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Archive for August, 2006

Fundraising fraud by Texas state troopers

Tuesday, 08/29/06 Posted in Broadcast, Justice (courts/crime/law)

Amy Davis of KPRC-TV (Houston) exposed a telemarketing fraud being operated on behalf of Texas police. Calls being made by the Texas State Troopers Association (TSTA) were actually ... Read more..

Post-Katrina fraud

Tuesday, 08/29/06 Posted in Broadcast, Justice (courts/crime/law)

Joel Grover of KNBC-TV(Los Angeles) investigated FEMA fraud after Hurricane Katrina. Following an initial investigation by Channel 4 last October, fifteen residents of the Los Angeles area were charged ... Read more..

Steroid abuse in NFL

Tuesday, 08/29/06 Posted in Sports

Using federal court documents filed in the case against Dr. James Shortt, Charles Chandler of The Charlotte Observer uncovered an alarming case of steroid abuse in the NFL. Shortt ... Read more..

Miami housing agency fraud continues

Monday, 08/28/06 Posted in Housing

In a recent installment of the on-going series "House of Lies," the Miami Herald's Debbie Cenziper and Larry Lebowitz uncovered more corruption in the Miami-Dade Housing Agency. Oscar ... Read more..

Memorial Medical Center Investigation

Thursday, 08/24/06 Posted in Health

A five-part series by Jeffrey Meitrodt of the Times-Picayune details the situation that unfolded at Memorial Medical Center following Hurricane Katrina, including allegations of the murder of 4 eldery patients ... Read more..

Sexual misconduct and military recruiters

Monday, 08/21/06 Posted in First Amendment & FOIA, Military

Associated Press reporter Martha Mendoza reports on a probe into sexual misconduct by military recruiters. In a six-month investigation, the AP found "at least 35 Army recruiters, 18 Marine ... Read more..

Vietnam war crimes revisited

Monday, 08/21/06 Posted in Military

In continued coverage of unpunished war crimes during the Vietnam War, Deborah Nelson and Nick Turse, special to the Los Angeles Times, reveal disturbing details of military cover-ups. " While ... Read more..

“Desert Connections”

Monday, 08/21/06 Posted in Business, Campaign Finance

Chuck Neubauer and Richard T. Cooper of the Los Angeles Times report on an epic development project in Nevada - a "67-square-mile tract of empty desert will blossom into one ... Read more..

Sept. 11 - Five years later

Friday, 08/18/06 Posted in Homeland Security

The Washington Post has launched a series examining how government agencies have responded to 9/11 in the past five years. Stories include coverage of a failed $170 million ... Read more..

A tale of elderly exploitation

Friday, 08/18/06 Posted in Social issues

In a unique investigation built as a narrative, Lee Hancock of the Dallas Morning News reports on a troubling trend of finacial exploitation of the elderly. This series details ... Read more..

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