two sides would come together for an agreement.
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At Least Two Dozen Dead As Car Bombs Explode In Baghdad
The explosions targeted mainly Shiite neighborhoods. The attack comes amid increasing Shiite-Sunni tension in Iraq.