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Today in history: On April 15 the tax man cometh
April 15, 2015In 1894, the Wilson-Gorman tariff imposed the first peacetime income tax of 2 percent on income over $4000, affecting fewer than one in ten households at that time.
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Rubio announces, abandons immigration reform
April 14, 2015"Unfortunately he is much more beholden to his tea party base than to his Latino community."
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South Dakota American Indians win in landmark child welfare case
April 14, 2015Many here say the federal government should, as it did in the South in the1950's, send in the federal troops. Let it be Indian troops.
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Hillary Clinton announces: “I’m running for president!”
April 13, 2015Hillary Rodham Clinton announced Sunday that she is running for president a second time.
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Today in history: A step forward for disability rights movement
April 13, 2015On this date in 1990, exactly 25 years ago, a graphic designer named Dan Wilkins founded a firm called The Nth Degree.
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