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Cities liability records expose wide disparities

A quick-hit investigation by Marc Davis of The Virginian-Pilot looked at city liablitiy records and found "Virginia Beach paid 84 homeowners and businesses a total of $457,000 to fix damages […]
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Pentagon dismissed requests for mine-resistant vehicles

The Pentagon failed in its efforts to protect troops in Iraq, according to an investigation by Peter Eisler, Blake Morrison and Tom Vanden Brook of USA TODAY. The Pentagon has […]
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WARN Act riddled with loopholes

In a four-part series, James Drew and Steve Eder of The (Toledo, Ohio) Blade report that a 19-year-old federal law that requires companies to give notice to workers losing their […]
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Computer security issues plague Boeing financial records

Andrea James and Daniel Lathrop of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer investigated security problems with Boeing's computer system which leaves it vulnerable to manipulation, theft and fraud. The issues relate to Boeing's […]
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Subprime crisis looming in Pennsylvania

The latest report on subprime lending woes comes from The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa. Reporters Tim Darragh and Matt Birkbeck predict that the worst is yet to come in […]
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Political speed zones

Sarah Okeson of Florida Today looked into a new law that sets up enhanced penalty zones in which drivers who speed get higher fines. Reviewing more than 1 million crashes […]
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Monitoring contractors' misconduct

The Project on Government Oversight unveiled a new version of its online Federal Contractor Misconduct Database. "The new database, which covers instances of misconduct from 1995 to the present, includes […]
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Revisiting a conviction

Denver Post reporter Miles Moffeit investigated the "the largely unnoticed months-long battle over DNA testing and evidence preservation" created by efforts to overturn the murder conviction of Tim Masters. The […]
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State pensions profit from nuclear waste, rogue states

Nevada's pension fund for state workers, legislators and judges holds investments in companies that have pushed to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain— even though the state has fought to […]
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Prominent trainers cited for horse doping

All seven of the top horse trainers leading the national earnings list faced penalties for horses testing positive for ephedrine, bicarbonate loading or powerful painkillers in the past decade, a […]
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