http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Extra! Extra! is your guide to the latest investigative work. Send comments and suggestions to extraextra@ire.org. en-us support@ire.org 2008-06-12T09:40:16-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_06.html An investigation by CNN's Abbie Boudreau and Scott Zamost discovered that FEMA gave away $85 million of new supplies meant for Hurricane Katrina victims. The items, ranging from clothes to cleaning supplies, sat in FEMA warehouses for two years before... 2269@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Broadcast 2008-06-12T09:40:16-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_04.html The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette published a two-day package marking the 30th anniversary of the Willow Island Disaster, the largest construction accident in U.S. history. Fifty-one construction workers died on April 27, 1978, when a scaffold collapsed during construction of a... 2233@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2008-04-28T17:24:26-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_04.html A series by The Washington Post explores the causes and implications of the current global food crisis, the likes of which have not been seen since the 1970s. "A complex combination of poor harvests, competition with biofuels, higher energy prices,... 2231@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ International 2008-04-28T14:45:11-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_01.html After tornadoes ripped through the southern part of the state earlier this month, Ben Poston of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel found that thousands of southeastern Wisconsin residents are out of range for tornado warning sirens. Using mapping software, Poston plotted... 2174@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Mapping 2008-01-25T12:03:06-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_11.html The Star Tribune spent months reconstructing the locations and identities of the more than 150 people who were on the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis when it collapsed into the Mississippi River on August 1. With the help of an... 2145@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2007-11-30T10:14:05-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html Patrick Lakamp, Mary Pasciak and Susan Schulman of the Buffalo News report on FEMA's uneven aid to areas hit by a surprise storm last October. "Almost one-half the nearly 18,000 residents in Western New York who applied for FEMA money... 2085@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Government (federal/state/local) 2007-10-16T17:07:09-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_08.html Following the collapse of an I-35 bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, journalists turned to the National Bridge Inventory database, available from IRE and NICAR, to check the bridge's inspection history. The Saint Paul Pioneer Press. and The Star... 2006@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Transportation 2007-08-02T11:01:31-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_05.html 1927@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2007-05-14T12:02:40-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_01.html On the anniversary of the Sago Mine explosion, The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette continues to probe safety issues behind the blast that killed 12 miners. Ken Ward Jr. reports that "the Sago disaster might not have happened if regulators and the... 1797@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2007-01-02T16:12:06-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_07.html Following the announcement of murder charges against a New Orleans doctor and two nurses on duty in the wake Hurricane Katrina, CNN continues its Emmy-nominated investigative series, "Death at Memorial Hospital" with exclusive interviews with siblings of the accused Dr.... 1620@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Justice (courts/crime/law) 2006-07-21T11:43:18-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_05.html Kathleen Chapman of The Palm Beach Post investigated the emergency food-stamp program in Florida after Hurricane Wilma and found that nearly 700,000 Floridians, many of whom were not really too poor to buy food, got in line for the stamps.... 1572@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2006-05-25T10:45:00-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_05.html Bob Segall of WTHR-Indianapolis used county records to find there are serious issues with many of central Indiana's tornado sirens. The investigation found problems that included sirens that have failed thousands of times, to inoperable sirens, to local officials who... 1554@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2006-05-08T09:00:00-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_03.html Karen Blakeman, staff writer with The Honolulu Advertiser, used National Inventory of Dams data from IRE and NICAR for a story about the deadly failure of a privately owned dam on the Hawaii island of Kaua'i. Two bodies have been... 1505@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2006-03-17T13:12:50-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_03.html Jenni Bergal of The Center for Public Integrity reviewed health records to find that states have barely used $2 billion provided in an emergency bill passed by Congress to help low-income hurricane victims scattered across the country. "Any state that... 1495@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2006-03-13T04:35:00-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2006_03.html Thomas Peele and Jessica Guynn of Contra Costa Times found that despite houses being retrofitted to keep them safe during an earthquake, less than a third of the houses inspected would survive a major earthquake. In an investigation of 35... 1491@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Disasters 2006-03-07T07:18:00-06:00