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Vote now for the NICAR 2013 T-shirt
Voting is now open in the NICAR 2013 T-shirt contest. We received more than 50 proposals for this year’s T-shirt, so voting will happen in two rounds: An initial round with all the proposals, and a second round of five finalists to choose the T-shirt design for the 2013 conference. Click here to see the proposals again. Look…
Read MoreBehind the Story: Colorado’s untested rape kits
Keli Rabon and KMGH Denver purchased their own rape kit over the internet to help understand the different elements of the process. Credit: KMGH Denver In November, a KMGH Denver investigation revealed that Colorado police departments had failed to test hundreds of rape kits — 44 percent of the 1,064 kits that Denver Police have…
Read MoreCourt dismisses FOIA lawsuit, upholds secrecy in drone killings of U.S. citizens
A federal court in Manhattan yesterday dismissed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit involving both The New York Times and the American Civil Liberties Union, who each sued the United States Department of Justice over records regarding the targeted drone killing of U.S. citizens Anwar Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan and Al-Awlaki’s 16-year-old son Abdulrahman in the…
Read MoreTesting around metal recycling plants reveals known carcinogen in the air
An investigation by the Houston Chronicle has found that over the last five years several complaints, including red and yellow smoke, explosions and fire, have been reported around metal recycling plants. These complaints led Houston air authorities to discover dangerous levels of hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen.
Read MoreTriMet overtime: ‘Exhaustion has become part of the culture’ at transit agency
“Reports of drowsy drivers, including three with multiple incidents, are just one sign that Oregon’s largest transit agency is playing a game of chicken with fatigue. The newspaper’s eight-month examination found that the budget-battered agency allows operators to manipulate work rules to log as many as 22 hours in a 24-hour period, filling open runs…
Read MoreAre power wheelchair companies ripping off the government?
“Medicare fraud costs taxpayers an estimated $60 billion annually. One problem area is power wheelchairs, which cost the program hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Over the course of a several month “CBS This Morning” investigation, numerous people who have sold and prescribed these wheelchairs told CBS News that the industry bullies doctors, and…
Read MoreContract for deed can be house of horror for buyers
A Star Tribune investigation of 1,330 Twin Cities real estate transactions known as contracts for deed reveals that they are beset by inflated prices, high interest rates and other terms that almost guarantee the buyer will default. In hundreds of cases, records show, sellers failed to provide mandated home inspections that would have revealed code…
Read MoreU.S. House panel probes SEC spending on consultants
“Reuters first reported in late February of last year that the SEC had spent millions of dollars hiring Booz Allen consultants to help streamline the agency, leading some agency insiders to question whether the SEC was getting its money’s worth.”
Read MoreNeighboring towns, separated by a vast divide
“The greatest income inequality in the state was in Philadelphia and Allegheny County from 2009 to 2011, according to recently compiled Census estimates that measure the gap between richest and poorest. The chasm between rich and poor can be seen near Pittsburgh in the boroughs of Fox Chapel and Sharpsburg, a wealthy bedroom community and…
Read MoreIowa’s Returning War Veterans Endure Long Waits for Benefit
“Nearly 7,000 disabled veterans overseen by the Des Moines Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office are waiting an average of 313 days on claims across the state, VA records show. That’s 18 percent longer than a year and a half ago, although records show that since 2000 there are fewer veterans in the state.”
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