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Witnesses, from left, Daniel Bertoni, director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security; Judy Rivers of Logan, Ala.; Sean Brune, senior advisor to the deputy commissioner for Budget, Finance, Quality and Management, U.S. Social Security Administration; Patrick O'Carroll, Jr., inspector general, U.S. Social Security Administration; David Mader, controller, Office of Management and Budget; and Beryl Davis, director, Financial Management and Assurance, U.S. Government Accountability Office, are sworn in before they testify before the Senate Homeland and Government Affairs Committee's hearing related to issues of the Government's Death Master File list on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Chaos comes when Social Security Administration declares somebody living dead

Ethan Barton -

March 17, 2015 2:57 pm

The dirty dozen tax scams

Economy

The dirty dozen tax scams

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March 16, 2015 9:00 am

Fake Social Security cards, that have been seized but authorities, lay in a pile at the office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Patrick Schneider/Charlotte Observer/MCT via Getty Images)

Immigration

Executive action allows illegal immigrants to raid Social Security

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March 13, 2015 8:39 pm

Imprimis to offer competitor after outrage over 5,000-percent price hike for anti-parasite treatment.Â (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Healthcare

Millions of patients’ prescription painkillers jeopardized by DEA inaction

Ethan Barton -

March 10, 2015 9:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada gives an interview with in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid, 75, is wearing special glasses as part of his recovery from injuries suffered in a violent exercise accident in January. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Reid helped steer tax dollars to well-connected green energy operators

Sarah Bedford -

March 9, 2015 3:06 pm

Homeowners stopped making payments to the bank, and many families lost their homes to foreclosure.

California man got rich while tricking hundreds into losing their homes

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March 7, 2015 10:00 am

Then-U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao watches students work on computers at the New Orleans Job Corps Center in New Orleans, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Economy

Taxpayer-funded Job Corps centers found dangerous for students and staff

Sarah Bedford -

March 6, 2015 5:52 pm

A pair of Miami healthcare workers face six years in prison for defrauding Medicare and Medicaid. (iStock Photo)

Crime

Florida provider defrauded Medicare of $63 million while playing Disney movies

Sarah Bedford -

March 6, 2015 3:13 pm

Securities and Exchange Commission officials circumvented federal salary rules to pay an employee a $315,000 salary and $120,000 in living expenses in just over a year, according to documents obtained by the Washington Examiner. (Washington Examiner)

SEC listed wrong duty station for professor so it could pay him $435,000

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March 4, 2015 2:14 pm

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