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Now accepting 2014 CAR Conference T-shirt designs
IRE’s Ted Han and Jaimi Dowdell set up for the 2013 IRE Conference, Han in last year’s winning T-shirt and Dowdell in the original winner. Travis Hartman photo. The National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting will once again be selling a T-shirt in celebration of data and the people who love and care for them, which…
Read MoreEnter the Philip Meyer Journalism Award contest
It’s once again time to enter the the Philip Meyer Journalism Award contest. Entries are now being accepted online. Established in 2005, the award was created to honor Philip Meyer’s pioneering efforts to utilize social science research methods to foster better journalism. The contest recognizes stories that incorporate survey research, probabilities and other social science tools…
Read MoreExtra Extra Monday: Overdoses, background checks, housing markets, midwifery and fraudulent accounting
Use only as directed | ProPublica and This American Life “About 150 Americans a year die by accidentally taking too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. The toll does not have to be so high.” Read the stories from ProPublica. Company Behind Snowden Vetting Did Check on D.C. Shooter | Bloomberg “The U.S. government…
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“About 150 Americans a year die by accidentally taking too much acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. The toll does not have to be so high.” Read the stories from ProPublica.
Read MoreCompany Behind Snowden Vetting Did Check on D.C. Shooter
“The U.S. government contractor that vetted Edward Snowden, who leaked information about national surveillance programs, said it also performed a background check on the Washington Navy Yard shooter.”
Read MoreArchdiocese knew of priest’s sexual misbehavior, yet kept him in ministry
“A memo written in 2011 obtained by MPR News from police shows the former vicar general – the top deputy of the archdiocese – did not want parish employees to know about Wehmeyer’s past. ‘At every step of the way, this could have been prevented,’ Haselberger said. ‘This is just failure after failure after failure…
Read MoreInsiders Allege Fraudulent Accounting at SamTrans
“Insiders say they were asked to make changes to the San Mateo County Transit District’s financial records that they believe were illegal; they say SamTrans made up expenses to create the appearance it needed more taxpayer money.”
Read MoreD.C. Fire Stations Near Navy Yard Understaffed in Shooting
“News4 I-Team has learned some D.C. firehouses were understaffed during Monday morning’s shooting at the Navy Yard. Twelve people were killed and eight others injured when 34-year-old Aaron Alexis opened fire inside Building 197 in Southeast D.C. around 8:30 a.m. Alexis was later shot and killed by police.”
Read MoreLegal problems sent midwife to Utah, where another baby died
“This is not the first time El Halta has been accused of straying beyond her expertise. It is not her first encounter with the law, nor her first delivery that ended with a death. But for decades she has remained committed to natural childbirth, and some clients say she has helped countless women avoid complicated…
Read MoreMetro Phoenix housing market’s turnaround creates new issues
“More than 100,000 houses stood vacant across metro Phoenix barely three years ago — roughly one of every 10. Today, it’s more like one out of every 100. Where have all the empty houses gone?“
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