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Lobbyists can spend unlimited amounts to honor lawmakers

A USA Today analysis shows lobbyists paid $35.8 million in 2008 to honor 534 current and former lawmakers, almost 250 other federal officials and more than 100 groups, many of […]
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Pentagon billed over $2.7 billion to unnamed contractors

"The Pentagon spent more than $2.7 billion on 'miscellaneous items' in 2008 for which the contractor was listed as 'not available' — a rare omission for Defense Department documentation — […]
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Commercial real estate losses threaten local banks

"Commercial real-estate loans could generate losses of $100 billion by the end of next year at more than 900 small and midsize U.S. banks if the economy's woes deepen, according […]
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Handicapped accessibility a problem at many CTA stations

An investigation into the handicapped accessibility of Chicago Transit Authority stations by a team of reporters from Columbia College Chicago found that "41 percent of the stations designated fully accessible […]
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Vacant homes, neighborhoods plague the Rust Belt

"An analysis by The Associated Press, based on data collected by the U.S. Postal Service and the Housing and Urban Development Department, shows the emptiest neighborhoods are clustered in places […]
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Project identifies top lenders at center of financial meltdown

A project by the Center for Public Integrity delved into the financial crisis by analyzing 7.2 million subprime loans made from 2005 through 2007. The analysis revealed 25 lenders responsible […]
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Airports with high rates of bird strikes pinpointed

National Public Radio combined the Federal Aviation Administration's wildlife-strike reports with airport activity figures to calculate airport "strike rates," an industry measure that is not publicly available and that standardizes […]
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Sarah Cohen discusses data visualization in reporting

Steve Myers of Poynter interviewed Sarah Cohen, database editor for The Washington Post's investigative team, on her use of data visualization as part of exploratory reporting. Cohen spoke on the […]
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Speeding tickets quadruple in Florida county

An analysis by The Villages (Fla.) Daily Sun found that a driver’s likelihood of getting a speeding ticket in Sumter County increased nearly 400 percent since 2003. According to the […]
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Policing schools in Tulsa

A two-part series by the Tulsa World analyzes crime on public school campuses. Since 2005, Tulsa schools have called city police more than 9,450 times. Reasons for the calls include […]
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