"Earlier this month, the U.S. Justice Department announced a first-of-its kind investigation into how rape cases are handled by the University of Montana and its campus police, along with the Missoula Police Department and the Missoula County Attorney's Office because of a series of investigations by the Missoulian."

"Since December, the paper has been reporting about UM's handling of alleged rapes involving students - including allegations of gang rapes by members of its football team. The Missoulian and the Wall Street Journal have since filed a joint FOIA request on the topic."

In a three-part series for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, Kate Golden and Amy Karon used the state’s open records law to receive Gov. Scott Walker’s official calendars.

"To analyze how Walker has used his time as the state’s chief executive, WCIJ reporters created a database of the more than 4,400 entries in Walker’s calendars from his first 13 months in office, through Jan. 31, 2012."

Mike Fabey of Aviation Week was afforded an authorized, guided tour of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS-1), USS Freedom, that appears to be in no shape to sail. Despite Navy and contractor claims to the contrary - the ship is a rusty, rotting mess in key operational areas.

As a result of this investigation a House amendment to the Defense Authorization bill passed that demands a Government Accountability Office investigation and Comptroller review.

“An 8 News investigation uncovers Petersburg, Virginia police department memos threatening officer’s jobs if they speak with defense attorneys, the officers are also ordered to ensure successful prosecutions and seek victory in their cases.”

“The memos are copied to the Prosecuting Attorney who responds thanking the officer who issued them. State ethics guidelines however forbid prosecutors from encouraging witnesses not to speak with the defense. As a result of investigative reporter A.J. Lagoe’s reports, a state ethics investigation has been launched.”

WVUE-TV spent two years digging through tens of thousands of pages of documents that uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in oil leases still being paid to descendants of late Governor Huey Long, Louisiana's governor is 1934. 

WVUE-TV linked to all of the source documents through DocumentCloud and also linked to biographies they put together on the key players in this story.   This is part 1 of a multi-part series

"In the past five years, Massachusetts residents have been forced to witness an embarrassing parade of fallen public servants caught up in corrupt acts, handcuffed and led away."

However, according to a new analysis by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting "an overwhelming majority of public servants embroiled in criminal or ethical scandals since 2007 are people most in Massachusetts have never heard of. "

"A Hawaii News Now investigation revealed that a mistake, made in January of this year by an air-traffic controller, resulting in two jets being put on a collision course as they approached Honolulu International Airport, was never reported to higher ups at the Federal Aviation Administration."

"Keoki Kerr's report has resulted in an FAA probe and the retirement of the longtime head of air traffic control in Hawaii."

Duff Wilson and Janet Roberts, for Reuters, report on "how food and beverage companies have dominated policymaking in Washington by doubling their lobbying expenditures during the past three years and defeating government proposals aimed at changing the nation’s diet."

Reuters Investigates TV also produced a video about "how the food industry fought back when the White House sought healthier school lunches and Congress directed federal agencies to set nutrition standards."

"USA Today’s investigative team found the EPA failed to tell people about or take action on hundreds of former lead smelting sites they’d known about for years. Alison Young and Pete Eisler tested the soil around former plants in 13 states and found potentially dangerous levels of lead remain in people’s yards and in parks."

This multi-part look into long-forgotten lead factories includes nearly 370 site-related documents, using DocumentCloud; video interviews with parents whose children play in their lead contaminated back yards; an interactive map telling you where smelters once were in your area; tips on how ...

"An investigation by The Washington Post has found that Justice Department officials have known for years that flawed forensic work might have led to the convictions of potentially innocent people, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys even in many cases they knew were troubled."