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WASHINTON, DC — Now that the April 15 tax return filing and tax payment deadline is nearing, the Internal Revenue Service offers the following last-minute tips for those taxpayers who haven’t yet filed, paid what they owe or taken the necessary steps to ensure they receive the economic stimulus payment they qualify for. Taxpayers can [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Several space travel experts will discuss NASA’s recent proposal to return to Mars during an upcoming Spring Space Forum at the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University on Friday (April 11). Space travel experts Robert Zubrin, Joseph Palaia, Sigmar Wittig and Frank Bauer will speak about the possibility of returning to [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University police are warning of a potential advanced fee scam involving the online purchase of personal items. According to police, a student advertised a DVD player for sale for $175 on his Facebook account. A short time later, the student received an e-mail from a person who wanted to buy [...] Read the full story

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — According to a blog post by CBS News’ Maria Gavrilovic, Barack Obama has begun a three-day bus tour of Indiana that will focus on the economy. Obama’s first stop is Gary, and he has several retail stops scheduled before he ends the evening in Lafayette. Hillary Clinton holds single digit leads in [...] Read the full story

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The St. Elizabeth Hospice will serve as a local host for the Hospice Foundation of America’s 15th annual national bereavement teleconference, “Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents.” The teleconference will start at 1:30 p.m. and run through 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Kathryn Weil Center for Education. The [...] Read the full story

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The St. Elizabeth Hospice will serve as a local host for the Hospice Foundation of America’s 15th annual national bereavement teleconference, “Living With Grief: Children and Adolescents.” The teleconference will start at 1:30 p.m. and run through 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at the Kathryn Weil Center for Education. The [...] Read the full story