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Some of the worst roads bypassed by stimulus funds

Brad Heath of USA Today reports that "nearly $10 billion in stimulus aid to repair the nation's tattered highways has largely bypassed dozens of metropolitan areas where roads are in […]
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Trust Betrayed series

A sixth-month, statewide investigation into Florida’s child care centers, nursing homes and assisted living facilities by Sally Kestin, Peter Franceschina and John Maines of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel found that […]
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Majority of health care lobbyists are federal government veterans

"Of 2,737 lobbyists hired to promote the interests of drug companies, insurers, hospitals, health professionals, industry groups and business organizations, 1,418 -- or 52 percent -- have worked for Congress, […]
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Retired state workers collect pension, paycheck

An investigation by The Hartford (Conn.) Courant shows that more than 500 of the 3,856 state employees who participated in the state's Retirement Incentive Program are receiving bi-weekly paychecks in […]
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Private security firm bought weapons on Iraqi black market

An investigation by T. Christian Miller and Aram Roston for ProPublica shows that Triple Canopy, the top private security contractor in Iraq, "swapped booze for weapons and supplies from the […]
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Water tainted with mercury ignored by government

Abandoned mercury mines in California are contaminating many of the state's waterways,  reports Jason Dearen.  An investigation by the Associated Press found that "the federal government has tried to clean […]
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Accuracy of Florida school safety reports called into question

WFOR-TV (Doral, Fla.) conducted a six-month investigation into school violence in Florida and discovered "wide discrepancies" between the numbers of violent incidents reported on the state's Department of Education website […]
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Former governor scored deal on coastal property

Reporters Jay Price, J. Andrew Curliss and Joseph Neff of The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) broke the story of how former Gov. Mike Easley and his wife Mary accepted […]
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Massachusetts slow to discipline problem lenders

An investigation by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting at Boston University (NECIR-BU) shows that regulators in Massachusetts have been slow to discipline problem mortgage brokers and lenders compared […]
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Loophole allowed illegal immigrants to register vehicles in Ohio

Randy Ludlow of The Columbus Dispatch revealed "a loophole in an Ohio policy allowed thousands of undocumented immigrants to register cars and get license plates even though many did not […]
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