Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991 TAG: 9104110378
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-5 EDITION: METRO
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Nearly 80 percent of federal tax returns filed so far this year have qualified for refunds, the Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday.
The armed services plan to cut more than 60,000 personnel over the next five months - nearly as many as envisioned before the Persian Gulf War, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it will review the risks of dioxin, long considered one of the most toxic substances, partly because of new studies that suggest small amounts are less dangerous to humans than previously thought.
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Published correction ran on April 12, 1991\ Corrections
The Associated Press reported erroneously in a story published Thursday that New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg had pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from a hotel fire.
Wahlberg agreed to make public-service announcements on topics such as fire safety and drugs in return for eventual dismissal of a reduced charge of misdemeanor criminal mischief.
He did not enter a plea and a prosecutor said the charge would be dismissed when Wahlberg completed the announcements under a pretrial diversion program. The singer had been charged with arson following his arrest March 27 after a hallway fire in a Louisville, Ky., hotel, where he was staying.
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