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Profiting from Public Service
These stories published over a period of eight days investigate how almost 120 lawmakers in New Jersey carved out high paying contracts for themselves. Lawmakers could do so legally due to a built-in protection system that did not allow any reform. This report reveals that, essentially, the officials who were part of the Legislature could further their personal businesses with the taxpayer's money.
Tags: State legislature; lawmakers in New Jersey; FOIA; New Jersey Legislature; lawmakers; Financial Fraud
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An investigation into race and crime
A Toronto Star investigation finds that police officers have treated unfairly and unequally black offenders in traffic and drug cases. The findings are based on Toronto police department arrest data, which also shows violent crime appears to be a bigger problem among blacks than whites.
Tags: race; FOI; racial profiling; law enforcement; police misconduct; human rights
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Ethics in Georgia State Government
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "reported on a variety of situations whose public and private interests have come into conflict. Georgia's ethics laws, among the weakest in the nation, often do not regard these circumstances as conflicts and do no require officials to disclose financial interests or to disqualify themselves from decisions affecting them."
Tags: Georgia; ethics; state government; conflict of interest; financial interests; decisions
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2002 IRE National Conference Show and Tell Tape #2
2002 IRE National Conference (San Francisco) Show and Tell Tape #2 features the following stories 1) Tim Minton (WNBC-New York City) Security at local hospitals are lacking. 2) Brian Collister (KMOL-San Antonio) An inordinate number of court case have been thrown out of the local county court because judges ruled the defendants lacked a speedy trial. 3) Clips from a PBS project concerning scientists' genetic experiments. 4) Kevin Quinn (KFSN-Fresno) Area residents are suspicious of a local Muslim village called Baladullah, where the sounds gunfire has been heard emanating from the grounds. 5) Dan Noyes (KGO-San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose) Guardrails in California are often installed incorrectly, turning the protective barriers into potential dangers. 6) Craig Fiegener (ABC 30 Action News) Fifteen travelers are swindled by a travel agency, which sold them unconfirmed tickets for a cruise. 7) Joel Grover (CBS 2-Los Angeles) An undercover investigation reveals that valet parking attendants at LA's hottest night clubs steal from their customers. 8) Paul Gallagher (60 Minutes) An investigation of the U.S. Marine Corps' MV-22 "Osprey" aircraft reveals serious mechanical problems that contributed to two crashes in 2000, which killed 23 Marines. 60 Minutes also reports that "senior officers in the Osprey squadron had deliberately falsified maintenance records and lied about the aircraft's readiness -- in an apparent effort by the Marine Corps to win Pentagon approval for full production of the aircraft, at a projected cost to U.S. taxpayers of $41 billion." 9) Tom Martino (KDVR-Denver) An undercover investigation reveals that many beauty salons use a dangerous chemical to make fake nails. 10) (WGHP-Greensboro) An investigation reveals that construction works who built the homes in a subdivision failed to install the chimneys correctly, making them dangerous for those who live there. 11) Darcy Spears (KVBC-Las Vegas) A hearing aid center uses bait and switch tactics to take advantage of the elderly. 12) Jim Kenyon (WSTM-Syracuse, New York) Criminals in Canada involved in advance fee loan scams trick Americans out of thousands of dollars. 13) Bob Segall (WITI-Milwaukee) An undercover investigation reveals that security guards at a local county courthouse don't do a good job of stopping banned items from entering the building. 14) Karen Hensel (WISH-Indianapolis) Marian County inspectors don't always review homes under construction. 15) (WBTV-Charlotte, N.C.) Members of the Iredell-Statesville School Board use district funds to attend an education conference -- but then skip the convention and go on a vacation to Disney World, all on the taxpayer's dime. 16) Valeri Williams (WFAA-Dallas/Fort Worth) WFAA-TV follows up its 2000 IRE Awards entry with this return investigation into Fort Worth's John Peter Smith Hospital. Reporter Williams and producer Schucker continued their investigation, focusing on Dr. Lydia Grotti and her connection to suspicious and overlooked deaths in the emergency room. As a result of WFAA-TV's investigation the Texas Department of Health began conducting its own investigation and discovered additional deaths that took place in the ER. The county district attorney's office called in a special prosecutor to examine a total of eight suspicious deaths in connection with Dr. Grotti at the hospital. On Tape #2 is a short clip of Williams' work. Tape #3 features the entire series of stories she played at Show and Tell.
Tags: TAPE; San Francisco; conference; no transcripts; IRE
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A Dying Wish
When Peggy Quinn founded Anam Chara, a personal-care boarding home for the elderly, she had only the best intentions of "making the last moments of life more meaningful for 'elders'." But her mission came "without a solid fund-raising plan or a realistic budget." Over the course of nine years, Anam Chara's boardmembers eventually turned against Quinn, who did not follow the budget guidelines, and shutdown the home. Julie Jargon reports on Colorado hospices and how Quinn's high hopes "made life hard on everyone else."
Tags: elderly; nursing homes; hospices; medical care; nursing; caregivers; alternative medicine
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The Vanishing
This article investigates the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Zebb Quinn, an 18-year-old boy from a small town in North Carolina. "Quinn was a nice boy who loved his mom and his job at the local Wal-Mart. About a year ago, he disappeared. Strange clues began to surface, followed by even stranger rumors. Now, a small community is dealing with a fate worse than death."
Tags: crime; disappearance; Zebb Quinn
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The Man Who Took My Job
Rolling Stone tells the story of David Quinn, a man who spent "'the longest period of economic growth in our entire history' tumbling down the economic ladder. Quinn landed a job with Breed Technologies only to have it sacrified to corporate globalism: NAFTA. This is his story.
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The cost of living in Silicon Valley
In spite of the incredible amount of money made in Silicon Valley, most people are not any better off here than they would be somewhere else. The economy there is so off-kilter that many of the very people who sustain a community can't live there.
Tags: Stocks and Bonds
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For the first time, American Prospect reports, the Social Security Advisory Council is offering three wide-ranging proposals for restructuring. All three envision investing some Social Security funds in private financial markets. Two of the three would create, for the first time, individual investment accounts financed with Social Security payroll charges.
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Missles in Boomtown
The Sentinel investigates Florida's biggest industrial employer, the Martin Marietta Corporation. Recent development around Orlando has brough millions of people into close proximity of this missile manufacturer. The newspaper found that nowhere else in America is there the type of weaponry stored at Martin so close to residences.
Tags: Martin Marietta; Orlando; missles; contamination