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Corrosion could threaten structure of Gateway Arch

A report in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reveals that the iconic stainless steel Gateway Arch is corroding. Reporter Nick Pistor reviewed engineering documents, which indicated corrosion, some of it feared […]
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Small Business Administration failed hurricane victims in Gulf

The Associated Press investigated how the Small Business Administration responded to the hurricanes of 2005, and the impact on the Gulf Coast five year later.  The yearlong investigation by Mitch […]
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Patients in Peril series

From a violent patient allowed to roam free to a pregnancy case that violated policy at every turn and nurses who falsified documents to cover their mistakes, a Milwaukee Journal […]
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Thai Workers Victims of Human Trafficking In Utah

Lee Davidson reported how Thai workers recruited to work on Utah pig and chicken farms were victims of human trafficking. Read "A Story of Modern Slavery in Utah."
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InvestigateWest:Cruise Ships Dump Waste To Dodge Laws

An InvestigateWest report on the billion dollar cruise ship industry in the Washington-Alaska cruise market found that most ships avoid tougher state regulations and dump their waste in Canadian waters […]
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Mortgage Fraud Spawning New Scams

Mortgage fraud is a crime that cost an estimated $14 billion in 2009, prompting the FBI to assemble its largest ever team to fight it. But the tsunami of foreclosures […]
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Brevard (FL) Students Frequently Held Back

Mackenzie Ryan reports that struggling students in Brevard's public schools have a greater chance of repeating a grade than their peers in other parts of the state. In 2009, 7.1 […]
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Trouble plagues N.C. State Bureau of Investigation

A 4-part series by The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)  reveals deep trouble at the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. The series finds an agency in line with prosecutors […]
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OneUnited bank was weakest to receive TARP support

A report on  Bank Tracker, a project of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, shows that OneUnited Bank, the bank at the center of the allegations against Rep. Maxine […]
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No recalls on van despite cracking axles

Tim Darragh of The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) reports that Ford Windstars from 1999-2003 are under investigation due to rear axles breaking while the car is being driven at high […]
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