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The Department of Revenue announced the start of a new repayment program aimed at helping owner-occupied homeowners with past due and delinquent real estate taxes. The Owner-Occupied Real Estate Payment Agreement allows homeowners to make monthly payments on their past due taxes.

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The goal of every taxpayer is to make sure the Internal Revenue Service gets as little as possible. For that to happen, you need to take every tax deduction, credit or other income adjustment you can. Here are 10 tax breaks — some for itemizers only, others that any filer can claim —

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A professional certification may not always be a job requirement, but it is often a deciding factor between qualified candidates. In fact, technology is one of the most in-demand career fields, but recent graduates and professionals are both struggling to find new jobs or get promoted because…

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For many college-bound students, savings, family contributions, scholarships, grants and a part-time job won’t be enough to pay for college. For these students, borrowing may be the only way to make up the difference between available funds and college expenses.

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The national average price of gasoline will surpass $3.00 per gallon tomorrow for the 1,000th consecutive day for the first time on record, according to AAA. The current streak began on Dec. 23, 2010. AAA forecasts the national average will remain above $3.00 per gallon for at least…

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Fast food workers, who say their hourly wages are not enough to keep up with the cost of living, held a nationwide strike recently in about 35 cities. The fast food industry employs about 4 million people. Their message to restaurant chain owners and the public: Because of the pay, they often have to…

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Dunkin’ Donuts has apologized for the “insensitivity’’ of an advertising campaign in Thailand featuring a woman in blackface makeup to promote a new chocolate flavored doughnut. The Dunkin’ Donuts franchise in Thailand came under criticism Friday after Human Rights Watch called the advertisements “bizarre and racist.’’

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Cloves C. Campbell, Jr., is the Publisher of the Arizona Informant, a family owned and operated newspaper that provides an important voice for the African-American community in Arizona. This year it celebrates 42 years of publishing.

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U.S. Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (PA-13) released the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Education announced it had granted Pennsylvania’s request for a waiver from certain requirements of the federal “No Child Left Behind” law.

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The Laborers’ District Council of the Metropolitan Area of Philadelphia and Vicinity will broadcast live on WURD Radio 900 AM from the Annual Philadelphia AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade on Monday, September 2, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

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