Today in the news: Toronto mayor denies crack-smoking allegations
Toronto mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations a video of him smoking crack cocaine exists, according to Reuters. Ford called the drug use and video reports "ridiculous." Reporters for the Toronto Star newspaper and Gawker Media claim they have seen the video, which appeared to be shot with a cellphone. The video is allegedly being shopped around for $100,000 Canadian by people involved with the drug trade. Ford has already faced controversy during his time as mayor, and was briefly ordered out of office last year after being found guilty of conflict of interest. He appealed and was allowed to finish his term.
"I want to apologize on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service for the mistakes that we made and the poor service we provided. ... The affected organizations and the American public deserve better. Partisanship and even the perception of partisanship have no place at the Internal Revenue Service." - Steven Miller, former head of the Internal Revenue Service. Miller apologized to Congress today for the IRS' harsher scrutiny of tea party and conservative groups, the Associated Press reports.
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