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If you normally make some big purchases with your tax refund, or use it toward a summer vacation, you may want wait to learn how much you'll be getting back before you make any plans this year.That's because millions of Americans, including one woman, are finding their refunds smaller this year.Alicia Elam is a busy mom who home schools her two children, and takes care of four adopted dogs at her home.Until this year, Elam depended on the large the tax refund she received each year. But this year, she said, "it is approximately half of what we've received before."Like many taxpayers, Elam will receive a smaller refund this year. In her case it is a lot smaller."The last couple of years we've received between ,000 and ,000 back, this year we're only getting approximately ,200 back," she said.While her change is among the most dramatic, 865

It is not news that Bugatti makes very expensive automobiles. A Bugatti Chiron, the brand's basic model, costs about million. Bugatti's latest creation, though, sets a new bar in price and exclusivity. Bugatti's La Voiture Noire cost €16.7 million, or almost million, including taxes. Before taxes, the car cost .5 million.According to Bugatti, La Voiture Noire is the most expensive new car ever sold and only one will be made. Bugatti did not reveal the identity of the buyer. It is someone with an enormous attachment to the Bugatti brand, the automaker said. It's also clearly someone with immense financial resources.Bugatti's new La Voiture Noire is designed to recall the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic of the 1930s. Only four of those cars were made and, today, they're among the most valuable cars in the world. They can be worth more than million, according to Hagerty Insurance, a company that tracks collector car values. One of those cars became known as "La Voiture Noire" which means simply, the black car. Only three are known to survive. The fourth seems to have disappeared shortly before the German invasion of France during World War II. Its whereabouts remain unknown.The Type 57 SC Atlantic was designed by Jean Bugatti, son of Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti, at a time when the bodies for most high-end cars were created by separate body makers rather than by the automobile companies themselves. 1443

LAS VEGAS ¡ª Five artificial turf fields are on tap to be replaced in the Clark County School District in Nevada in the wake of an investigation that 166

Jury selection is scheduled Tuesday in the trial of Michael Rosfeld, a former East Pittsburgh police officer charged in the shooting of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II. The death of the unarmed teenager last year triggered protests and outrage in Pittsburgh over the officer's use of deadly force.On June 19, Rosfeld, 30, shot Antwon three times as he fled a car after a traffic stop. According to Allegheny County police, Antwon was a passenger in a car that authorities suspected of being involved in a nearby shooting. When the officer ordered the driver out of the car, Antwon and another passenger "bolted" from the vehicle, and Rosfeld opened fire, striking the teenager, police said.In response to his death, several groups shut down highways and intersections across Pittsburgh during protests last year, demanding accountability for Antwon's death. He was shot on the right side of his face, right elbow and to the right of his spine."Three shots in the back. How you justify that?" the protesters had chanted.Those who knew Antwon described him as a generous, promising student who volunteered regularly at a free store that provided clothes, food and other items to members of the community.Jurors to be selected from another countyRosfeld faces a criminal homicide charge in a trial expected to begin March 19. Under Pennsylvania law, criminal homicide includes murder, voluntary manslaughter and involuntary manslaughter.Jurors will be selected from Dauphin County, which is about 200 miles from Pittsburgh, after a ruling that the publicity around the case had affected the jury pool in Allegheny County. The selected jurors from Dauphin County will be brought to Pittsburgh for the trial, 1711

If you're planning on firing up the grill this Memorial Day weekend, you may want to double check your fridge and pantry before you get a very un-festive surprise.Several items have been recalled for reasons ranging from possible E. coli contamination to metal fragments.Here are the recalled items:FlourThe discount supermarket chain Aldi recalled 5-pound bags of its Baker's Corner All-Purpose Flour on Thursday because they may be contaminated with E. coli.Seventeen people have been reported sick in eight states, according to the 547

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