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Extra Extra Monday: Student debt, river debates, lead contamination and opiate addictions

Milwaukee Journal SentinelThe Wrong-Way River“Biologists predict the number of unwanted organisms moving on the Chicago canal will only grow until the waterway is somehow plugged. And it is much more […]
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As drug industry’s influence over research grows, so does the potential for bias

"The billions that the drug companies invest in such experiments help fund the world’s quest for cures. But their aim is not just public health. That money is also part […]
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New Jersey railway put trains in flood zone despite warnings, millions in damages result

New Jersey Transit placed much of its equipment in rail yards that forecasters predicted would flood after Hurricane Sandy, a move that damaged one third of its locomotives and a […]
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"Green" buildings, products become big business in system that rewards minor, low-cost steps

A USA TODAY examination shows that thousands of "green" builders win tax breaks, exceed local restrictions and get expedited permitting under a system that often rewards minor, low-cost steps. Meanwhile, […]
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Reuters: The casualties of Chesapeake’s “land grab” across America

Chesapeake Energy has become the principal player in the largest land boom in America since the 1850s California Gold Rush, amassing acreage positions that rival those of any U.S. energy […]
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Extra Extra Monday: War veterans, inmate risks, betrayals of trust and more

Welcome to IRE's roundup of the weekend’s many enterprise stories from around the country. We’ll highlight the document digging, field work and data analysis that made their way into centerpieces […]
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Leak detection systems not providing as much protection as the public has been led to believe

Lisa Song, an InsideClimate News reporter, has analyzed a decade worth of federal data that shows that the general public has detected far more oil pipeline spills than leak detection technology." 
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Cleaning up world's largest radioactive mess

"A USA Today investigation reveals that seven decades after scientists came to the US during World War II to create plutonium for the first atomic bomb, a new generation is […]
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Millions paid to influential chairman

Accounting by the Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today shows that a University of Wisconsin-Madison chairman has received more than $25 million in royalties from Medtronic, a medical device firm, since […]
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More ties to researchers omitting findings in lieu of royalties.

"Since 2002, Medtronic and a group of doctors with financial ties to the medical device company were aware that a new biological agent used in back surgery was linked to […]
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