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Prescription drugs linked to seventy percent of Milwaukee overdoses

In an analysis of prescription drug deaths in the Milwaukee area, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Tom Kertscher found of the 1,200 overdose deaths in an eight-year period, some 70% involved […]
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Eight deaths reported by homeowners with toxic drywall

Homeowners with toxic drywall have reported eight deaths to federal consumer safety officials, though no direct linkage has been found. That's according to a Scripps Howard News Service analysis of […]
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Leaking underground tanks leave legacy of contamination in Pennsylvania

An investigation of leaky underground storage tanks in the Lehigh Valley by Christopher Baxter and Tim Darragh of The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) found spills left lingering for years or […]
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California state employees pile up millions in vacation time

Amid a crippling fiscal crisis, managers throughout California’s government have routinely allowed their employees to amass unused vacation time, enabling hundreds of workers to end their public-service careers with payouts […]
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Few touch sanctions imposed in New England campus sexual assault cases

Officials at the University of Massachusetts Amherst acknowledge that they allowed a student who confessed to raping a friend on campus last fall, a felony, to remain enrolled and avoid […]
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Education Deparment's enforcement of campus sexual assault cases is lacking

The Education Department is charged with enforcing laws on how schools deal with sexual assault, but its Office of Civil Rights rarely investigates student allegations of botched proceedings. When cases […]
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Agencies in New Mexico impeded fraud and elder care investigations

An ongoing series in The New Mexico Independent explores allegations that state agencies interfered with fraud and elder abuse investigations.  The Medicaid Fraud Division stated that Human Services Department and […]
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Deadly military aviation accidents on the rise

"U.S. soldiers have been twice as likely to die from aviation accidents as they were from ground mishaps or incidents over the past two and a half decades, according to […]
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Texas slow to penalize nursing homes where residents suffer

Through interviews with families and advocates and a review of thousands of pages of public records, the San Antonio Express-News reports that some of the city's most frail and vulnerable […]
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California lawmakers turn perks into profit

The Orange County Register’s Brian Joseph exposes how overlapping laws allow California state lawmakers to leverage their tax-free travel allowance to buy homes, secure tax deductions and sometimes pocket hundreds […]
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