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Loophole allows attorneys to exploit Illinois residents facing foreclosure

A loophole in state and federal laws has made it easy for some attorneys to take advantage of Illinois residents struggling to keep their homes, according to an investigation by […]
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Breaks by judge, police kept gang leader on the street

A violent Milwaukee youth who was a leader in a notorious street gang got breaks from the juvenile court system that kept him on the street were he committed new […]
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Deaths in adult homes went unreported

Michael J. Berens, of The Seattle Times, uncovered hundreds of deaths inside state-licensed adult family homes indicating neglect or abuse, but the deaths were not reported to the state or […]
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Historic Hawaiian homes get big tax breaks

Honolulu Star-Advertiser reporter Rob Perez found that owners of million-dollar historic homes on Oahu were getting major property-tax breaks without meeting a key requirement of the exemption program — that […]
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California dependent on immigrant labor

A four-part series by Ronald Campbell of The Orange County Register describes California’s extraordinary dependence on immigrant labor. Immigrants comprise a third of the state’s workforce a higher proportion than […]
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Majority of sexual abuses charges linked to women employees at juvenile facilities

An investigation by Laura Burke of the Texas Observer revealed that female employees account for most of the perpetrators of sexual abuse in Texas' juvenile facilities.  Relatively few investigations and […]
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Youth sports fraught with risks

A five-day series by The Columbus Dispatch explored the dangers of youth sports. "Little Leagues, Big Costs" found that youth sports are fraught with dangers because they lack uniform standards […]
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Efforts of USDA egg graders called into question following recall

Alison Young of USA Today reports that food safety watchdogs are critical of the U.S Department of Agriculture staff on site at the two Iowa egg processors linked to the […]
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Collateralized debt obligations fueled financial crisis

A report by ProPublica's Jake Bernstein and Jesse Eisinger "shows for the first time the extent to which banks &#8212 primarily Merrill Lynch, but also Citigroup, UBS and others &#8212 […]
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Nightclubs linked to sex trafficking continue to flourish

An investigation by The Palm Beach Post found that operators of nightclubs linked to sex trafficking by the FBI not only still are in business in Palm Beach County  — […]
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