Investigator Keli Rabon of WREG-TV in Memphis uncovers a multi-million dollar charitable project that was supposed to rebuild 100 homes ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi.
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Property dispute pits farmer against U.S. government
November 26th, 2008 
Beth When organic farmer Brian Grosh was tasered three times in the middle of his cornfield by park rangers with the National Park Service, he called WTTG-TV (Washington, DC) Investigative Reporter Tisha Thompson and Investigative Producer Rick Yarborough to find out why the Federal government continues to trespass on his farm.
Obama found support in Oklahoma’s urban precincts
November 26th, 2008 Beth Oklahoma voters gave Republican Sen. John McCain one of his largest margins of victory over Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election earlier this month. But an analysis of precinct results from across the state by The Oklahoman shows Obama claiming heavily populated urban areas and pockets of support in eastern Oklahoma. McCain outpolled Obama [...]
Unapproved prescription drugs covered by Medicaid
November 25th, 2008 Beth An Associated Press analysis of federal drug data shows the U.S. government has spent over $200 million since 2004 on drugs that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
U.S flex-fuel fleet fraught with problems
November 25th, 2008 Beth A 16-year long federal program to build a fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles for the government has been riddled with problems, according to a report by Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating of The Washington Post.
State-run home for disabled hired unlicensed medical directors
November 25th, 2008 Beth Clark Kauffman of the The Des Moines Register reports that a state-run home for profoundly disabled children and adults has employed nine unlicensed psychologists and two successive, unlicensed medical directors.
Safety standards lacking at some Florida day cares
November 24th, 2008 Beth A report by the I-Team at CBS-4 in Miami showed many day-care centers in metropolitan South Florida have operated for years without complying with state safety standards, according to public records. Stephen Stock of WFOR led an investigation that pored through more than 7,000 paper inspection reports. Members of the IRE/NICAR Database Library staff assisted [...]
Enforcement of vaccination law lax at day cares
November 24th, 2008 Beth Following up on a recent investigation of vaccination enforcement in schools, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that hundreds of local day care centers also routinely violate a state law that prohibits admitting children without required shots. The newspaper also found health officials and child care licensing regulators were confused about what the law actually says and [...]
The taking of NASA’s secrets
November 24th, 2008 Beth BusinessWeek’s Keith Epstein and Ben Elgin disclose detailed evidence that hackers and foreign operatives have been penetrating NASA computers for years, robbing the nation’s military and scientific institutions — along with the defense industry that serves them — of secret information on satellites, rocket engines, launch systems, and even the Space Shuttle. As part of [...]
Victims’ fund shrinking due to uncollected court fees
November 21st, 2008 Beth 
