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Out of Town Consultants
This four-part radio series investigation found that D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams broke his promise that no taxpayer money would be spent on a new baseball stadium. In fact, more than $500,000 worth of out-of-town contracts were awarded to former colleagues of D.C.'s City Administrator who was from Oakland, CA.
Tags: RADIO script; baseball; spending; contracts; D.C.; administrator; council; FOIA; money; taxes
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Washington's Other Scandal
The Bill Clinton/Bob Dole presidential campaign of 1996, which cost $2.2 billion dollars, was the most expensive in history, and one of the most corrupted. PBS Frontline shows how both parties contrived to bend and break the law, while Janet Reno reluctantly investigates White House fundraising and Senate Republicans bury campaign finance reform, Frontline pieces together the outlines of Washington's other scandal.
Tags: Elections; TAPE; (No script available)
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Poisoned By Pesticides
Employees at a courthouse in Macon, Missouri went to work one day. Within two days virtually all had been to the doctor, most to the emergency room. Doctors believe it was because they had been exposed to a chemical called Dursban. Dursban is the brand name of the chemical chlorpyrophis made by Dow Chemical. Doctors believe it was the exposure to Dursban following a routine indoor bug spraying that made the employees sick. The investigation found that DOW and the EPA knew of problems with Dursban.
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Pothole Patrol
WDIV-TV investigates why Detroit motorists were spending so much time in construction traffic, especially when many of the places motorists were backed up in were just repaved only months earlier. The investigation finds that crews were told by the governor's office to pave as much as they could with the smallest amount of asphalt. This resulted in simply "painting" the roads to please drivers temporarily.
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No title (id: 13967)
Two multi-part series and dozens of individual stories revealed millions of rate-payers' dollars were wasted by the Birmingham Water Works Board of directors. WBRC-TV documented contributions to religious organizations, money donated to sporting events, political contributions, and hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on lavish entertainment and catered meals. WBRC discovered that board member salaries had skyrocketed and often were paid even though board members never showed up for meetings. The investigation uncovered more than $300,000 spent by managers that could not be accounted for. (July 16 - November 22, 1996)
Tags: Carpenter McReynolds Wasted money: down the drain TAPE No Script
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No title (id: 13966)
"H.I.S.D. Food" was an investigation into the theft, lax security, lax supervision and food waste in the State of Texas' largest public school district. KTRK-TV videotaped cafeteria workers taking school food, documented disappearing and wasted school food, and exposed sloppy supervision of school cafeterias. (May 1 - 10, 1996)
Tags: Dolcefino Cadena CAR H.I.S.D. food Contest entry TAPE No Script
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No title (id: 13965)
"Cause For Alarm" was an investigation into the questionable maintenance practices of City of Houston Fire Department equipment, which is supposed to help save lives. Toe begin the investigation the 13 Undercover unit discovered a series of fires where fire trucks sent to the scene had broke equipment. The Houston Fire Department knew the equipment was broken when the trucks were dispatched to the fires. Three people died in tow of these fires, including two small children. KTRK uncovered internal; documentation suggesting the broken equipment delayed rescue attempts. (November 27 - December 3, 1996)
Tags: Dolcefino Cadena Bivens CAR Cause for alarm Contest entry TAPE No Script
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No title (id: 13928)
Dateline NBC investigates consumer fraud in the purchasing of mattresses and safety hazards in the practice of rebuilding mattresses. In the first story, Dateline documented "multiple pricing", continuous sales, misleading advertising and fraudulent sales practices. In Dateline's second story, they discovered bacteria and dangerous levels of fungi growing in rebuilt mattresses. (May 7, June 6, 1996)
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No title (id: 13927)
Dateline NBC investigates how two mothers who believe they have been falsely diagnosed with a disease called Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. Each has a child who is chronically and inexplicable ill. After many doctors failed to correctly diagnose what was wrong with the children, both mothers were accused by UCLA doctors of poisoning their children to draw attention to themselves. (May 3, 1996)
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No title (id: 13926)
Dateline NBC investigates problems with Oklahoma's emergency system. The story focused on Robert Meier, who was in a car accident and rushed to a regional hospital which was not equipped for the surgery he needed. According to Federal transfer laws, better-equipped hospitals must accept patients in need of services if they have the "capacity and capability" to treat the patients. But surgeons on call for five of the largest hospitals in Oklahoma City refused to take Mr. Meier. (March 17, 1996)