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Search results for "AZ" ...
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Crematory Bodies
An investigation into an AZ Crematory which was storing bodies outside, in run-down vans, in their parking lot, for weeks.
Tags: Crematory
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Hell Hole
The AZ Department of Corrections stuck a psychotic prisoner on the cusp of being released into a single person cell with a first-degree killer serving a lengthy sentence. The result: The killer mutilated and murdered the seriously mentally ill man, who was serving a short sentence for climbing up a power pole during an electrical storm.
Tags: Prison; Mentally Ill
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California's Dirty Secret
The authors investigated environmental laws in California and Arizona that were making it possible for companies from CA to dump hazardous waste in AZ. The investigation also found that some of the dumping areas of hazardous waste were near to schools and day care centers. The authors also reviewed the developmental impact of hazardous waste in the environment can have on children.
Tags: Hazardous waste; environmental laws; dumping; schools; California; Arizona; developmental impact
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Belying His Rhetoric, McCain Worked for Megamerger Sought by Campaign Patron AT&T
The Public i - an Investigative Report of the Center for Public Integrity reports that "The McCain-AT&T (report) was one of the first (reports) run in the 2000 presidential election cycle that tested Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)'s record on special interests. The (report) traced a sequence of events beginning in April, 1999, that indicated McCain might have acted on behalf of a major political patron, AT&T, and might have pressured the Federal Communications Commission to let the merger pass."
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Home Invasion
The article deals with military-style assaults on residences as an important and distinctly identifiable trend in criminal activity in North America. The robberies are well-coordinated operations with each member of the "team" assigned a preordained role. This story focuses on an extraordinary string of 14 unsolved home invasion robberies -- committed by the same band of professional bandits -- in the wealthy suburbs surrounding Phoenix, Az. The robbers appear to be plugged into a larger criminal syndicate of international reach, for some of the gemstones they take are too rare to be fenced in the U.S.
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No title (id: 13101)
There is another body at work in the Arizona Capitol besides the Legislature elected by the public. The invisible Legislature consists of the corps of lobbyists who are paid to befriend and influence lawmakers, sometimes with advice, more often with costly entertainment and gifts. The Arizona Republic examines the relationship between the two. (Jan. 21, 1996)
Tags: Sidener Mayes CAR The invisible legislature Special interest groups Congress Bribes AzScam 3 pgs.
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No title (id: 10941)
The New Times investigates the claims made by a secretary of Arizona's Mexico City trade office that her boss was steering contracts to friends and family members and that he was recieving personal checks from close friends of the governor; the secretary was fired after she told state Department of Commerce officials. The New Times verified many of the claims that she made, even though the Commerce Department has denied the allegations, March 30, 1994.
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No title (id: 10910)
The New Times found that state child-protection caseworkers, police and county prosecutors ignored the tragic plight of a young deaf girl for years, despite clear evidence that she had been sexually abused. Her abusers were not prosecuted until the paper began its investigation, Oct. 13, 1994.
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No title (id: 10909)
The New Times finds that under the guise of "family preservation" the state often returns children to parents who have been proven to be unfit guardians, claiming that it is mandated by federal law; the investigation finds that no federal mandate exists and that welfare agencies return children to dangerous parents for internal bureaucratic reasons which have little to do with the needs of the children, May 11, 1994.
Tags: AZ Rubin Child Protective Services Abuse Death 13 pages
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No title (id: 10863)
Phoenix Gazette (Arizona) profiled professional boxer Michael Carbajal and his ties to a Phoenix street gang. Carbajal's role in the 1994 murder of a street gang member analyzed. Story links Carbajal with the gang and murder and thus damages his image as a role model, 1994.
Tags: AZ Moeser Boxer linked to murder and street gang activity; 15 pgs.