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It’s a taxing time of year. So, this tax infographic provided by H&R Block aims to lighten your load with some interesting facts. It includes a breakdown of how the federal government spends your tax dollars. You can also enjoy some of the most famous (and true) quotes about paying taxes. Scroll down for some fun-to-know trivia: How long is the U.S. tax code? How many tax preparers do Americans hire each year? And more. Source: H&R Block

  If you’ve felt spring was a bit late in its arrival, is there someone to blame? This entertaining radio interview covers the criminal case against Punxsutawney Phil, who may have lied on Feb. 2. Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine was interviewed on the “Elliot in the Morning Show” on Wilmington Delaware’s 1450 WILM news radio. A Butler County, Ohio prosecutor charged the world’s most famous groundhog for the “misrepresentation of spring.” Larry discusses the criminal proceedings, observing “It’s time we …

Once again, Donald Trump has gone apesh*t over Bill Maher’s orangutan joke. The real estate wheeler-dealer turned reality show job-terminator has withdrawn his $5 million lawsuit against comedian Maher, while vowing to refile an amended complaint some day. Proving that all you need to bring a lawsuit is the filing fee and a bruised ego, Trump sued in a California civil court back in February, claiming that Maher didn’t make good on an offer he made on The Tonight Show. …

“The Good Wife” is compelling a legal TV show because it touches on the riveting complications of the law – similar to blogs.lawyers.com. But “The Good Wife” is also good TV because it’s really about sex. About the show How could the show not be about sex? After all, it’s partly inspired by Governor Eliot Spitzer’s wife, Silda, a lawyer who stayed in her marriage, remaining “The Good Wife” after her husband’s humiliating public sex scandal. In the TV show, …

    In today’s Newsbreak, Lawyers.com Editor-in-Chief Larry Bodine provides a round-up of bizarre legal cases from around the country. Two crooks had their dirty laundry — literally. After stealing a debit card, they used it to take care of some very mundane household chores. A testing scam with teachers cheating on exams went on for 15 years. The gig was up when one of the impersonators wasn’t so smart. Larry tells you how the fraud was uncovered. One woman, …