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State inspectors overwhelmed by fracking infractions

An investigation by Isaac Wolf, national reporter for  Scripps Howard News Service, found that fracking, a widespread method of extracting natural gas by shooting chemical-laced water underground, is a growing threat […]
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The Price of Living series

The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.) spent months going through individual case files at the Charleston County Probate Court to learn what was happening to the savings of elderly incapacitated […]
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Tracing the guns used to kill cops

In The Washington Post's continuing investigation, The Hidden Life of Guns, reporter Cheryl W. Thompson offers the first comprehensive analysis of how cop-killers got their guns. "Legal purchase was the […]
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Satellite monitoring of sex offenders under attack

In a two-part story on North Caroina's satellite-based monitoring of sex offenders program, the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper found that technological limitations create a system that some say does nothing more […]
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Serial killer series prompts police to re-open investigations

Police in Ohio and Indiana have launched new murder investigations after a Scripps Howard News Service investigation revealed dozens of clusters of unsolved killings of women nationwide that are likely the work of serial […]
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Combat-related injuries compound stuggles of soldiers returning from war

A report for CNN by Alex Quade explores the struggles of veterans suffering with combat-related health issues as they try to reintegrate into civilian life following service in Iraq and […]
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Felons, including sex offenders, ran camp for homeless kids

A Palm Beach Post investigation showed that Palm Beach County government officials paid a convicted child molester, thieves, drug dealers and other people with criminal records nearly half a million dollars to […]
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Rove-backed races were winners in midterm elections

Jonathan D. Salant and Traci McMillan of Bloomberg News, using a database built for the 2010 elections, found that U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other Republican-leaning outside groups spent millions […]
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Program introduced to better track crime on indian reservations

An investigation by of The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) found that inconsistently reported crime data has meant criminal activity on the country’s American Indian reservations is not […]
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Great risks accompany dialysis treatment in U.S.

A ProPublica investigation into the state of dialysis care in the United States found "patients commonly receive treatment in settings that are unsanitary and prone to perilous lapses in care. […]
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