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 2008-06-12T09:17:41-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2008_06.html An inspector general's report shows the Federal Aviation Administration is hiring more air traffic controllers than it can effectively train, reports Michael J. Sniffen of the Associated Press. "The Transportation Department's inspector general said the Federal Aviation Administration is so... 2268@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2008-06-12T09:17:41-06:00 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_02.html FRONTLINE revisits a January 2003 investigation of McWane, Inc., a pipe foundry company which proved to be "the most dangerous company in an inherently dangerous business." In A Dangerous Business Revisited, Lowell Bergman looks at what happened since the original... 2186@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Broadcast 2008-02-07T11:55:17-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_11.html A collaborative six-month investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting and Salon.com details the failings of whistleblower courts, which are intended to protect employees who speak out against corruption and abuses in government agencies. Instead, this forum is used to... 2102@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Government (federal/state/local) 2007-11-02T11:27:39-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html Over a 12-month period, investigative reporter Loretta Tofani traveled to China, examining worker conditions and "observed first-hand how Chinese workers routinely risk their health and sometimes their lives making products for export to the United States and other countries." Her... 2088@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-10-24T09:22:44-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html The Sacramento Bee's Andrew McIntosh reports that "16 Sacramento city firefighters together pocketed $50,000 in extra pay after using bachelor's degrees purchased from online diploma mills to obtain raises." In the end, 28 firefighters, including eight captains, tried to obtain... 2078@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-10-12T08:54:42-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_10.html David Knox of the Akron Beacon Journal takes an in-depth look at eroding income levels. The Beacon Journal examined more than 50 years of census data to consider " what happens when older workers retire, exchanging their big paychecks for... 2075@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-10-10T09:41:35-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_08.html Following the Crandall Canyon Mine disaster, Lee Davidson of the Deseret Morning News did a couple of quick-hit stories on mine safety in Utah. The stories detail repeated safety violations in Utah mines and those violations specific to the Crandall... 2024@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-08-21T12:21:29-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_07.html In a four-part series, James Drew and Steve Eder of The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade report that a 19-year-old federal law that requires companies to give notice to workers losing their jobs is so full of loopholes and flaws that employers... 1992@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Business 2007-07-23T15:38:31-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_04.html David E. Kaplan of U.S. News & World Report reveals how female spy veterans of the CIA are taking legal action for being disciplined over “close and continuing relationships” with foreigners. Kaplan reports on the CIA's secret disciplinary hearings and... 1907@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Government (federal/state/local) 2007-04-25T10:55:19-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_04.html Joshua Benton of The Dallas Morning News used court records to show that Elizabeth Albanese, who recently stepped down as leader of the Press Club of Dallas, has a criminal record under the name Lisa Albanese centered on allegations of... 1905@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-04-23T14:00:32-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_03.html Bill Dedman of MSNBC.com reports that more than three years after President Bush signed the Hometown Heroes Act of 2003, no benefits have been paid to families. The act promises federal benefits to the families of firefighters and EMTs who... 1880@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-03-22T11:22:50-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_03.html Jeffery Brainard of The Chronicle of Higher Education discovered an increase in accidents on campuses as proper inspections have declined. "Serious accidents in which workers were killed or hospitalized have became more common on college campuses, according to a Chronicle... 1871@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-03-15T15:40:20-06:00 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/archives/2007_02.html Bill Dedman of MSNBC.com reports that the U.S. government took 5 years to react to warnings made in 2000 that firefighters' PASS alarms were failing to perform as intended. These units sound an alarm and flash lights if a firefighter... 1829@http://www.ire.org/extraextra/ Workplace 2007-02-09T15:58:09-06:00 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