Word: audition
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Broader than it is deep, GuideStar's free database doesn't exactly allow visitors to run their own audit, but it enables analysts to compare charities with their counterparts and helps the IRS develop profiles of tax-exempt organizations that could be up to no good. One red flag: more than a fourth of the 990s submitted in 1997 and 1998 reported zero fund-raising costs, as unlikely as money growing on trees...
...ridiculous screening questions, to the serious, such as flying luggage of passengers who weren't on board. American spokesman John Hotard says the airline spends tens of millions of dollars a year on security and that it "is the only carrier that has its own internal audit team that [every week] goes around various airports to audit not only American Airlines but our security operators...
...misplaced. The city removed one camera last May that had generated more than 19,000 tickets at a particularly confusing intersection. In San Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be going faster than they really were. The city suspended the system in July, pending an independent audit this fall...
HEAD GAMES First come the ominous e-mails. Then a voice on your answering machine threatens your nearest and dearest. No, you're not the target of an IRS audit. You're playing Majestic, a strange, sinister new computer game that doesn't just take over your computer, it invades your life. For $9.99 a month (the first "episode" is free), players get the thrill of being harassed by a mysterious conspiracy via phone, e-mail, instant messaging and the Web. If that's your idea of fun, sign up at www.majestic thegame.com...
Last year South Korea exported 1.5 million passenger vehicles, but the country's drivers bought a mere 4,414 imports. Why? Although high import duties and tax audits of Koreans who bought imports were abolished years ago, attitudes have yet to change. A survey found that 58% of car owners thought it was "unpatriotic" to own an import, and 64% thought it would still attract a tax audit...