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Wilmington's Street Wars
Wilmington, Del., has become one of the most violent cities of its size in America. Nothing dramatized that fact more than several spectacular shootings in 2012, including one day in June when three people were shot to death in separate incidents, and a shootout a few weeks later at a soccer tournament that killed three people -- including a teenager waiting to play the game he loved. To document and study the violence he and other News Journal colleagues were covering, senior reporter Cris Barrish gathered information for a database detailing the 158 shootings, including 42 homicides, over a 20-month period. He learned that police made arrests in only one-third of the cases, many of which collapsed in court. His research into why police could not solve cases led to the revelation that both shooting suspects and victims had been arrested an average of about two dozen times, with many qualifying as habitual criminals -- a phenomenon that some authorities call "thugicide.'' His stories also explored the “don’t snitch’’ code of the streets that cripples prosecution of these cases, not only by the men on both sides of the gun barrel, but also by residents who are terrified of the gunmen and distrustful of law enforcement.
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City Travel
Reporter Robert Arnold researched more than 79,000 documents to determine how city employees are spending taxpayer money while travelling on official business. His findings proved that some of the city employees were using taxpayer money for little extras like ski trips, casino nights and golf tournaments.
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Tourney behind on bills; PGA even lost big since ' 98
The Baltimore Business Journal reports on the "financial trouble at the State Farm Senior Classic, a PGA Tour-sponsored golf tournament." As the tournament lost its title sponsor, State Farm Insurance, it accumulated $1.15 million in debts, and is now facing demise. Meanwhile, the organizers kept on increasing the prize money, the Journal reports.
Tags: FOI request; 990 form; IRS; sports; debts; creditors; business
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Has something to get off his chest
Texas Monthly profiles elite cyclist Lance Armstrong, the two-time Tour de France winner. "He doesn't use performance-enhancing drugs, he insists, no matter what his critics in the European press and elsewhere say. And yet the accusations keep coming," the magazine reports. The story depicts Lance's battle with testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs and brain. The article examines how the use of EPO - a drug that saved Lance from cancer - and other dopes can enhance performance, and reveals how riders have always been a step ahead of the testers. A major finding is that "dopers enjoy a solidarity that is maintained by a code of silence."
Tags: Tour de France; doctors; drugs; doping; cycling; riding; tournaments; sponsors; champions; drug abuse; the Games; Olympics; muscles; Human Performance Laboratory at the University if Texas in Austin
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A Whole New Game
The Columbus Dispatch explores the Ohio High School Athletic Association's "power and priorities, driven by its increasing wealth and influence." The four-day series reveals that "the nonprofit organization, known for its by-the book enforcement of rules, operates without scrutiny." as its spends the money collected through "big-money sports tournaments and exclusive ball contracts." The investigation details how the association "has taken a hands-off approach to monitoring expenses, student transfers and academic standards affecting 225, 000 athletes throughout Ohio." The report uncovers an internal audit warning of "potentially unethical and illegal activity" and showing that "the association could be jeopardizing its tax-exempt status."
Tags: schools; student athletes; state government; insurance; stadium; contracts; championships
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Stadium Naples
The Naples Daily News reports about "... a web of corrupt dealings involving county commissioners, a defunct golf stadium development, county grants, the PGA Tour, a mob-linked stock house and our local state attorney... The deal seemed simple: County Commissioner John Norris steered control of the Naples Senior PGA golf tournament and $1 million in county grants to his Stadium Naples business partner in exchange for (a) stake. ... our locally elected state attorney - who declined to bring bribery charges related to ... Norris' stake in the Stadium Naples golf development in October 1998 - owned stock in a Stadium Naples partner company during his investigation." This investigation continued till 2000. Also see story files #17443 and #15021 for the complete set of stories.
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The price of a good intention
Television comedian Dave Coulier's non-profit Coulier Foundation gave only 13 percent of the money it raised to charities. The rest of the money was spent on celebrity friends of Coulier's who appeared in his hockey game or golf tournament. One telling expense: a $160 charge for flying Coulier's dog to Detroit.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch shows how the Minnesota Vikings' annual charity golf tournament lost money for two co-sponsoring organizations; only 19 percent of the money went to charity; most went to first-class travel and accommodations for season ticket holders and tournament uniforms for participants, March, July and November 1985.
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