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Forgotten Era: DA contenders Spota and Perini: Ties to ’80s probes of Suffolk law enforcement

"In the late 1980s, state and local investigators probed widespread misconduct in Suffolk County, much of it criminal, in the district attorney’s office and county police department. The scrutiny culminated […]
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For-profit colleges soaking up tax dollars despite student loan defaults, low graduation rates -- and could be in trouble

"Despite their high prices and promises of good jobs, more than a dozen of the Bay Area's most expensive trade schools graduate fewer than half of their students, report alarming […]
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Football rosters dwindle with concussions as culprit

For the past few years, the number of high school football players around the country has dropped dramatically, the Post-Gazette reports. An annual survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations showed […]
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A Death in Valdosta

Multisport athlete Kendrick Johnson was found dead in his Georgia high school's gymnasium in January. Authorities ruled it an accident, but Johnson's family believed something very different — and a […]
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As OSHA Emphasizes Safety, Long-Term Health Risks Fester

“The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the agency that many Americans love to hate and industry calls overzealous, has largely ignored the slow, silent killers that claim the most lives.”
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Rape in the Fields

"They harvest the produce and process the meat and eggs Americans eat every day. But many migrant women are paying a high price to put food on their families' tables," […]
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The NYPD Division of Un-American Activities

After 9/11, the New York Police Department built in effect its own CIA — and its Demographics Unit delved deeper into the lives of citizens than did the NSA. The appointments of […]
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Hard Labor

“Each year, some 4,500 American workers die on the job and 50,000 perish from occupational diseases. Millions more are hurt and sickened at workplaces, and many others are cheated of […]
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Comp time empty promise for MDOC prison guards

“Mississippi Department of Corrections officials insist their comp time policies are legal and, indeed, authorized by the Mississippi Personnel Board. But at face value, the resulting system has required 25 […]
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Internships

"The number of internships in the United States has ballooned over the past few decades. But oversight and legal protection for unpaid interns hasn’t kept up."
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