http://www.ire.org/extraextra Extra! Extra! Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:23:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/palin-e-mails-reveal-a-powerful-first-dude/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/palin-e-mails-reveal-a-powerful-first-dude/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:22:02 +0000 coulterj http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9143 revealed the influence of Todd Palin, the husband of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, during Palin's time as governor. MSNBC.com staff combed through nearly 3,000 pages of e-mails to show Todd Palin involved in a judicial appointment, monitoring contract negotiations with a public employee union and passing "financial information marked marked 'confidential' from his oil company employer to a state attorney."]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/palin-e-mails-reveal-a-powerful-first-dude/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/international/claims-by-china-based-stem-cell-broker-misleading/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/international/claims-by-china-based-stem-cell-broker-misleading/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:18:54 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9138 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Mark Johnson and Meg Kissinger examined the overblown medical claims and misleading marketing strategies of China-based Beike Biotechnology, one of many overseas operations marketing experimental stem cell treatments to desperate American families. ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/international/claims-by-china-based-stem-cell-broker-misleading/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/seniors-exploited-in-care-facilities/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/seniors-exploited-in-care-facilities/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:13:43 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9136 Seniors for Sale", a Seattle Times investigation, found that inside the state's 2,843 adult family homes, thousands of vulnerable adults have been exploited by profiteers or harmed by amateur caregivers.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/seniors-exploited-in-care-facilities/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/justice-courtscrimelaw/doubts-cast-on-justification-of-04-police-shooting/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/justice-courtscrimelaw/doubts-cast-on-justification-of-04-police-shooting/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:36:51 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9130 joint investigation by the Chicago Tribune and journalism students at Columbia College Chicago casts doubts on a 2004 Chicago police shooting in which the officers were cleared just 10 hours after seriously wounding a man and a 13-year-old girl.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/justice-courtscrimelaw/doubts-cast-on-justification-of-04-police-shooting/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/sports/nfl-has-ramped-up-campaign-donations-lobbying-efforts/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/sports/nfl-has-ramped-up-campaign-donations-lobbying-efforts/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:55:39 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9122 campaign contributions and lobbying efforts, mainly trying to affect legislation on broadcasting rights and trying to preempt any move by Congress to intervene in a potential player lockout in 2011.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/sports/nfl-has-ramped-up-campaign-donations-lobbying-efforts/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/san-diego-countys-social-welfare-programs-lacking/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/san-diego-countys-social-welfare-programs-lacking/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:23:17 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9119 San Diego County's social welfare safety net is riddled with gaps. A voiceofsandiego.org investigation has found that the county government's historical resistance to provide social welfare programs has left a wide chasm between last-resort aid and those on the bottom rungs of economic survival.]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/government-federalstatelocal/san-diego-countys-social-welfare-programs-lacking/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/health/mistakes-in-radiation-treatments-can-be-dire/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/health/mistakes-in-radiation-treatments-can-be-dire/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:11:04 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9115 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/health/mistakes-in-radiation-treatments-can-be-dire/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/uncategorized/misuse-of-funds-compromised-tribal-welfare-program/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/uncategorized/misuse-of-funds-compromised-tribal-welfare-program/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:36:10 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9110 http://www.ire.org/extraextra/uncategorized/misuse-of-funds-compromised-tribal-welfare-program/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/first-amendment-foia/judge-orders-tacoma-city-council-to-record-executive-meetings/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/first-amendment-foia/judge-orders-tacoma-city-council-to-record-executive-meetings/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:27:33 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9106 The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) won what may be the first court ruling of its kind in Washington state, when a judge ordered the Tacoma City Council to video and audio record its executive sessions. ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/first-amendment-foia/judge-orders-tacoma-city-council-to-record-executive-meetings/feed/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/uncategorized/head-of-dc-metro-system-resigned/ http://www.ire.org/extraextra/uncategorized/head-of-dc-metro-system-resigned/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:47:36 +0000 Beth http://www.ire.org/extraextra/?p=9103 who are leaving or have been reassigned in response to a Washington Post series on safety lapses in the nation’s second-busiest subway system. ]]> http://www.ire.org/extraextra/uncategorized/head-of-dc-metro-system-resigned/feed/