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April 15th is less than a month away. if you havent filed your taxes just yet, heres a reason to get moving. the irs says tax refunds are much bigger this year. allison, lets put some specifics on this. how much money should people be expecting here? >> reporter: yeah, nothing like a little extra cash in your pocket to get you moving to file early. exactly. so listen to this, tony. the average tax refund is nearly 10% higher than last year. and thats a nice little chunk of change. just over $3,0...

Disproves what the driver said happened. heres the animation of what she -- the graphics department. the patrolman confirmed the driver was panicked and desperate to control his car as a approached a steep slope. the chp says the driver repeatedly tried to brake. this a couple days after toyota slammed the driver, saying they found nothing wrong with his car. this case is sensitive for the automaker because this model has a system that allows the brakes to override the accelerator when depressed...

Each from rival networks, thanks. the the news begins anew. americas top spy says al qaeda is on the run. in box number one, what the c.i.a. chief says the united states is doing to keep the terror group in a state of confusion, box two. new developments in the search for a missing mom and her eight-year-old son, including what may be evidence that she was drinking the night they disappeared. the missing boys father explains what washed ashore on the beach. box three, this kicks off march madn...

Panetta on this one. my sneaking suspicion is that perhaps mr. panetta wanted to go out on a positive note. theres talk about shifts in the white house, counterterrorism, hierarchy. >> what are you hearing? >> just changes made. we dont hear anything beyond that. >> shepard: after they get -- a lot of people were -- after the healthcare thing is done, i guess the white house will give us new and different things to think about. they want -- >> also remember, theyve just changed the subject. we h...

In year-to-year revenue reductions that states have ever recorded, and in the last three quarters they were double-digit declines, 11%, 12%, and even 16%. so, for a lot of these states, its a real issue, and its just a matter of managing their cash in some cases so they can cut the checks. >> is there a law that says anywhere they have to return refunds by a certain time in a timely fashion? >> and again, thats a state-by-state matter. here in california, it has to be paid by may 31st or interes...

They take out a lot and youre thinking, i dont have it, ill get it back at the end of the year and have a lump sum of money -- you may want to wait to spend that check. several states report theyre not going to send out refund checks on time. delay the refund checks in some cases for months because of budget problems. let me tell you about budget problems. whatever. it includes the six states here. the upper right hand right-hand corner, from new york to hawaii. new yorks already unpopular gover...

The early bird gets the worm or so the saying goes. if you filed your taxes already, dont expect a refund right away. in fact, many states are delaying this years refunds. stephanie elam with the details. how long are people going to have to wait? >> for some its going to be a few months at most. the issue here is really money. states are just running low on funds. hawaii is delaying its refunds until july 1st. north carolina is slowing down its refund checks but isnt giving a specific time fram...

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Brian, thanks. elsewhere, the u.s. treasury department is under fire and fighting to maintain public trust after handing out billions of dollars to criminals. according to a startling government audit, the internal revenue service may have delivered more than $5 billion in 2011 refund checks to identity thieves. and federal investigators say $21 billion more could make its way into scammers pockets over the next five years. the audit did find that the irs tracked down 940,000 fraudulent tax retu...

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