Taking that proposal a step further, he suggests that Uncle Sam could adopt a system similar to California's "ReadyReturn" program, where taxpayers can log on to a database and see the government's estimate for their tax returns based on historical and wage information.

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However, the lower court had denied the Times access to another database connected to the NYPD's street stop program and the appellate court remanded the issue back down to the lower court.

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The program can manage a database of well over 5, 000 songs, and can categorize them according to artist, record, or genre.

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