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Loopholes in hiring practices leave kids at risk

Flaws in how the city of Columbus handles background checks for street peddlers has created loopholes that allow child predators behind the wheels of ice cream trucks, reports Paul Aker […]
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The global food crisis

A series by The Washington Post explores the causes and implications of the current global food crisis, the likes of which have not been seen since the 1970s. "A complex […]
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Inside the Seminoles' ascension from poverty to profit

The last three decades have seen the Seminole Tribe of Florida ascend from extreme poverty to substantial wealth thanks to their lucrative Indian gaming endeavors. A South Florida Sun-Sentinel investigation […]
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Anti-poverty agency funded private jet trips to MTV awards

In another installment of The Miami Herald's Poverty Peddlers series, reporters Scott Hiaasen and Jason Grotto reveal that the Miami-Dade Empowerment Trust, the county's largest anti-poverty agency, squandered millions of […]
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Chicago's drug war toughest on minorities

A Chicago Tribune analysis of federal data shows that enforcement efforts in the the war on drugs hits minorities far harder than whites. Darnell Little reports that inner-city dealers are […]
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Abuses at Texas state schools go unpunished

A Dallas Morning News investigation into disciplinary records of employees at state schools for the mentally retarded " found hundreds of cases of abuse at the hands of those charged […]
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Secret Shelters

Fred Kelly reports on a two-week investigation by The Charlotte Observer which uncovered an "underground network" of shelters and safe houses, many run by religious ministries, which have sprung up […]
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Selling innocence

Scott Zamost and Jeff Burnside of WTVJ-South Florida update the 2001 "Selling Innocence" investigation by interviewing Savannah Haile, now 12 years old. Pictures of Haile were posted on a so-called […]
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Hard lessons learned on the way to school

Jason Whitely of KHOU-Houston analyzed street-by-street crime data from the past two years to find out how close the city
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In Louisiana, Post-Katrina insurance appeals made more often by whites

Rukmini Callimachi and Frank Bass of the Associated Press report on a disparity in post-Katrina insurance claims. Based on analysis of Louisiana's insurance claims, they determined that residents of predominantly […]
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