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Tastes of Sliced Bread: Tax Day Edition
By Readers, SinceSliced Bread.com
Tax day is a time when many citizens look at their tax forms and think, 'I could do better.' Sinceslicedbread.com, a website tallying the Service Employees International Union's call for 'fresh, common sense ideas,' gave readers the chance to back up their tax-day rants. More than 22,000 people responded to the union's contest for innovative approaches to grow the economy while protecting and supporting workers, and plenty of their submissions were tax-related. Those ideas range from tax deductions for blood donations to tax incentives for hiring people over 40. The winner, who wants to promote sustainable industries by imposing a 'resource tax,' won $100,000. -- Bennett Gordon
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Fathers, the tradition goes, teach their sons baseball. Missing from the equation, think many across the nation, are grandfathers. Not any more, however, as there are currently 45,000 men of all ages participating in the Men's Senior Baseball League. Boasting its own World Series, and a diverse membership, the league includes an octogenarian among its ranks. And though games are taken seriously, fun usually carries the day. Quoth umpire Ben Flores: 'This is typical of the 48-and-over league. They can hit the hell out of the ball, but they can't run or catch.' -- Nick Rose http://www.sacurrent.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16429280

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