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Unclaimed IRS tax refund database: See if the IRS has a check waiting for you

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for taxpayers who are due $123.5 million in 107,831 refund checks that were returned to the IRS by the U.S. Postal Service due to mailing address errors. Search our database to see if the IRS owes you money and learn how to get your check.

Terra Linda student wins Miss Marin title

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Terra Linda High School senior Laura Jones won nearly $2,000 in scholarship cash and the title of Miss Marin County 2010 in a recent competition sponsored by the Miss America Organization.

San Quentin death row inmate dies of natural causes

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Associated Press A man convicted of a 1987 double murder has died of natural causes, 16 years after he was sent to death row at San Quentin State Prison, prison officials said Friday.

Marin pension fund chief takes sudden leave

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Charnel Benner, administrator of the Marin County Employees' Retirement Association, went on paid administrative leave Thursday and it was unclear when, or if, she would return.

Neurologist: Long layoff, age increase boxer Nave's risk of brain injury

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Paul Nave's official slogan as a 49-year-old professional boxer is "It ain't over till it's over." According to some, it should have never been allowed to start.

Novato Harley-Davidson dealership shuts down

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Golden Gate Harley-Davidson closed its Novato store Wednesday and is consolidating its efforts at its Corte Madera location, its owner said Thursday.

County employees urged to take days off without pay, layoffs likely this summer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Marin Independent Journal Struggling to cut costs and avoid layoffs, the county of Marin is encouraging employees to take up to 12 days off without pay during the current fiscal year.

Slight uptick in Marin jobless rate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

Wire and staff reports Marin's unemployment rate ticked up to 8.1 percent in October, a figure that remained the lowest in California as the statewide rate rose to 12.

Murder trial ordered for ex-boyfriend in Novato woman's slaying

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

A man charged with killing his ex-girlfriend with a bat and kidnapping their baby in Novato was ordered to stand trial on all charges Thursday after two days of chilling testimony about the alleged bludgeoning.

Review: As catastrophes go, MTC's 'boom' is a blast

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 MST

The first thing you notice in Marin Theatre Company's Bay Area premiere of "boom" is Erik Flatmo's superb set: a live-in laboratory with cardboard boxes piled high from the tops of the cupboards to the tippy-top of the slanted ceiling. A fish tank and a futon occupy the foreground, and off to the side of the stage, outside the wooden frame that sets off the room, is a booth full of levers, a microphone, drums and a gong.