Tony Garcia said his niece, a high school senior, waited 12 hours in a gas line on Monday -- 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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"The reason that I was able to start this line so early is because I'm on the show, " she says of her MTV-backed line, which she hopes to continue long after the series.

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The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on an above-ground track on the Red Line in the District of Columbia near the border with Takoma Park, Maryland.

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The credit was also available in 2010, and a nervous IRS is now warning taxpayers they must complete Schedule M on their 1040s (or the worksheet for line 8 on the back of the 1040-EZ) to make sure they got the proper amount of credit in their paychecks.

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