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Extra Extra Monday: A ruling's tainted legacy, a botched signature and corporate catch shares

The New York TimesRuled a Threat to Family, but Allowed to Keep Guns“Advocates for domestic violence victims have long called for stricter laws governing firearms and protective orders. Their argument […]
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OSHA assessing state safety offices’ effectiveness

"Problems in Nevada four years ago have federal officials still trying to determine whether states with their own workplace safety agencies are as good as OSHA."
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Congressional staffers often travel on tabs of foreign governments

A Washington Post examination of congressional disclosures revealed the extent of this congressional travel for the first time, finding that Hill staffers had reported taking 803 such trips in the […]
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Eagle Ford pay is high, but work can be fatal

"Since 2009, at least 11 employees working for drilling companies and spinoff industries in Eagle Ford Shale counties have suffered horrific deaths that could have been prevented, according to OSHA […]
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Despite drop in workplace deaths, oil industry still averages 39 per year

"The Houston Chronicle analyzed five years of fatal oil patch accident reports and found Texas oil and gas field fatalities consistently averaged 39 per year – the highest number among […]
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"Star" El Diario reporter's murder case remains unsolved

"Choco was the first journalist to fall victim to the turf war between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels that engulfed the state of Chihuahua from 2007 to 2011. He was not […]
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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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Armored car industry leaves workers unprotected

A lack of industry regulation, jurisdictional confusion at the federal level and trucks in bad conditions leave armored car drivers unprotected, The Texas Observer reports. The Bureau of Labor statistics […]
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State of sexual harassment payouts

The Asbury Park Press reports that although New Jersey has paid millions in sexual harassment cases, little has been done to change the culture in some agencies.
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Company at San Francisco International Airport Neglects Baggage Screening

"Baggage screeners at San Francisco International Airport allege that dozens if not hundreds of bags identified by X-ray machines as high-risk bomb threats are loaded onto planes each day without […]
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