Whaling or Hosting Student May Get U.S. Taxpayers Deduction

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It’s tax day in the U.S. and you could have had another deduction if you had just agreed to host a foreign exchange student in 2010. Or gone whaling in Alaska.

This year, new mothers can write off breast pumps and those adopting a child get a bigger credit for expenses, according to the Internal Revenue Service.