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Search results for "intersections" ...
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Intersecting Lives
Twenty years after a Kansas man was wrongfully convicted of a rape, a Lawrence Journal-World investigation revealed the real rapist, finally bringing closure to the victim and the wrongfully convicted man.
Tags: Crime; rape; wrongful convictions
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Seeing Red: A Daily Herald Investigation of Red-Light Cameras
This series observes red-light cameras and if they are improving safety or becoming money makers for the government. The series took a closer look at who gets tickets and why, where the revenue goes, how the locations for the cameras are chosen, how to appeal the tickets received, and if they have improved safety conditions. One of the major findings is these cameras are not being installed at intersections with a high accident rates, instead being placed in high traffic areas.
Tags: traffic; tickets; roads; driving; drivers; devices; investigation; Illinois; transportation
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Nobody's Fault
"The intersection of our mental health and criminal justice systems as seen through the death of one mentally ill man in the county jail."
Tags: treatment; Humboldt State; privacy protection; superior court; suicide;
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The Town the Law Forgot
LA Weekly chronicled "the intersection of organized crime and public corruption in the Hispanic suburbs of Los Angeles County and in revitalized downtown Los Angeles. ... The overarching conclusion is that local law enforcement's piecemeal approach to gang and drug-related crime is not sophisticated enough to make a dent."
Tags: crime; drug; urban; elected officials; attorneys; political operatives; lobbyist; corruption; police department; city
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Ties to Terrorism
ABC 7 News Chicago tells the story of Nabil Al-Marabh, a native of Syria who was arrested in Chicago after 9/11 on suspicion of having strong ties to terrorists. ABC 7 found that "Al-Marabh's movements frequently intersected with bin Laden's top operatives," including some of the September 11 hijackers.
Tags: Terrorism; September 11; Nabil Al-Marabh; Osama bin Laden; Chicago; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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Sex Slaves
Using hidden cameras, MSNBC.com investigated one of the most dangerous smuggling rings in Europe. They "showed the gruesome fate of thousands of women sold into sex slavery in Europe." They also "followed the trail of vast quantities of guns and drugs smuggled into Europe and mapped how the intersection of these three black markets was undermining efforts to restore order in the war ravaged region."
Tags: sex slaves; drugs; guns; smuggling; Europe; hidden cameras; online; CD; tape
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At the crossroads: How state legislators' outside interests and campaign money intersect
The Center for Public Integrity examines the intersections of big donors' dollars and lawmakers' outside ties. The report focuses on a cross-section of states with searchable electronic data, and adds to the Center's own research on the outside interests of legislators. Alex Knott documents alarming relationships between financial contributors and legislature.
Tags: TRANSCRIPT; donations; campaign finance; law firms; lobbying; lobbyists; money and politics; CAR
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A Bridge Too Far
Minnesota Monthly investigated the numerous accidents that have occurred at the Highway 252-85th Avenue intersection, including the death of 11 year-old, Kara Kavanagh, as she crossed the street to get to McDonalds. "According to Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) records from the past four years, at least 80 serious accidents have occurred there during the same period- nearly one every two weeks." City officials and MNDOT argue about who to blame for the staggering number of accidents in this area. Residents of the area are upset as they were told a pedestrian bridge or underpass tunnel would be built years ago. However, due to a lack of financial planning, the project was never built. Reporter John Rosengren continues to examine the efforts made to improve this intersection.
Tags: transportation; highways; Minnesota Department of Transportation; city officials; car accidents; intersections
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The Crossroad
"'The Crossroad' is the story of the intersection between the main Gaza highway trafficked by Palestinians and the road from Israel to the Jewish settlement of Netzarim. This crossroad has gained infamy over the past few months not only for the number of people killed there, but also for being the place where 12-year-old Mohammad al-Dura was killed in his father's arms - a television image which has come to symbolize the current conflict. ... We hold up the crossroad as an emblem of the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict. By using two mothers - one a Jewish settler and the other a Palestinian resident - as our main characters, our story makes some sense of a conflict that seems to make no sense at all."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; international reporting
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The Kid Who Killed
"This story is about Nathaniel Brazill, a seventh-grader who killed his English teacher on the last day of school in Lake Worth, Florida. . . New Times staff writer Bob Norman spent weeks in the South Florida town where Brazill grew up; the resulting article shattered the honor-student myth and revealed the dark side of a very promising 13- year-old whose adolescent crises intersected with a cheap pistol. Most importantly, it helped answer a profound question that a nation was asking: Why?"
Tags: School violence; teenagers; guns; teachers