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The Lost High Schools
Thousands of New Castle County residents do not have a high school alma matter because seven high schools were shut down from 1969 to 1999. Thi investigation looks into why, and how these schools were shut down and what the alumni feel about no longer having a high school.
Tags: high school; dupont; wilmington high school; de la warr; william penn
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Ford Fires
The authors investigation showed that the Ford F150 pickup truck was a potential fire hazard due to faulty cruise control switches. Their series of reports also showed that Ford as well as other companies may have known about the problem for the last five years and have hidden it.
Tags: Ford; fire; cruise control switch; Dupont; Texas Instruments; Ford F150; FOIA
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Air Force Secretary Eyed for Top Army Job
Tireless cultivation of sources helped these reporters uncover the name of the next Army secretary well before the more mainstream sources got the information. As soon as the information was confirmed the story was published.
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Power Play
Orlando Magazine examines the business interests supporting Orlando's basketball team. The investigation tells "the story behind the Orlando Magic's early ownership group, and how winning the franchise shattered friendships and caused bitter memories." The report focuses on how William DuPont III, "a rising young downtown Orlando real estate magnate," has replaced businessman Jimmy Hewitt as managing partner holding majority interest in Orlando Basketball Ltd.
Tags: NBA; basketball; football; investors; ventures; business
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Gay Murders
An investigation into a new and deadly pattern of anti-homosexual violence emerging nation-wide. In Dupont Circle, D.C.'s gay community, there have been more than 30 murders in five years, 12 in the last year alone. Most murders are still unsolved. The I-Team also investigates a series of gay murders in Norfolk, Va. (May 2 - 4 & 24, 1995)
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette found that loopholes in federal crop disaster programs, a lack of oversight by state and county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service officials has led to payments in the millions to crop farmers in Bradley County, while neighboring counties reported a fraction of the losses on the same crops, Oct. 9, 1994.
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Garbage Magazine describes how a joint venture between Dupont and the nation's largest trash hauling company to start a revolutionary new plastics recycling division failed; the program, which lost $22 million, underscored the lack of economic viability of massive plastics recycling, Spring 1994.
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The Nation uncovers the coverup by DuPont and Allied-Signal of in-house studies that indicate the toxic qualities of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), Feb. 4, 1991.
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Raiders of the Lost Arc
Washington Monthly reports Kapton wires, used in military and commercial aircraft, sometimes explode under routine flight stress; uses military documents obtained through FOI requests to show the military has been aware of the problem with Kapton wires, but has been slow to make changes, December 1988.
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San Francisco Bay Guardian article looks into the results of a 1969 San Francisco Redevelopment Agency project that was to provide 2,400 new jobs to residents of a low-income neighborhood; so far only 55 jobs have gone to those residents, the rest going to commuting workers; in addition, the community has lost millions in property tax revenues, Sept. 26, 1984.
Tags: Dupont CA