Archive for December, 2007

Designed to treat addicts, ‘bupe fix’ gains popularity on streets

Tuesday, 12/18/07 Posted in Health

A three-part investigative series by The Baltimore Sun looks at the drug buprenorphine which is now being commonly prescribed to addicts to help them kick their addictions. It has ... Read more..

Alleged doping aligns with boosts in stats, paychecks

Monday, 12/17/07 Posted in Sports

Ben Poston, Derrick Nunnally and Bill Glauber of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel built a database of every player named in the Mitchell Report. The reporters analyzed statistical performance before and ... Read more..

Cheating rampant on Army exams

Monday, 12/17/07 Posted in Government (federal/state/local)

Bryan Bender and Kevin Baron of The Boston Globe spent five-months investigating the Army's testing program "which verifies that soldiers have learned certain military skills and helps them amass promotion ... Read more..

Rural business loans lead to huge losses for USDA

Friday, 12/14/07 Posted in Government (federal/state/local)

Gilbert Gaul continued with The Washington Post's investigation of the USDA's farm subsidy loan program and found many shortcomings. Small companies that go out of business often default on ... Read more..

College bowl system lines pockets

Friday, 12/14/07 Posted in Sports

Brent Schrotenboer of The San Diego Union-Tribune dissected the college football bowl system to reveal the lucrative financial structure that helps explain the system's staying power. The investigation checked IRS ... Read more..

Mood-altering drugs prescribed frequently to foster kids

Thursday, 12/13/07 Posted in Health

Gary Craig from the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat and Chronicle investigated the growing use of mood-altering prescription drugs among youth in foster care and uncovered cases of children as young as ... Read more..

Insiders profit from FDA’s Fast Track

Monday, 12/10/07 Posted in Business, CAR, Government (federal/state/local), Health

A seven-month investigation by The Plain Dealer's Joel Rutchick and Brie Zeltner into the FDA's Fast Track drug review program has proven benefits to investors while doing little or nothing ... Read more..

Lives saved but valuables lost at Denver Health

Friday, 12/7/07 Posted in Broadcast

An investigation by Deborah Sherman of KUSA-Denver looked into the problem of personal property lost at Denver Health. In addition to personal affects such as purses, identification and clothing, the ... Read more..

Danger of common chemical downplayed

Friday, 12/7/07 Posted in CAR, Health, Science

In a second installment of "Chemical Fallout," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Susanne Rust, Meg Kissinger and Cary Spivak found that the chemical industry has funded much of the science claiming ... Read more..

Emergency response times lagging in Ohio’s Delaware County

Friday, 12/7/07 Posted in Broadcast, CAR, Health

An investigation by Paul Aker of WBNS in Columbus, Ohio, shows that Delaware County's emergency response times fall short of the industry standard. The National Fire Protection Association's voluntary guidelines ... Read more..