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N.Y. tax checkoff funds for cancer research sit idle

Since 2005, New York taxpayers have donated $1.8 million through their income tax returns to aid the fight against prostate cancer, but researchers have yet to see a dime.
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The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath

Asthma — the most common chronic disease that affects Americans of all ages, about 40 million people — can usually be well controlled with drugs, if one can afford them, […]
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Ammonium nitrate sold by ton as U.S. regulation is stymied

Despite being banned in countries such as Afghanistan, China, Colombia, Germany, Ireland and the Philippines, the potentially explosive fertilizer ammonium nitrate  can be purchased pure and by the ton in the United […]
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Extra Extra Monday: Faking the grade, mug shots online, pharma payments and the politics of mental health care

How Sunrise police make millions selling drugs | Sun Sentinel"Police in this suburban town best known for its sprawling outlet mall have hit upon a surefire way to make millions. […]
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Drugged Driving Tough to Detect, Convict

“An investigation into current law governing impaired driving by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit discovered large holes when it comes to regulating and determining who is legally impaired due to […]
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Mugged by a Mug Shot Online

“Web sites are publishing arrest photos of millions of Americans and often charging fees to remove the pictures.”
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How Sunrise police make millions selling drugs

"Police in this suburban town best known for its sprawling outlet mall have hit upon a surefire way to make millions. They sell cocaine."
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How safe are Indiana day cares?

"Indiana spends about $2.5 million inspecting and licensing more than 4,000 day cares that serve more than 150,000 children every year. Yet an Indianapolis Star investigation found that the system […]
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Faking the Grade

A Texas Tribune investigation of a No Child Left Behind tutoring program has uncovered years of inaction by state officials while money flowed to tutoring companies, delivering few academic results.
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A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning

“The stand by conservatives that led to the current crisis was the outgrowth of a long-running effort, waged by a galaxy of well-funded groups, to undo President Obama’s health care […]
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