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Ohio schools rely heavily upon student fees to pay for sports programs

A report by The Plain Dealer reveals that Cleveland State University charges its students “about $600 a year for intercollegiate sports, even if you do not attend a single game.” […]
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Private EMS operators billed Medicare nearly $500 million since 2005

An investigation done by the Houston Chronicle found that private EMS operators are “making millions of dollars off the poor, the sick and the mentally vulnerable, whether they need a […]
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Philadelphia school police need policing

An investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer identified  “more than a dozen school police officers who have been arrested on drug, assault, theft, and other charges in recent years – either […]
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CA hospital chain’s bill to Medicare raises suspicion

“Prime Healthcare Services bills Medicare for a variety of unusual ailments – among them a brain disease and a condition causing eyes to bleed – that can generate lucrative payments […]
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Disaster looms as fire department is stretched too thin

“Nowhere are the challenges facing the Alexandria Fire Department more stark than at Station 206, the Seminary Road facility built in 1958. Standing on the front ramp looking west, Fire […]
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CA fires won’t deter 150-home development, despite high-risk area

"Following the deadly Esperanza wildfire in Southern California in October 2006, in which five U.S. Forest Service firefighters were killed, a task force recommended tougher zoning and code enforcement to […]
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Township mayor faces ethics violation charges

"State officials are investigating construction and zoning permits Monroe officials granted to township Mayor Michael Gabbianelli and his son. A week after the Courier-Post reported apparent ethics violations, state Department […]
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Self-described serial-killer’s confessions leads to re-opened investigation

The killer, a 72-year-old prisoner named Edward Harold Bell, told the Houston Chronicle in interviews and letters this summer that he killed 11 girls here in the 1970s, naming four […]
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Subsidiary of Koch Industries has direct interest in Keystone XL

“In recent months Koch Industries Inc., the business conglomerate run by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, has repeatedly told a U.S. Congressional committee and the news media that the […]
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Regardless of bailout, Gov. Perry has deep ties to one of TX’s largest banks

In his bid for the president, Governor Rick Perry has attacked the Troubled Asset Relief Program numerous times; calling it an “unprecedented assault on free markets.” However, The Dallas Morning […]
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