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Small Business Administration failed hurricane victims in Gulf

The Associated Press investigated how the Small Business Administration responded to the hurricanes of 2005, and the impact on the Gulf Coast five year later.  The yearlong investigation by Mitch […]
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Analysis finds mine safety violations focus on ventilation, fire, electricity

Citations for safety and health violations by operators of underground coal mines have increased by nearly a third since 2006, with federal mine inspectors focusing about equally on three main […]
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Blast at BP Texas Refinery in '05 foreshadowed Gulf disaster

An on-going investigation by ProPublica and FRONTLINE traces the story of a deadly but much lesser-known BP refinery explosion in 2005.  The report explains how the company's record of cutting […]
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FEMA trailers reappearing in Gulf to house oil spill workers

FEMA trailers are appearing in the Gulf region to serve as temporary housing for workers involved in cleanup of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to an investigation by Ian […]
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Regulators failed to address problems with blowout preventers

A New York Times investigation shows that regulators knew there were problems with the blind shear ram, a "fail-safe" device intended to prevent disasters like the Deepwater Horizon blowout, yet […]
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Rig lacked effective oversight

"New government and BP documents, interviews with experts and testimony by witnesses provide the clearest indication to date that a hodgepodge of oversight agencies granted exceptions to rules, allowed risks […]
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Safety of rig had been a concern for months

Ian Urbina, of The New York Times, reports that internal documents from BP showed that "there were serious problems and safety concerns with the Deepwater Horizon rig far earlier than […]
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BP chose riskier option to seal Deepwater Horizon well

Ian Urbina, of The New York Times, reports that a BP document provide to the paper by a Congressional investigator reveals that BP officials chose "to use a type of […]
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Safety practices at coal mines vary throughout U.S.

An investigation by Dan Barry, Ian Urbina and Clifford Krauss, of The New York Times, shows wide discrepancies in safety practices at coal mines throughout the United States. Mine disasters, […]
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Details revealed about deaths at Memorial Medical Center after Katrina

An investigation by Sheri Fink of ProPublica reveals "what really happened to some of the patients who died at New Orleans’ Memorial Medical Center in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina." […]
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