Wrong Decatur Gets $178,000 Check
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DECATUR, Ind. - The wrong Decatur got a check for nearly $178,000 from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, and the right Decatur went a little bit in the red while waiting three months to see the money.
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The agency had accused an executive at Brightpoint Inc. of overstating the companyâs actual earnings through improper use of an insurance policy.
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When it comes to money, we all make mistakes -- sticking with a dog-of-a-stock too long, taking too little risk (or too much), buying a house that's too expensive, drinking overpriced designer coffee. The list goes on.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 6--Atascadero officials made a six-figure mistake at homebuilder Kelly Gearhart's expense when they calculated how much the prominent businessman owes the city in unpaid development fees.
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I am surprised this is still making news after so many days. However, if someone pays 28000 dollars for a grilled sandwichâ¦ it is something.
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In NEW YORK item, please read headline as UPDATE 1-Franklin Resources in $20 million SEC settlement, not $21 million. A corrected version follows.
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By Keich Whicker, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Sep. 20--Bibb County Tax Commissioner Tommy Tedders said Wednesday that an unknown number of property owners have received incorrect tax bills.
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The Internal Revenue is sitting on $1.1 million in tax refund checks waiting to be claimed by taxpayers who live in Ohio. In Kentucky, commonwealth taxpayers are missing out on $373,500, according
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A man who inadvertently left Â£1,200 in an item of clothing he gave to a charity shop is told the money has been banked.
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True or false: If a check "clears" within the typical one to five business days but later is discovered to be fake, the bank customer who deposited the check and subsequently spends the money cannot be held financially responsible for the fraud.
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The Boston investment firm Adams, Harkness Inc. will pay $575,000 to settle charges that it failed to disclose it was paid by investment banks to write research reports on the banks' underwriting clients, regulators said yesterday. Adams, Harkness also failed to preserve copies of internal e-mails as required by law, they said.
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The Bisys Group agreed to pay $25 million in restitution to settle accusations that it had violated financial reporting rules in a way that inflated earnings by $180 million over three years.
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AUSTIN, Minn. - A man has been ordered to pay nearly $3,000 to the woman who became seriously ill in April after opening a parking ticket envelope in which he had placed dog feces. Joshua Steven Solberg, 22, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct Friday in Mower District Court.
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GREENSBURG, Pa. - A case of funny money has ended happily for a woman who had been charged with passing a bogus $200 bill with President Bush's picture on it.  Prosecutors in Pennsylania's Westmoreland County dropped all charges Friday against Deborah L.
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By Brian Nearing, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Dec. 11--ALBANY -- Who is going to pay for Reggie? That's a  quarter-billion dollar question with an answer that could cost anyone in the  state who flips on a light switch.
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Corrects headline and story to show that settlement has been reached; adds dropped word "million" in paragraph 2
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A taxpayer who made more than $1 million had a one-in-16 chance of being audited by the IRS in the fiscal year just ended, up slightly from the year before.