Archive for July, 2008

High school students threatened by Army recruiters

Thursday, 07/31/08 Posted in Broadcast, Military

Mark Greenblatt of KHOU-TV found that Army recruiters in Houston were threatening potential recruits to keep them from dropping out. Young recruits who pre-enlist under the Delayed Entry Program ... Read more..

U.S. auditor calls for end to funding of Iraqi reconstruction

Wednesday, 07/30/08 Posted in Government (federal/state/local), International

Peter Spiegel of The Los Angeles Times reported that a U.S. auditor has called for an end to American funding of reconstruction in Iraq. Citing record oil profits and ... Read more..

A look inside the fall of Bear Stearns

Tuesday, 07/29/08 Posted in Business, Government (federal/state/local)

Vanity Fair's Bryan Burrough investigated the fall of Bear Stearns. Through internal accounts of the investment bank's demise, some suggest that an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission ... Read more..

Unsafe Haven series

Tuesday, 07/29/08 Posted in Health, Housing, Workplace

Mary Zahn and Ben Poston of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel detailed the rising number of injuries and serious violations at nursing homes in the state of Wisconsin. The reporters reviewed ... Read more..

Oil industry donations poured in after McCain’s reversal on drilling

Monday, 07/28/08 Posted in Campaign Finance, Politics

An article by Washington Post reporter Matthew Mosk revealed that the oil industry made large contributions to the McCain campaign in June following his policy statement calling for an end ... Read more..

Billions needed to repair deficient bridges in U.S.

Monday, 07/28/08 Posted in CAR, Government (federal/state/local), Infrastructure, Mapping, Transportation

Marisol Bello of USA TODAY reported that billions of dollars will be needed to repair deficient bridges throughout the U.S. Twelve percent of the bridges throughout the U.S. currently rate ... Read more..

Chinese officials buy silence from grieving parents

Thursday, 07/24/08 Posted in Disasters, International

Chinese officials are offering "hush money" to families who lost children in the May 12 earthquake, reports Edward Wong of The New York Times. "Local governments in southwest China’s ... Read more..

DNA test suggests Ohio inmate not linked to rape

Thursday, 07/24/08 Posted in Government (federal/state/local), Justice (courts/crime/law)

Geoff Dutton and Mike Wagner, of The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, report that DNA results recently returned show that Robert McClendon, an Ohio inmate who has served 18 years for rape, ... Read more..

Mapping the mortgage crisis in Minnesota

Thursday, 07/24/08 Posted in CAR, Real Estate

Using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data, Kristi Piehl, Nicole Muehlhausen and Mike Maybay of KSTP evaluated the housing market in Minnesota. They analyzed 16 years of data to ... Read more..

Millions in debt for fraud, Oregon businessman still generous to GOP

Wednesday, 07/23/08 Posted in Campaign Finance, Justice (courts/crime/law)

Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week reported that Craig Berkman, a former Oregon Republican Party chairman, was found in a civil lawsuit to have defrauded some of Portland’s wealthiest investors out ... Read more..