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Questions remain about Wisconsin's proposed high-speed train

An investigation by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and University of Wisconsin-Madison journalism students found gaps in one of the state’s biggest proposed stimulus projects: a half-a-billion-dollar high-speed passenger […]
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Property flipping took toll on Florida housing market

The Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune reviewed 19 million Florida real estate transactions to determine the impact of housing fraud on the collapse of the housing market. "The year-long investigation found that […]
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City loses money as lenders abandon foreclosed properties

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporters Cary Spivak and Ben Poston uncovered the latest fallout from the mortgage crisis: foreclosed properties abandoned by lenders, also known as "walkaways." Using city and county […]
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Compensation for those wrongly convicted slow, unequal

Clark Merrefield, along with fellow CUNY graduate students, analyzed New York state’s compensation program for those found to be wrongfully convicted. Their findings showed that it takes years for recipients […]
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Problems persist at Arlington National Cemetery

Mark Benjamin of Salon.com reports on problems plaguing Arlington National Cemetery.  The cemetery's deputy superintendent, Thurman Higginbotham, has been at the center of an Army investigation involving an illegal wiretap.  […]
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Canal safety issues were raised prior to fatal mudslide

An investigation by Matthew D. LaPlante and Nate Carlisle of The Salt Lake Tribune found that "Logan City received repeated warnings that a privately owned canal that runs along the […]
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Race gap widens in rejections for mortgage loans

An analysis of the latest national mortgage data by The Charlotte Observer found that "as the credit spigot dried up in 2008, blacks and Hispanics were more likely to be […]
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Problem nurses, lax oversight leave patients at risk

In a continuing investigation into failed oversight of California's health professionals, ProPublica and The Los Angeles Times found the California Board of Registered Nursing, responsible for the oversight of 350,000 […]
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Non-motorized boat accidents often fatal

An analysis of Wisconsin boating accident data by Jacob Kushner and Kryssy Pease of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism found that accidents in non-motorized boats are often fatal. "Eight of […]
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Tugboat apprentice pilots, accidents rise

The Associated Press reviewed Coast Guard records and discovered more and more tugboat captains in the United States have less than one year of piloting experience. According to the article […]
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