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The IRS wants to know more about the income of one half of hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse. In a court filing, the government asked a judge Wednesday to enforce a summons against Joseph Utsler, better known by his stage name, Shaggy 2 Dope. Utsler's partner in Insane Clown Posse is Joseph Bruce, known as Violent J. Separately, they have been challenging the U.S. Justice Department over a 2011 report that described their fans, the Juggalos, as a "hybrid gang."

"Valerie Jarrett is one of the more mysterious figures in Washington. She’s a Senior Advisor to the Obama Administration and seems to be one of the more powerful people in D.C. We discussed the “Healthy Family Act” that the White House is urging Congress to pass. "

President Obama’s aides went to extraordinary lengths to uncover the identity of a senior official who was using Twitter to make snarky comments about White House staffers. Suspicion gradually centered on Jofi Joseph, the point man on nuclear nonproliferation at the National Security Council. So at a meeting in which everyone was in on the scam an inaccurate but innocuous news tidbit was revealed. When Joseph used his anonymous Twitter handle #natlsecwonk to broadcast the tidbit he was caught and promptly fired. He was not fired for revealing any secrets, but for making disparaging comments about thin-skinned administration players ranging...

Obama transition chief and head of the leftist Center for American Progress, John Podesta, laid in to Glenn Beck tonight with a spirited but after the fact defense of former Obama administration official Van Jones that was posted tonight at Think Progress:Van Jones is an exceptional and inspired leader who has fought to bring economic and environmental justice to communities across our country. He has chosen to resign because he believed he was serving as a distraction to the president’s agenda. I respect that decision. Van was working to build a common ground agenda for all Americans, and I am...

Dean: Jones' Resignation a 'Loss for the Country' The former presidential candidate vigorously defends Van Jones, who resigned in the wake of criticism over his past statements and associations. FOXNews.com Sunday, September 06, 2009 Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that the resignation of White House green jobs adviser Van Jones is a "loss for the country." The outspoken Democrat and former presidential candidate vigorously defended Jones, who resigned in the wake of criticism over his past statements and associations -- including his past support for a group that believes the Bush administration may have been involved in...

My50-TV is looking for a new VJ! Our last VJ, Jenny Marlowe, has left us to hit the road in hopes of making it big. We put out a casting call and over 80 people wanted told us they wanted to be our next VJ. After 2 elimination rounds, we have narrowed it down to 4 finalists. In the month of March, each will be given a week to host our 6pm - 10pm block as our VJ. We will test them out on script writing and on-camera delivery, and how well they work with our crew. They will all...

War prisoner believes atomic bomb saved his life By DAVID LEVINSKY Burlington County Times Thomas Calderone believes the atomic bomb saved his life. Sixty years ago today, the Pemberton Township man was in a Japanese prisoner of war camp wondering how he would survive a fourth year of daily work and few rations when word was received that Japanese forces had surrendered. Calderone's lasting memory of the day - dubbed V-J Day for "victory over Japan" - was simply the Japanese guards telling the prisoners, "no more work." "We didn't understand why," Calderone said last week. "We didn't understand a...

03.18.2004 4:40 PM EST   J.J. Jackson, One Of MTV's First VJs, Dies At Age 62 Jackson suffered apparent heart attack. by Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Curtis Waller and Jennifer Vineyard J.J. Jackson says hello on MTV for the first time on August 1, 1981 (Photo: MTV) J.J. Jackson, remembered as one of the first faces of MTV, died Wednesday night in Los Angeles of an apparent heart attack, according to friends and former business associates. He was 62. Jackson helped define the term "VJ" as one of the first on-air personalities on MTV when the channel launched in...

Nitsovich: The Arrest of Perishich Result of Combined Efforts BELGRADE – The arrest of Momchilo Perishich is a huge blow to the Serbian Government, who knew nothing about the arrest, the German Secret Service (BND) and their protégés in Serbia. The Americans have shown who pulls the strings around here – says Marko Nitsovich, vice president of the International Police Federation for the Fight Against Narcotics, and ex-chief of the Belgrade Police. According to him, the Russian, French, German and American secret services are trying to assert full control of the Balkans for their respective governments. The Russians, says...