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Man paroled 22 years after questionable conviction

An investigation by Times Herald-Record reporter Christine Young into the questionable handling by police and prosecutors of a 1987 New York City murder has led to the prison release of […]
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Consultancies a cash-cow for retired military

A USA Today investigation found that the Pentagon has hired "at least 158 retired admirals and generals...to offer advice under an unusual arrangement. Most of the retired officers, one to […]
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Domestic Silence series

A Columbus Dispatch investigation of domestic violence by Stephanie Czekalinski, Jill Riepenhoff and Mike Wagner shows flaws in Ohio laws and policies that create a culture of tolerance and indifference […]
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FBI tracked Studs Terkel for over four decades

Through the Freedom of Information Act, CUNY graduate student Valerie Lapinski was able to obtain previously unreleased FBI file of Studs Terkel.  The file revealed that the agency suspected Terkel […]
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Schools not made aware of tainted food supplies

An investigation by Blake Morrison and Peter Eisler of USA Today illustrates failures in food safety programs as schools unknowingly continued to receive food from suppliers with a history of […]
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Probation system profits on the poor at unfair price

A report by Sandy Hodson of The Augusta Chronicle shows that private probation companies profit while unfairly punishing those who cannot pay their court debts. "Someone who can afford to […]
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Tulsa County's poorest spend most on lottery tickets

Using Oklahoma Lottery Commission sales data and U.S. Census Bureau data, the Tulsa World found that some of Tulsa County's poorest areas spend the most money on lottery tickets per […]
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Puerto Rican refinery had history of problems, neglect

Mc Nelly Torres, a freelance journalist, and Omaya Sosa Pascual, of El Centro Periodistico Investigativo de Puerto Rico, report decades of environmental violations, financial distress and neglect behind the company […]
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U.S. contracts fund Taliban-affiliated insurgents

Aram Roston of The Nation reports hundreds of millions of American tax dollars are going directly to Taliban-affiliated insurgents in Afghanistan. According to the article, US military officials in Kabul […]
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Big Pharma's Crime Spree

Pfizer and Lilly lead a parade of U.S. companies that have paid $7 billion in penalties after promoting drugs for uses not approved by the FDA, according to a report […]
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