CNN Student News Transcript: March 15, 2010 (CNN)
March 15, 2010

Tax tip: IRS Free File is a good tool for the first-time filer (Seattle Times)
Here is a tax tip for college students and first-time filers: use IRS Free File to prepare and file the federal tax return. This can help new tax filers avoid the April 15 rush and maybe even get any refund due within 10 days.

IRS says many Minnesotans due unclaimed refunds (Post-Bulletin)
MINNEAPOLIS — The IRS says that nearly 19,000 Minnesotans are due more than $16.2 million in unclaimed tax refunds from 2006.

Computer based education to be introduced islandwide (Sunday Observer)
Education Minister Susil Premajayantha said last week that the introduction of computer based education, currently practised in many developed countries will be introduced shortly into the education system in Sri Lanka for the benefit of 4.3 million school children.

Where’s my refund? (KTHV Little Rock)
If you’re asking “Where’s my refund?”, you can either go online or call a toll free number.

Blether with Brian (BBC News)
A referendum bill, but not THE referendum bill

Lunchtime Links: Vampires walk among us, and want to run for president on the GOP ticket (The Post-Standard)
John Adamucci / The Associated Press Police detain a man wearing what appeared to be a pipe bomb after he was kicked out of a Seattle homeless shelter Friday morning. After claiming to be a vampire, he wandered around before surrendering to police, authorities and witnesses said.

IRS ‘Where’s my refund?’ Web tool’s down, taxpayers told to use toll-free numbers (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
The popular IRS “Where’s My Refund?” Web page that lets taxpayers to track the status of their government checks isn’t working, so inquiries are being routed to the agency’s toll-free phone lines.

IRS Has $1.3 billion for people who have not filed a 2006 tax return (Denison Bulletin & Review)
Nearly $10 million is waiting for 12,200 Iowans who did not file a federal tax return for 2006, the Internal Revenue Service announced.

K-State Spring Break begins in 1916 with ‘Roughneck Day’ (Kansas State Collegian)
By: Tony Crawford   While most people associate the Ides of March with the Roman calendar or Shakespeare’s play “Julius Caesar,” it became part of K-State history in 1916 when the senior class voted to celebrate what became known as Roughneck Day on …

Time Is Running Out to Collect 2006 Refund (WallStreet Journal via Yahoo! Finance)
The IRS said that it’s trying to deliver refunds totaling more than $1.3 billion to those who have yet to file a federal income-tax return — for the 2006 tax year.