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brian: we heard it through the grapevine, literally. that s what burglary talking about. did you know raisins made great grapes are regulated by the u.s. government? here to explain this week s most ridiculous red tape we re facing on a daily basis, nicky neily. how are raisins restricted? n they re restricted through the raisin administrative committee that was actually something set up by the u.s. department of agriculture and the raisin administrative committee is a 48-person board, 47 people on that are raisin growers or packers. one person is a member of the raisin eating public. and what they do is they determine every year how many raisins the market can bear. does that sound like a recipe for disaster? brian: yes. i also see the farmers suffer because of this? yes. farmers suffer because if they
steve: something is missing, though. where is ketchup guy? gretchen: or the roast beef guy? brian: donald trump is in the on dark circle. it will be fresh to see him. steve: he had great personal news as well. we re going to share that with you and so much more on this monday. gretchen: first, your headlines. hugo chavez s chosen heir winning a razor thin presidential election but not without opposition. the opponent demand ago recount. his opponent says if he was illegitimate before, he s even more ill legitimate before. less than one week before the first election since u.s. troops left in 102011, a 2011, a series of attacks leaving people dead. many of the attacks involved car bombs that took place in and near fallujah in the shiite
gretchen: procrastinators panicked when turbo tax s web site was overwhelmed and went down. what happened? we slowed down for 20 minutes and they put on more servers and everybody was back to normal again. that s good news. incredible volume. brian: here is some questions from our viewers. here is an example. my son lives with me and graduated school in october and got a job in november. he earned a total of $4,700 for two months he worked. can i still claim him as a dependent or will the 1098 t school he got because earned more than $3,800? tough question. all these questions could be answered by the tax software. it sounds like he may qualify. there are certain tests you have to meet, first of all. you have to be living in the house at least six months of the year. there is an exception for students. you have to be a u.s. citizen.
because a lot of states are out of dough. so they need to find it somewhere. william from south carolina, i m raising my grandson who lives with me 100% of the time. i lost my wife in 2011. i tried to claim qualifying widower, but it would not let me because i misunderstood and checked the wrong box. can i file an amended return? yes. sorry about the bad news, but it sounds like you can go back and amend your return, claim i think it was his grandson, as a dependent. you ll get additional money back from the irs. steve: very good. the filing deadline is tonight at midnight. it s supposed to be postmarked. but if you file on-line? there is no postmark. you just press the but then and you don t have to stand in line at the post office. gretchen: bob, you ll stit o. so folks, if you have more questions, send them our way. brian: you can writeoff this