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Derailed series

A a four-part investigation of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (BNSF) by the Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) with ProPublica reveals a troubled railroad company.  "Over the past decade, court […]
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The Price of Living series

The Post and Courier (Charleston, S.C.) spent months going through individual case files at the Charleston County Probate Court to learn what was happening to the savings of elderly incapacitated […]
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Tracing the guns used to kill cops

In The Washington Post's continuing investigation, The Hidden Life of Guns, reporter Cheryl W. Thompson offers the first comprehensive analysis of how cop-killers got their guns. "Legal purchase was the […]
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Satellite monitoring of sex offenders under attack

In a two-part story on North Caroina's satellite-based monitoring of sex offenders program, the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper found that technological limitations create a system that some say does nothing more […]
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Serial killer series prompts police to re-open investigations

Police in Ohio and Indiana have launched new murder investigations after a Scripps Howard News Service investigation revealed dozens of clusters of unsolved killings of women nationwide that are likely the work of serial […]
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Program introduced to better track crime on indian reservations

An investigation by of The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, Utah) found that inconsistently reported crime data has meant criminal activity on the country’s American Indian reservations is not […]
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Despite raids, illegal massage parlors remain in operation

Yang Wang, of the Houston Chronicle, found a number of massage parlors remain open despite repeated police raids for vice crime and licensing violations. In Houston, “292 establishments have been […]
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Crime deemed "stupid," criminals remained free

John Diedrich and Ryan H of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report that a pair of criminals who robbed a 17-year-old at gunpoint avoided incarceration because "neither the judge nor the […]
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Background checks for Idaho educators unreliable

In a report by Ben Botkin of the Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho), found that the state's system for completing background checks on teachers fails to give school districts a full […]
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The Hidden Life of Guns series

The Hidden Life of Guns, a year-long investigation by The Washington Post, traced guns recovered in crimes in the region. The Post's analysis found a small number of gun stores […]
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