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Man Accused Of Trying To Set Portland Record Store On Fire After They Wouldn't Buy His Records A dispute over a record sale escalated into threats and an alleged attempt to set a Portland record shop on fire, according to prosecutors. Adrian Orange, 40, is accused of confronting the owner of Vinyl Resting Place in St. Johns on Aug. 27 after the store declined to purchase records he brought in, according to KATU ABC. Court documents say Orange threatened the owner, calling him a “dead man.” Investigators say Orange later returned after...

Waste Of The Day: IRS Enforcement Delayed Authored by Jeremy Portnoy via RealClearInvestigations, Americans underpaid their taxes by an estimated $696 billion in 2022, according to new data released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Most of the money came from people and businesses that understated their income. But 9% came from people who didn't file a tax return at all, and efforts to track them down have been slow-moving as the Internal Revenue Services' case log remains backed up. Key facts: The IRS' backlog of cases increased when its office...

Agricultural Commodity Prices Break Out As JPMorgan's Food Crisis Warning Gets Louder JPMorgan analyst Nora Szentivanyi's warning last week that the next global food crisis could begin as early as next year has been a major wake-up call for some, adding to the growing voices on institutional desks warning that food inflation is poised to re-accelerate.  Remaining extra watchful about agricultural prices, Bloomberg reported earlier that US corn futures moved higher after preliminary results from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour indicated weaker-than-expected yields in parts of critical growing belts across the Midwest. Corn yield estimates...