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Cover-Up at the Governor's Mansion
The investigative team exposed Ohio's most powerful state officials using their offices to interfere with a criminal investigation for political reasons.
Tags: governor's mansion; politicians; elected officials; corruption; law enforcement
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China's Cyber Militia: Congress in the Cyber-Crosshairs
"This series focused on the threat of 'cyber' espionage against the U.S. government and U.S. corporations, as well as electronic interference with U.S. infrastructure, all by Chinese authorities or groups believed to be working under their auspices."
Tags: hack; cybercrime; hacking; China; online security; cyber-security;
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Not What the Doctor Ordered
The Blade's investigation showed how patients are increasingly being harmed when insurers interfere with doctors' orders. Of the 920 doctors who responded to an online national survey about insurers, more than 99 percent reported that insurers had interfered with their hospitalization, referral, prescription or testing decisions. Interviews with about 100 doctors and their patients illustrated how insurers are becoming more aggressive in shaping patient care, eroding the doctor-patient relationship and putting people in danger.
Tags: insurers; prescriptions; health care; patient care; bureaucracy; red tape; referrals; public health;
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The Strong Arm of the Law
Flaws in the Seattle Police Department's approach to officer violence were revealed in this series. African-Americans were arrested eight times more than whites for the crime of obstructing an officer.
Tags: wrongful arrest; abuse victim; Romelle Bradford; interference; contempt; minority
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Camden Schools Investigation
Philadelphia Inquirer reporters used descriptive statistics to uncover that adult interference resulted in unusually high test scores in the Camden school district on the 2005 NJ ASK standardized test.
Tags: Standardized test; cheating; test scores; education; school district
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An Expose of New Jersey's $8.6 billion Public School Construction Program
In response to the news that Schools Construction Corporation, an agency responsible for New Jersey's statewide school construction program, was running out of money, the Star-Ledger launched an investigation into how the program depleted its $8.6 billion budget. Their investigation revealed a number of flaws in the program including costly mid-project changes, top-dollar construction firms miscalculating the cost of equipment for the school projects, and "political interference" from then-Governor James E. McGreevey.
Tags: school districts; urban building program; cost overruns; renovation projects; political backers; unions
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The Right to Know
This series was the result of a year long investigation into government use and abuse of Freedom if Information legislation across Canada. The final result showed that political interference with FOI requests was frequent and often delayed and subverted the FOI process.
Tags: FOIA
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Emergency calls crowded out: Interference from cell phone towers is putting the lives of police and firefighters at risk as public safety authorities find their radio transmissions blocked
An investigation by the Oregonian reveals that cell phone towers interfere with the radio transmissions of police and firefighters.
Tags: radio; transmission; police; firefighters; cell phones; communications
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Crack Cocaine Street Sales: 'Open and Notorious'
The Belleville News-Democrat looks at two tiny communities in Southern Illinios -- Venice and Brooklyn -- where crack cocaine is "sold openly on the streets with little or no police interference. While East St. Louis gets all the headlines in the war on drugs" these places "are forgotten by law enforcement."
Tags: crack cocaine; Southern Illinios; East St. Louis; drug trade; law enforcment
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Who Needs a Prescription
Los Angeles Times Magazine looks at the trend of prescription drugs going over the counter, and finds that this poses risks to patients. For example, chronic pains sufferers are prone to gastric disorders because they often take the popular analgesic ibuprofen, or medications that have it as an active ingredient, the story reveals. The reporter examines cases of people who sued pharmaceutical giants like Johnson and Johnson because its product Tylenol turned out to cause catastrophic liver failures. A major finding is that drug manufacturers often fail to warn customers that some medications interfere with the efficacy of other drugs, if taken at the same time. The article describes FDA's drug testing and auditing procedures.
Tags: Food and Drug Administration (FDA); consumer affairs; doctors; pharmaceutical benefit managers (PBM); generic drugs; managed care; health; ulcer; Zantac; Prozac; labeling