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House Votes to Cut Estate Taxes

WASHINGTON – The House voted Thursday to cut taxes on inherited estates and relieve thousands of heirs from paying tax collectors during the next decade. The vote, just a few months before an election with control of Congress at stake, saw majority Republicans temporarily setting aside their ambition to abolish …

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Federal Reserve Set to Decide on Interest Rates

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve looked set to lift U.S. interest rates on Thursday for a 17th straight time and will likely hold the door open to pushing them even higher in coming months to ward off inflation. Fed officials began meeting for a second day at 9 a.m. EDT …

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Landowner Slapped With Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Deadly Hawaii Dam Break

HONOLULU – Families of six of the seven people killed when a century-old earthen dam burst on the island of Kauai in March have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the property’s owners. The lawsuit filed Thursday alleges the area surrounding the reservoir was illegally graded by landowner James H. …

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