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A story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution details escalator injuries throughout the metro area. Every week in metro Atlanta people are badly injured riding escalators. They fall and crack their heads, or get their clothing or luggage tangled in the machinery. And in the worst cases, they suffer amputating injuries. Injuries associated with children wearing Crocs-like…
Read MoreIn final installment of the The Miami Herald‘s Borrowers Betrayed series, reporters Jack Dolan, Matthew Haggman and Rob Barry show the anatomy of a massive mortgage fraud network in Florida that generated $550 million in loans during the housing boom years, and the failure of state regulators to stop one of its lead brokers.
Read MoreIRE and NICAR are once again offering substantial discounts on ArcView mapping software. And your first opportunity to take advantage of the almost $2,000 in savings comes next month. ESRI is offering ArcView single-use licenses at no charge to IRE members who agree to attend a GIS training event conducted by IRE and NICAR or…
Read MoreIn a seven-part multimedia series, the Star Tribune examines the phenomenon of the global food market through the eyes of farmers and consumers from Cambodia to Papua New Guinea to southern Minnesota. Reporters Matt McKinney, Chris Serres and Richard Meryhew explore the powerful and conflicting forces around the world influencing the supply and price of…
Read MoreOver the past decade, there has been a marked increase in the number of Army aviation accidents, according to a report by Michael Fabey of Aviation Week. In the first year of the Bush administration’s “global war on terror,” fatalities increased by 875 percent — from 8 in 2000 to 78 in 2001. This trend…
Read MoreA joint project by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes explores the world of online gambling. The industry clears $18 billion annually, but exists in murky legal territory. One group of online poker players had to take it upon themselves to unearth a $20 million cheating scam. But they could not turn to U.S. officials…
Read MoreAn extensive series by The Los Angeles Times details the war on drugs underway in Mexico. Since January 2007, it is estimated that 6,285 people have died in the efforts to curb the drug trade — a number greater than the total U.S. fatalities in the Iraq War. The series explores the war as it…
Read MoreHolly Whisenhunt Stephen was the best executive producer an investigative reporter could ever ask for. Holly, an award-winning journalist and a longtime IRE member, died Nov. 28 after a long battle with cancer. She was 38. Holly spent much of her career in Texas, working for TV newsrooms in Stephenville, Waco, Austin, Houston and San…
Read MoreA report by David Barstow of The New York Times reveals how Barry McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general, has parlayed his stature and influence into lucrative opportunities, including a consultancy for a military contractor interested in supplying forces in Iraq with armored vehicles. Since 9/11, McCaffrey has “made nearly 1,000 appearances on NBC and…
Read MoreWilliam Booth of The Washington Post reports that journalists are finding themselves at increased risk as violence escalates in Mexico’s drug war. On November 13, Armando Rodríguez, a reporter for El Diario in Ciudad Juarez, was murdered in front of his home. Earlier in the month, the decapitated head of a drug dealer was placed…
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