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Jodi Upton and Steve Wieberg of USA Today have taken an extensive look at the contracts of NCAA Division 1-A football coaches. “Head coaches at the NCAA’s top-level schools are making an average of $950,000 this year, not counting benefits, incentives, subsidized housing or any of the perks they routinely receive. At least 42 of…
Read MoreKen Ward Jr. of The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette analyzed government reports and data and found that 9 out of every 10 coal mining deaths nationwide over the last 10 years could have been avoided if existing safety rules had been followed. Ward’s report, the first in a series of special investigative stories, appeared in Sunday’s…
Read MoreTisha Thompson of WMAR-Baltimore found that police officers in Baltimore continuously broke speed limits, sometimes by over 10mph, even in the absence of an emergency. The investigation revealed that in an emergency, fifty percent of the police cars drove at more than 10 mph over the speed limit.Armed with hidden cameras, the investigators also found…
Read MoreMark Greenblatt of KHOU-TV looks at a surge in violent crimes in Houston – an increase of 22% in the last 2 years. For the story, Greenblatt used Access, Excel, ArcGIS, and CrimeStat to first look for trends in rise in specific crimes, then mapped them out to find further trends. Included in the report…
Read MoreCincinati Enquirer takes a county-by-county look at the Democratic shift in Ohio The Herald Tribune’s coverage of the 13th Congressional District recount and the vote breakdown by precinct The Fresno Bee covers the neck-in-neck race for sheriff with a map showing how the votes split
Read MoreThe Associated Press has published a series, “Inquest for a Warrior”, which looks at the probe into the April 2004 death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan. Startling findings in the Tillman probe Pat Tillman’s last day, reconstructed Penalties resulting from Tillman’s death Charges possible in Pat Tillman’s death Sources used by the AP in Tillman…
Read MoreKen Ward Jr. of The Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette analyzed government reports and data and found that 9 out of every 10 coal mining deaths nationwide over the last 10 years could have been avoided if existing safety rules had been followed. Ward’s report, the first in a series of special investigative stories, appeared in Sunday’s…
Read MoreIn this week’s U.S. News & World Report cover story — part two of their series — David E. Kaplan and Kevin Whitelaw reveal how America’s top spies are attempting the most sweeping reforms since the intelligence community’s creation nearly 60 years ago. The investigation is based, in part, on interviews with nearly two dozen…
Read MoreData from the Justice Department indicates that federal prosecutors appear to have big doubts about the FBI’s criminal enforcement activities when it comes to fighting international terrorism. According to a TRAC report, federal prosecutors so far in FY 2006 have rejected 87% of the FBI’s referrals on international terrorism. The report also shows that despite…
Read MoreIn a 2-part series for MSNBC.com, Bill Dedman details the investigations into detainee abuses at Guantanamo. “[F]ormer leaders of the Defense Department’s Criminal Investigation Task Force said they repeatedly warned senior Pentagon officials beginning in early 2002 that the harsh interrogation techniques used by a separate intelligence team would not produce reliable information, could constitute…
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