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I got a message that the IRS was investigating me for tax evasion. I put in the number in my search engine and others said that Indians were on the other side of the line. I hope it is a scam. I am ignoring the robo call. Here is the number: 240-345-1406. Does anyone have any info on this or had this occurred to them?

Rome’s all-conquering military machine holds a special place in our minds. Its efficiency and discipline made a small city on the Italian peninsula rule over most of the Western world, from the British Isles to the Near East and from the Rhine to North Africa. This list offers some interesting facts about the Roman army, some of which can explain part of its success and also its failures. 10 Seasonality And War During the Romans’ early history, the logistical challenges of conducting a war meant that the Romans only fought between sowing and harvest (during the summer). Rome was an...

The sixth season of "Game of Thrones" came to an end on June 26, but fans are still buzzing about the tumultuous final episodes. Throughout the season, we posted a running analysis of each episode, detailing smaller items and callbacks to previous scenes that the average viewer might have missed. Now we've gathered the 32 most significant of these details into one mega-thread. Scroll down for a look back at the most important scenes, costume changes, and book references littered throughout season six. In the premiere episode, Brienne's vow to Sansa was word-for-word the speech she once gave Catelyn Stark....

"Are you still entitled to consider yourself an American if you choose to live abroad? As Vice President of Business Development for Best Places in the World to Retire, I have been told by many people living abroad that they have been told (let’s say, by their sister-in-law, Betty) that, because of their decision to live abroad, they were no longer “American”. A month and a half ago, my wife and I crossed over the US – Mexico border into Mexico and became expats, which makes this is our first American Independence Day living abroad, and which makes Betty’s challenge...

"We don’t often question the typical world map that hangs on the walls of classrooms — a patchwork of yellow, pink and green that separates the world into more than 200 nations. But Parag Khanna, a global strategist, says that this map is, essentially, obsolete. Khanna is the author of the new book “Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization,” in which he argues that the arc of global history is undeniably bending toward integration. Instead of the boundaries that separate sovereign nations, the lines that we should put on our maps are the high-speed railways, broadband cables and shipping...

[Sorry about the cursing in the text; just hit the video play button] What do you think will happen?

Children of celebrities are often lucky enough to inherit their famous parents' good looks, but sometimes they're nearly a genetic copy! Click through to check out some pics of famous ladies and their daughter doppelgangers,

We're near the end of escrow on our home and on our way to travel for a year plus, including to Mexico and Belize (husband's bucket list/ escape plan) and we're packing the dogs, my husband's collection of boonie hats and my prepper gear in a big old high top handicap van, a Ford E350. Yup, a 2007 FORD E350 XLT SUPER DUTY. That's our sweet ride. Honk if you see us. Turns out our next door neighbor was the engineer in Detroit that developed its seat belts. What a wonderful world of coincidence. Just for fun. Anyone else have...

"One day in 1981 Bowie reunited with Queen in a recording studio in Switzerland, with the intention of doing vocals for the song “Cool Cat” . David got bored and suggested writing a new song from scratch. According to Mark Blake, author of a biography of Freddie Mercury, they began a 24 hours marathon of wine and cocaine and ended up with this musical gem. This is incredible! Back in the day when auto-tune wasn’t needed. You’d never hear this from most ‘singers’ these days."

Few people are not interested in legally reducing their taxes. By living in a foreign country and meeting some other criteria, you could exclude up to $108,000 of earned income from your 2015 U.S. tax return. That can certainly be an advantage of being an expat. The website Best Places In The World To Retire has collected more than 6,500 answers from expats to frequently asked questions about living abroad. These include cost of living, safety and healthcare. Several expats said that they were using the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion to reduce their tax liability to Uncle Sam, and that...

Real estate mogul Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he is running for president of the United States. He proclaimed that he is the master negotiator that President Barack Obama and other candidates are not. "Our country needs a truly great leader, and we need a truly great leader now," Trump said. "We need a leader that wrote 'The Art of the Deal.'" Trump's book, first published in 1987, has sold over 1 million copies. In it, he breaks down his approach to deal-making before explaining how he developed his theories throughout his career. "My style of deal-making is quite...

When Nicholas Nixon took an unremarkable group shot of his wife Bebe and her three sisters in 1975, they had no way of knowing that it was the beginning of a remarkable art project. Nixon continued to replicate the original portrait every year thereafter, documenting the effect of time on the four women. This is a selection of some of those amazing photos.

Here are the links to her statements on abortion: Looks different than her speech at the debate last night. Must be resent that she wanted to protect unborn children from the ruthless chop houses. Or am I wrong? Click here for 7 full quotes on Abortion OR background on Abortion. Exceptions for rape, incest, and maternal endangerment. (Oct 2010) Overturn the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion. (Sep 2010) Embryonic stem cell research ok if not created for purpose. (Sep 2010) Sanctity of life, except in the case of rape and incest. (Jun 2010) Opposes both federal abortion funding &...

The thrilling follow-up to the New York Times bestselling novel One Second After Months before publication, William R. Forstchen’s One Second After was cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read. Hundreds of thousands of people have read the tale. One Year After is the thrilling follow-up to that smash hit. The story picks up a year after One Second After ends, two years since the detonation of nuclear weapons above the United States brought America to its knees. After suffering starvation, war, and countless deaths, the survivors of Black Mountain, North Carolina, are beginning...

What are the conditions that you are watching the Republican debate tonight? Have fun answering all or some of these questions. Feel free to add more. 1. Where? Home office, family room, friend's house, work lunch room, etc. 2. What medium and what channel or link? 3. Who will be with you? 4. Will you eat or drink at the same time? 5. Will you watch both the 3pm and the 6pm or just one? 6. Will you watch live or delayed? 7. Will you live chat on FR or read the comments later or at all? 8.Do you have...

{Heard this on the radio newsbreak five minutes ago} Phoenix, ARIZONA — There has been nine shootings in the past 10 days on Arizona’s highways, luckily no one has been killed. On Sunday, September 6, 2015, at approximately 8:30 p.m., a shooting occurred on westbound SR 202 near 32nd Street. After a disagreement in Tempe, a black Toyota Camry or Corolla with a temporary plate followed the victim vehicle west on SR 202. The Toyota was occupied by three males. At 32nd Street an occupant of the Toyota fired at least once at the victim vehicle striking the victim vehicle....

Mark Moogalian, 51, a French-American who describes himself on his website as an author, teacher and musician, encountered the gunman before the Americans, tried to wrestle a rifle from him and was shot in the neck, his wife, Isabelle Risacher, told France's Europe 1 radio. Moogalian remains hospitalized in stable condition and will receive the Legion of Honor later.

Police arrested a man, Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, 29, in the horrific hammer attack and rape of a 64-year-old woman – who died eight days later – and shortly after discovered he was an illegal immigrant who had been previously jailed several times. An autopsy is being conducted on the victim, Marilyn Pharis, to see if her death was directly tied to the attack. Get the hottest, most important news stories on the Internet – delivered FREE to your inbox as soon as they break! Take just 30 seconds and sign up for WND’s Email News Alerts! In the meantime,...

Rival protests on the Calais migrant crisis were held on Saturday in the sleepy British port town of Folkestone, with some people welcoming the migrants while others demonstrated against their arrival. The cranking up of the loudspeakers was the cue they had been waiting for. With their Union Jack flags flapping in the breeze and their sound systems blaring out an instrumental version of “God Save the Queen,” a handful of anti-immigrant protesters charged a group of pro-migrant demonstrators who were gathering on the other side of a road leading to the Eurotunnel’s Folkestone terminal. Police push back a Britain...

What do you do when you want something more and different than you’re getting in your home country? For an increasing number of 60+ women, the answer is to move overseas. According to the data we collected through our website, Best Places in the World to Retire, there can be a better life out there, if you are willing to uproot and reinvent yourself as an expat in Belize, Nicaragua or Panama. In addition to the over 5,000 answers and 200 stories on our website, in early July, we released Expats: Expectations & Reality, the first in a series of...