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TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse
by Michael Grabell Last month, the Transportation Security Administration said it was moving nearly half its X-ray body scanners from some of the nation's biggest airports to smaller ones. But it...
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How Did Scores of Military Units Lose Combat Records in the War on Terror? A...
by Amanda ZamoraThis week, Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter Peter Sleethanswered questions from Redditors on the revelation that field reports have been lost or are missing for many Army units deployed...
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BP Agrees to Plead Guilty to Crimes in Gulf Oil Spill
by Abrahm Lustgarten BP agreed to plead guilty today to charges of manslaughter, environmental crimes, and lying to Congress in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, which...
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Are You a U.S. Military Vet Who Can’t Obtain War Records? Tell Us Your Story
by Amanda ZamoraOver the last decade, scores of U.S. military units deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan have destroyed or failed to keep field reports of their activities, making it difficult for some...
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High-Prescribing Chicago Psychiatrist Faces Federal Fraud Suit
by Charles Ornstein and Tracy WeberThe U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois filed a federal fraud lawsuit today against a Chicago psychiatrist profiled by ProPublica and the Chicago...
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From Russia With PR
by Justin ElliottNov. 16, 2:50 p.m.This post has been updated.Several opinion columns praising Russia and published in the last two years on CNBC’s web site and the Huffington Post were written by...
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The 10 Most Common Nursing Home Violations
by Charles OrnsteinProPublica today is updating our Nursing Home Inspect tool, which now includes details of more than a quarter-million deficiencies identified by government regulators at U.S....
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U.S. House Subcommittee Sets Hearing on Missing War Records
by Peter Sleeth, Special to ProPublicaNov. 16: This story has been updated. Missing military records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — detailed in a ProPublica-Seattle Times investigation over...
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Insurance Schemer Cops a Plea
by Jake Bernstein In a trial closely watched by the insurance industry, Rhode Island attorney Joseph Caramadre and his former employee Raymour Radhakrishnan pleaded guilty today to charges that they...
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Why Is Arizona Still Counting Votes?
by Suevon LeeIt’s been two weeks since Election Day, but it’s not all over in Arizona. Thousands of early and provisional ballots remain uncounted. These votes aren’t actually expected to impact any...
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Why the U.S. Won’t Allow a Dying Iranian Sociologist to Join His Family
by Cora Currier Dr. Rahmatollah Sedigh Sarvestani is dying. The Iranian sociologist, recently retired from a long teaching career at the University of Tehran, suffers from prostate cancer and a pelvic...
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Homeland Security Has Spent $430 Million on Radios Its Employees Don’t Know...
by Theodoric MeyerGetting the agencies responsible for national security to communicate better was one of the main reasons the Department of Homeland Security was created after the Sept. 11, 2001,...
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Flight Records Say Russia Sent Syria Tons of Cash
by Dafna Linzer , Michael Grabell and Jeff LarsonThis past summer, as the Syrian economy began to unravel and the military pressed hard against an armed rebellion, a Syrian government plane ferried...
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Have U.S. Drones Become a ‘Counterinsurgency Air Force’ for Our Allies?
by Justin ElliottOn Sunday the New York Times reported that the Obama administration, prompted by the possibility of losing the election, has been developing a “formal rule book” to govern the use of...
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Dead On the Operating Table: A Q&A with journalist Mina Kimes
by Marshall AllenWhen the multibillion dollar medical device maker Synthes enticed doctors to use its bone cement on people’s spines, patients died on the operating table. The company’s actions led to...
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Syria Claims Turkey Committed ‘Air Piracy,’ New Documents Say
by Mark Schoofs and Jeff LarsonDocuments posted online Monday by hackers associated with the online group Anonymous appear to give new details on a Syrian passenger flight from Moscow to Damascus that...
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EPA Officials Weigh Sanctions Against BP’s U.S. Operations
by Abrahm LustgartenUpdate (Nov. 28): The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today it was temporarily debarring BP, suspending the company from receiving new contracts with the federal...
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Live Discussion: What Do EPA Sanctions Mean for BP’s Future?
by Blair HickmanThe Environmental Protection Agency temporarily banned oil giant BP from receiving new government contracts Wednesday, citing a “lack of business integrity” over the 2010 Deepwater...
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Latest Sanction Against BP Goes Beyond Gulf Spill
by Abrahm LustgartenWhen the Obama administration temporarily banned BP from federal contracts Wednesday, it pointed to BP's "lack of business integrity" and conduct relating to the 2010 Deepwater...
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