St. Louis halfway house resident helped tax scam, IRS says

January 16, 2013 

St. Louis halfway house resident helped tax scam, IRS says

Jan. 14–ST. LOUIS — A man confined to a St. Louis halfway house on a federal crack cocaine charge helped a Florida woman cash out the proceeds from her $1.4 million tax scam, officials said Monday. Federal prosecutors on Monday charged Jason Bibbs, 27, with conspiracy to commit false claims. In the affidavit accompanying the...…

 Boston Fed chief: Economy needs stimulus

January 15, 2013 

Boston Fed chief: Economy needs stimulus

Boston Fed chief Eric Rosengren painted a generally encouraging picture for the U.S. economy, noting "signs of underlying strength" despite lingering fiscal uncertainty as the calendar flipped to 2013.