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Good as gold: State pensions facing scrutiny
Public employees in Ohio have better wages and benefits than the taxpayers who support them. Taxpayer money funds the system which allows workers to retire a decade or more sooner than workers in the private sector. Also, more than one in four public school superindentents had received pension payments and salary simultaneously.
Tags: pension; private sector; public employee; pension funds; superintendents
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Uncovering "Coingate"
After breaking a story of Ohio's $50 million investment in rare coins and the mired issues attached to this, in April, the (Toledo) Blade decided to dig deeper, filing public records requests with the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to inspect the coin transaction and business records of the state's rare-coin investment. This brought a refusal from the coin fund's manager, saying the fund was exempt from the state's Open Record Laws. Once the Supreme Court of Ohio ordered the release of the records, it was discovered that $13 million dollars of the state's investment was missing.
Tags: coingate; FOIA; corruption; pension fund; Ohio Supreme Court; rare coins; Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
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Uncovering "Coingate" and Ohio's pay to play culture
What began as an investigation into Ohio's $50 million investment in a rare-coin fund controlled by one of President Bush's biggest Ohio fundraisers led to a year-long probe of Ohio's pay-to-play system and corruption in the office of Gov. Bob Taft.
Tags: coingate; rare coins; pay-to-play; political corruption; Tom Noe; Gov. Bob Taft; fundraising; President Bush; FOIA; Ohio; corruption
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Biosludge
This story explores whether any health risks exist from the spreading of biosludge on farmland. People in the Green Bay, Ala., area complained that the biosludge, the solid byproduct from sewage treatment plants, was making them sick. Scientists say the practice, while legal, merits further study. Calling the situation a developing public health problem, a former microbiologist with the EPA says biosludge needs to be treated to remove all of the pathogens and not just some of the pathogens as present practices allow.
Tags: biosludge; byproduct; solid waste; sewage; sewage treatment
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"Face modeling scam"
This investigation questioned the practices of a touring modeling agency. The agency charged fees and up to $300 per shoot, but few if any people actually got any work.
Tags: models; modeling agency
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Mobile Jail Death
This investigation began after the death of an inmate at Mobile Metro Jail. A man who was arrested on a misdemeanor was held for 15 days without seeing an attorney or a judge. He later died in his cell from a bacterial infection; at least eight hours had passed before jail staff noticed his body. A review of the sheriff's department's internal affairs report showed that 33 jail employees had violated standard operating procedures while the man was incarcerated.
Tags: jail; jail death; inmate death; incarceration; internal affairs
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"Terminix Scam"
Terminix is accused of violating its contractual "termite bond," which guarantees annual inspection and insurance in the event of termite damage to its customer's home. The termite bonds are supposed to guarantee annual inspection of homes and repair any termite damage while the customer has an active contract. However, reporters discovered that, in many cases, Terminix was not performing the annual checks, and even denied homes of coverage.
Tags: Terminix; termite bonds; termite damage; contract violation
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EMU President's House
The building of East Michigan Univerisity President's residence is proving to be $1.6 million more costly than expected, reports the News. In a detailed investigation that includes nearly 2,000 FOIA documents, they reveal how these extra costs apart from the $3.5 million, were billed to other university accounts , making the final cost closer to $5.1 million. These costs include landscaping, the commercial kitchen and land purchase.
Tags: Kirkpatrick; campus; Menard Builders; Patrick Doyle; Phillip Incarnati; John Beaghan
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Inside the happiness business
New York reports on the aggressive marketing of drugs, and antidepressants in particular. The story looks at the techniques used by drug sales representatives to attract doctors' attention to the new medications available on the market. The promotion strategies - including free lunches, vacations and gifts - have convinced many doctors to start prescribing a new drug despite some evidence of potential side effects, the investigation reveals. The article focuses on the sales of the newest antidepressant in the U.S.A., Celexa, originally developed by a small Danish company in 1972. The reporter points to the concerns of Dr. Robert Goodman who has started a 'no-free-lunch' campaign against the practices of the drug sales reps.
Tags: Prozac; Zoloft; Paxil; health; doctors; patients; psychiatry; corruption; Pfizer; FDA; depression; weight gain; American Psychiatric Association
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Center for Investigative Reporting relates how the press missed the story behind a Reagan administration national security directive that would deprive federal workers of their rights and hamstring the press; unexpected opposition to NSDD 84 came from the Pentagon and Jeanne Kirkpatrick, July 1985.
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