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HBO Real Sports: Hockey's Darkest Day
In 2011 a plane carrying a Russian hockey team crashed shortly after takeoff--the deadliest accident in the history of professional sports. A five-month Real Sports investigation uncovered massive safety problems in the Russian hockey league. The league spent millions on player salaries but "a few bucks" on everything else--including travel. The plane that crashed was operated by a cheap, third-rate company that had been banned from flying to Europe because they had been cited so many times for major safety violations. The crew of the plane hadn't even completed their training. Our investigation showed that the lack of safety in the world’s second best hockey league—called the KHL—often extends to the ice where KHL team doctors use IV’s and drugs to get their players to perform better on the ice. One young star died after receiving an injection of banned drugs from team doctors. When it came to travel, the lack of safe conditions was nearly universal. Practically every team flew on a Soviet-era jet—jets that make up 3% of the world’s fleet but account for 42% of the world’s accidents. These jets are in such poor condition that most Russian airlines wont use them. Yet even after the crash the KHL continued to use these planes, a fact they initially denied. Shortly after we interviewed the KHL Vice President, the league changed its rules. Now teams fly strictly on modern equipment.
Tags: Russia; Russian hockey team; plane crash; the KHL;
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Gift With Strings Trips UCA President
Investigation of the misappropriation of funds by a former UCA President.
Tags: University of Central Arkansas; Gifts; College; President
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UDC
The 16-part investigative series exposed out-of-control spending by the president of the University of District of Columbia, the only publicly-funded university in the nation's capital. The story shows how the university president used taxpayer dollars on first-class travel, a luxury automobile and home renovations... all when he was doubling student tuition.
Tags: student tuition; unversity president; University of the District of Columbia; UDC
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UDC
An exposure of out-of-control spending by the president of the University of District of Columbia, the only publicly-funded university in the nation's capital. The investigation showed how President Allen Sessoms used taxpayer dollars on first-class travel, a luxury automobile and home renovations, all while he was doubling student tuition.
Tags: udc; fraud; washington; taxpayer; dollars;
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UDC
WTTG's 16-part investigation exposed out-of-control spending by the president of the University of DC, the only publicly-funded university in the nation's capital.
Tags: UDC; false records; broadcast
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Big Bucks U
After a president of a Kansas City medical school is fired unexpectedly, the Star investigates. The investigation found that while the president was earning an extremely high salary, administrative costs at the school were rising. The school board ignored warnings from faculty, administrators, and students.
Tags: school board; university president; university; salary; tuition
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The Secret University
Lu Hardin, popular president of the University of Central Arkansas , received a $3000,000 bonus, approved in secret by the college's board of trustees - a violation of Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act. Trustees told the reporter that the bonus came from private funds, but she discovered that the board had used public funds in violations of rules capping the amount of public funds that can be used for college presidents' salaries.
Tags: university fraud; sweetheart deals; improper use of funds; Lu Hardin; University of Central Arkansas; bonus; salaries;
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MBA Mystery in Morgantown
The Mylan Inc. Chief Operating Officer Heather Bresch was awarded an M.B.A. from West Virginia University nine years after having completed just 26 of the required 48 credits. Ms. Bresch is the daughter of West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and friend of WVU President Michael Garrison.
Tags: lobbyist; Milan Puskar; academic fraud; Morgantown; education; falsify;
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New York University Election Scandal
When a student president candidate promised to make the budget of New York University's College of Arts and Science transparent, the council president removed her from the ballot. This series investigates the current president and why she tried so hard to keep the budget a secret.
Tags: budget transparency; student council; higher education; elections; New York University; Meredith Dolgin; Jenny Shen; corruption
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The Saha Case series
The George Washington Hatchet's senior news editor, David Ceasar, scooped other DC media outlets in publishing the name of the next president of George Washington University, in Washington, D.C.
Tags: non-disclosure agreements; George Washington University Board of Trustees; presidential search