"Diary Entry by Jane Schiff (about the author) yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = '"Use American Express points to pay taxes"'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Verbatim from CNN \'Use American Express points to pay taxes\' By Julianne Pepitone, staff reporterJanuary 11, 2010: 5: 44 PM ET Jane\'s observation - How nasty this is - remember when it was legally okay to use interest paid on credit cards in IRS returns? '"