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Emails reveal backlog of unprocessed tax returns dating to 1994

Internal emails requested by The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) showed that the North Carolina Department of Revenue had an undisclosed backlog of unprocessed tax returns going back to 1994 […]
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Classified documents provide window into realities of Afghanistan war

"A six-year archive of classified military documents made public on Sunday offers an unvarnished, ground-level picture of the war in Afghanistan that is in many respects more grim than the […]
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Wayne County, Mich. evasive with public records

This WXYZ-Detroit report exposed the tactics employed by officials in Wayne County, Michigan's largest county to avoid releasing public information. The story featured a 20-year Wayne County official whose own requests […]
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Eight deaths reported by homeowners with toxic drywall

Homeowners with toxic drywall have reported eight deaths to federal consumer safety officials, though no direct linkage has been found. That's according to a Scripps Howard News Service analysis of […]
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Palin e-mails reveal a powerful 'first dude'

MSNBC.com investigative reporter Bill Dedman revealed the influence of Todd Palin, the husband of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, during Palin's time as governor. MSNBC.com staff combed through nearly 3,000 […]
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Seniors exploited in care facilities

"Seniors for Sale", a Seattle Times investigation, found that inside the state's 2,843 adult family homes, thousands of vulnerable adults have been exploited by profiteers or harmed by amateur caregivers. […]
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Judge orders Tacoma City Council to record executive meetings

The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) won what may be the first court ruling of its kind in Washington state, when a judge ordered the Tacoma City Council to video and […]
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Change in ownership allowed controversial gun store to remain open

For two years, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter John Diedrich has been seeking documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on a local gun store that has […]
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Police failed to track government-owned take-home vehicles

An investigation by Daniel Chacón of The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) found that the "Colorado Springs Police Department’s tracking of dozens of take-home government-owned vehicles is so incomplete no one […]
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FBI tracked Studs Terkel for over four decades

Through the Freedom of Information Act, CUNY graduate student Valerie Lapinski was able to obtain previously unreleased FBI file of Studs Terkel.  The file revealed that the agency suspected Terkel […]
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