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Judge Hits New Orleans Cops with Harsh Sentences
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Lack of Competition Stifles Refinance Program for Underwater Homeowners
by Cora Currier Some homeowners are getting stuck with relatively high interest rates even after they participate in the government's program to help them refinance their mortgages. The biggest banks...
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The Best Watchdog Journalism On Fracking
by Blair Hickman and Cora Currier On Monday (April 9) we’re hosting a live discussion at New York City’s Tenement Museum on “The Perils and Promise” of using hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural...
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Campaign Ads: How To Free the Files at Your TV Station
by Daniel Victor Television stations are required by the Federal Communications Commission to keep a list of political ad buys and to make it available on request. Stations don’t post this data on the...
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California Governor Commutes Sentence in Shaken Baby Case
by A.C. Thompson California Gov. Jerry Brown today commuted the sentence of Shirley Ree Smith, a 51-year-old woman whose 1997 conviction for shaking her infant grandson to death has drawn national...
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Video: The Great American Foreclosure Song
Looking to get a handle on the foreclosure crisis, the loan modification fiasco, and the robo-signing scandal? We put it all in a music video. We also put it all in an e-book — a compelling story and...
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Pennsylvania: Help Keep TV Political Ads Transparent
by Daniel Victor Pennsylvanians know what it means to live in a swing state, and that typically includes seeing lots of political commercials on TV. Thanks to the April 24 Republican primary, the next...
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The Great American Foreclosure Story: The Struggle for Justice and a Place to...
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Ask Paul Kiel Your Questions on the Foreclosure Crisis
Reporter Paul Kiel will be taking readers’ questions on the foreclosure crisis in a Reddit chat tomorrow, April 11, starting at 3 p.m. Paul has been reporting on foreclosures for the past three years....
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Excerpt: At Goldman Sachs Servicer, ‘Total Disaster’
by Paul Kiel Yesterday, we published "The Great American Foreclosure Story," our latest Kindle Single. The narrative gives readers a comprehensive look at the foreclosure crisis. Part of that story is...
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Law Shrouds Details of Congressional Trips Abroad
by Justin Elliott When members of Congress or their staffers travel on a private group's dime, they are subject to a long list of requirements and restrictions, thanks to the Jack Abramoff scandal and...
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Former New Orleans Cop Sentenced in Perjury Case
by A.C. Thompson A federal judge today sentenced former New Orleans police officer Ronald Mitchell to 20 months in prison for lying about the circumstances of a fatal shooting that occurred in the...
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The Return of CREEP
by Kim Barker With 300-plus super PACs and counting, it would be easy to miss CREEP. But last Thursday, a new super PAC ingeniously named the Committee for the Re-Election of the President registered...
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MuckReads Podcast: The Militarization of American Police Forces
by Mike Webb For this week’s MuckReads podcast, ProPublica’s Justin Elliott spoke to the Center for Investigative Reporting’s G.W. Schulz about his reporting on the militarization of local police...
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Four Big Takeaways From This Week’s Fracking Talk
by Blair Hickman Monday night, we hosted an in-depth discussion on the perils and promise of fracking at NYC’s Tenement Museum. In case you couldn’t make it, or don’t have time to watch the hour-plus...
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Top MuckReads: Bahrain’s PR, Juvenile Detention and a Jump in Justifiable...
by Blair Hickman Here are this week's top must-read stories from #MuckReads, ProPublica's ongoing collection of the best watchdog journalism. Anyone can contribute by tweeting a link to a story and...
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Behind Closed Doors, Broadcasters Battle Online Disclosure of Political Ad Buys
by Justin Elliott The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online public information about political ad buys. Some form of the rule...
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Bank of New York Case Tests IRS Power to Halt Foreign Tax Abuses
by Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times, and Jeff Gerth, ProPublica In November 2001, Bank of New York, a mid-tier U.S. bank, transferred nearly $8 billion of its own assets to a trust in...
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