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Justice of the Peace job means big money – for some

They can pronounce you "man and wife..." evict you from your home and settle your minor legal claims. It is, by all accounts, a position with very basic judicial responsibilities. […]
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Maintenance workers for troubled public housing system reaped thousands of dollars from dubious overtime

The Center for Investigative Reporting has uncovered more problems in Richmond, California's public housing system. Two maintenance workers, who also live in public housing, were found to have double-billed for tasks, billed for […]
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Billions unaccounted for in Venezuela's communal giveaway program

The unsupervised spending in El Chaparral is symptomatic of a vast community aid effort with lax financial controls. A network of more than 70,000 community groups has received the equivalent […]
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Extra Extra Monday: Student housing deaths, phantom workers, treatment of the terminally ill

Shadow Campus:  A house jammed with students, a life of promise lost | The Boston Globe Boston, defined in large measure by the students who flock to it, allows these […]
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College sports revenue goes up despite recession

Despite the economic downturn, which saw a 1.3 percent decrease in the median salary of American households, sports revenue at public colleges and universities increased by 32 percent between 2008 […]
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Whites getting more spots at top Chicago public high schools

More white students are walking the halls at Chicago’s top four public high schools. At Walter Payton College Prep on the Near North Side, more than 41 percent of freshmen […]
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Virginia paroling violent, mentally ill patients

But what happened in Apartment 433 was more than just another murder. It was a window into today's mental health care: a system as dysfunctional as the clients it serves. […]
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Fulton commissioners use on-duty police for rides to meetings, appearances

On-duty police officers routinely chauffeur Fulton County commissioners around town in apparent violation of the board’s own policy prohibiting the practice. Commissioners have asked officers to drive them to the […]
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Obamacare work in progress for Appalachian residents in Floyd County, KY

Four months after the Affordable Care Act took effect, a team of journalists from USA Today and The Courier-Journal has found that in Floyd County, Obamacare is a neither a […]
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Illinois Department of Transportation increased the number of patronage positions

The Illinois Department of Transportation increased the number of patronage positions — jobs that can be filled based on politics or loyalty — by 57 percent in the last decade, […]
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