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If you have a question about your taxes, here’s a tip: Be prepared to be very patient.The Internal Revenue Service answered a smaller share of taxpayer calls and kept taxpayers on hold longer last year than in other recent years, a new report finds.

For all the love we have for "Downton Abbey," it's hard not to clutch our pearls at some of what passes for plot points and drama — upstairs and downstairs — on the hit PBS series.

Two years ago, the Internet went on strike. Google, Wikipedia, Reddit, Tumblr and others staged virtual protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a law activists claimed would restrict freedom of speech online.The pressure was perhaps too much for lawmakers to handle.

Two years after the anti-piracy bill SOPA sparked protests from activists concerned about Internet freedom, issues around what can be done to limit activity online continue to rage on.

Twenty soldiers were killed when a bomb explosion hit a vehicle in North West Pakistan on Sunday, military officials told NBC News.A military official in Bannu, where the attack occurred about 8:45 a.m.

Officials lifted all remaining mandatory evacuation orders Saturday evening as fire crews worked to gain ground over a 1,906-acre brush fire sparked by an out-of-control campfire a forest northeast of Los Angeles.The wildfire had forced thousands from their homes in Southern California.

Retired basketball star Dennis Rodman checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center to seek treatment for his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent said. Dennis Prince declined to disclose which facility will treat the star.

Basketball player Dennis Rodman checked into an alcohol rehabilitation center to seek treatment for his long-time struggle with alcoholism, his agent said.