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Gas price secrets revealed

A series by The Cincinnati Enquirer analyzed a daily price database of gas prices at 716 stations in the Greater Cincinnati region, including northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana, to better […]
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Big donors, bundlers boost Obama's fundraising

Records show that one-third of Barack Obama's campaign donors have made donations over $1,000, reports Michael Luo and Christopher Drew of The New York Times. While Obama claimed to forgo […]
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Loopholes in hiring practices leave kids at risk

Flaws in how the city of Columbus handles background checks for street peddlers has created loopholes that allow child predators behind the wheels of ice cream trucks, reports Paul Aker […]
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City's wildfire clean-up exceeded estimates

Following the October 2007 wildfires, the city of San Diego contracted with two companies for demolition and clean-up of homes destroyed in the fire. Original estimates for the service was […]
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U.S. hospitals deporting invalid immigrants

"Many American hospitals are taking it upon themselves to repatriate seriously injured or ill immigrants because they cannot find nursing homes willing to accept them without insurance," reports Deborah Sontag […]
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Some guards at Maryland jail have arrest records

Following the apparent strangulation death of 19-year-old inmate Ronnie L. White, the Prince George's County Jail has been under intense scrutiny. A report by Debbie Cenziper and James Hohman, of […]
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Progress slow in bridge repairs across the U.S.

"A year after the worst U.S. bridge collapse in a generation brought calls for immediate repairs to other spans, two of every three of the busiest problem bridges in each […]
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EPA investigation shows "safe" pesticides now top list of poisonings

Through a FOIA request, The Center for Public Integrity obtained the Environmental Protection Agency's internal pesticide incident database, called one of the "Ten Most Wanted Government Documents" by a watchdog […]
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U.S. auditor calls for end to funding of Iraqi reconstruction

Peter Spiegel of The Los Angeles Times reported that a U.S. auditor has called for an end to American funding of reconstruction in Iraq. Citing record oil profits and unspent […]
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A look inside the fall of Bear Stearns

Vanity Fair's Bryan Burrough investigated the fall of Bear Stearns. Through internal accounts of the investment bank's demise, some suggest that an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission would […]
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