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McCaffrey profits from the business of war

A report by David Barstow of The New York Times reveals how Barry McCaffrey, a retired four-star Army general, has parlayed his stature and influence into lucrative opportunities, including a […]
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Obama found support in Oklahoma's urban precincts

Oklahoma voters gave Republican Sen. John McCain one of his largest margins of victory over Democrat Barack Obama in the presidential election earlier this month. But an analysis of precinct […]
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Unapproved prescription drugs covered by Medicaid

An Associated Press analysis of federal drug data shows the U.S. government has spent over $200 million since 2004 on drugs that have not been approved by the Food and […]
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U.S flex-fuel fleet fraught with problems

A 16-year long federal program to build a fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles for the government has been riddled with problems, according to a report by Kimberly Kindy and Dan Keating […]
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State-run home for disabled hired unlicensed medical directors

Clark Kauffman of the The Des Moines Register reports that a state-run home for profoundly disabled children and adults has employed nine unlicensed psychologists and two successive, unlicensed medical directors. […]
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Enforcement of vaccination law lax at day cares

Following up on a recent investigation of vaccination enforcement in schools, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that hundreds of local day care centers also routinely violate a state law that prohibits […]
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The taking of NASA’s secrets

BusinessWeek’s Keith Epstein and Ben Elgin disclose detailed evidence that hackers and foreign operatives have been penetrating NASA computers for years, robbing the nation’s military and scientific institutions — along […]
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Soldiers say they were ordered to shred sensitive files

In October, Mark Benjamin of Salon.com questioned the U.S. Army's report attributing the deaths of Pfc. Albert Nelson and Pfc. Robert Suarez to enemy action after finding evidence suggesting that […]
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NYU campus crime reports are misleading

A report by Marc Beja and Adam Playford of Washington Square News (at New York University) brings to light issues with NYU's reporting of campus crime statistics.  Due to how […]
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Web provides outlet for watchdog reporting

Watchdog journalism and investigative reporting are finding an outlet on the Internet, according to a report by Richard Pérez-Peña of The New York Times. "As America’s newspapers shrink and shed […]
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