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Jonathan D. Salant and Kristin Jensen of Bloomberg report that Sen. Christopher Dodd has outpaced his political rivals in the race to raise money for a presidential bid. A third of the $3 million he raised in the last quarter of 2006 came from the financial-services industry — the industry he oversees as chairman of…
Read MoreAs spring training opens around baseball, Mike Fish of ESPN.com takes a two-day look at the state of Major League Baseball’s fight against performance-enhancing drugs in the Dominican Republic with a series of stories and reports. (The articles are also available in Spanish.)
Read MoreAs part of a two-year investigation by The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade into the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and corruption in state government, James Drew and Steve Eder have discovered that a conflict of interest was not disclosed when in a five-year, $384,000 contract was given to the accounting firm of Ciuni & Panichi. The…
Read MoreUsing a database of school bus drivers and public records searches, Randy Ludlow and Jill Riepenhoff of the Columbus Dispatch found that more than 150 school-bus drivers have records of drunken driving and drug abuse. “State laws, practice and policies make it virtually impossible for school officials to review complete driving histories maintained by the…
Read MoreThomas Content and Lee Bergquist of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report on how Wisconsin is responsible for disproportionate contributions to global warming. By examining public records, they found that coal-burning power plants generate greenhouse gases about one-third faster than the national average. Wisconsin is one of twelve states that relies on coal for the majority…
Read MoreBill 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 has been motionless for 30 seconds. Documents made public under the Freedom of Information Act…
Read MoreDave Savini of CBS 2 – Chicago investigates a breach of security at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Insufficient tracking of employee ID badges at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport have created a gaping hole in airport security. The badges enable employees of the airport to access high-security areas without being screened . A database obtained from Chicago’s Department…
Read MoreInvestigative Reporter Jeremy Rogalski and the 11 Investigates team discovered that local general aviation airports in the Houston area have almost no security funding or regulation. As a result, the team was easily able to walk onto unattended small and medium-size jets. One expert described the planes as “flying weapon(s)” because they could be used…
Read MoreWriting for Vanity Fair, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele uncover the influence of SAIC, a “mega-contractor” in Washington, D.C. SAIC, unlike other contractors, is often called upon for expertise “
Read MoreJohn Brennan and Jeff Pillets at The (Bergen County, NJ) Record went deep into the financial underpinnings of a developer’s promise to transform the state’s most infamous landmark from smelly garbage dumps and swamps into an Emerald City of golf courses, luxury condos and resort hotels. They emerged with a compelling story about the way…
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