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Police issue tickets more frequently by the beach

Rick Neale of Florida Today analyzed 2004 traffic ticket data from Brevard County, finding that "beachside police ticket at far higher relative frequencies than their mainland counterparts." The county's smaller […]
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City purchases raise questions

Sarah Bahari of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reviewed spending data for the city of Southlake, finding that city employees spent about $77,000 in 2004 at Lowe's and Home Depot stores. […]
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Homemakers top political donors in New York City

Mike McIntire of The New York Times has a piece on the most common of New York City political donors - homemakers. "Among the elite group of about 600 people […]
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State agency invests millions in rare coins

Mike Wilkinson and James Drew of The (Toledo) Blade checked out one of Ohio's government investment instruments: rare coins. "Since 1998, Ohio has invested millions of dollars in the unregulated […]
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Highly connected, highly paid official's job questioned

Sean P. Murphy and Connie Paige of The Boston Globe tracked the activities of Massachusetts' director of the Department of Labor, Angelo R. Buonopane, finding that his "work days average […]
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Legislators took gifts, trips from lobbyists

Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman used state disclosure reports to find that "Oklahoma politicians, their aides and relatives accepted at least $125,000 worth of meals, drinks, football tickets and other […]
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Washington D.C. drives Baltimore housing boom

Jamie Smith Hopkins of The (Baltimore) Sun used data on home sales to find "clear signs that proximity to D.C. is driving the boom in Baltimore and its five surrounding […]
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Police failing to notify schools about sex offenders

Ofelia Casillas of the Chicago Tribune investigated juvenile sex offenders in schools, specifically looking into school knowledge of the sex offender(s) in their school. They found that "some principals were […]
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High-risk drivers make up majority of DUI offenses

Matthew Junker of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review used arrest data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts to determine that fully 56 percent of the people arrested last year were in […]
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Baseball doctor overstates credentials

Duff Wilson of The New York Times found errors in Dr. Elliot Pellman's stated credentials and education. Pellman is the medical adviser to Major League Baseball, whose testimony praised the […]
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