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Podcast: Reporting on Plane Crashes
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }With the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 dominating the headlines this week, ProPublica Senior Editor Joe Sexton joins...
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High-Cost Lender World Finance Target of Federal Probe
by Paul KielWorld Acceptance Corp., one of the largest high-cost installment lenders in the United States, disclosed today that it is the target of an investigation by the federal Consumer Financial...
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Four Ways to Really Fix the Pentagon’s Effort to ID the Missing
by Megan McCloskey Last week, we wrote about the Pentagon’s floundering efforts to find and identify the 83,000 service members missing from past conflicts - of which the military ID’d just 60 last...
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Who Controls the Kochs’ Political Network? ASMI, SLAH and TOHE
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A Stillborn Child, A Charge of Murder and the Disputed Case Law on ‘Fetal Harm’
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The Price of an Internship
by Blair Hickman , Sisi Wei and Mike TigasUnpaid internships can help young workers advance their career goals. But they can also vary significantly in cost and quality. Explore college internship...
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Ad Endorsing da Vinci Robot Violated U of Illinois Policies, Review Finds
by Charles OrnsteinAn internal review by the University of Illinois has found that an advertisement in which a university surgical team endorsed a pricey surgical robot violated school policies.Though...
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In Healthcare Suit Against Catholic Bishops, the Specter of an Early Defeat
by Nina MartinThe story of Tamesha Means and her miscarriage three years ago, if it happened the way her lawyers claim it did, is truly awful: Means was 18 weeks pregnant when her water broke and she...
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French, Germans Return Fallen GI After Pentagon Gives Up
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During Final Obamacare Push, Conservative Author Sees Little to Celebrate
by Charles OrnsteinThe final countdown is under way to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act before this year’s open enrollment cycle closes on March 31. Assuming the deadline is...
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Smoking Mad: Tobacco Users Caught Up in Insurer’s Obamacare ‘Glitch’
by Charles OrnsteinMar. 25, 12:30pm: This post has been updatedRetired New Hampshire nurse Terry Wetherby doesn’t hide the fact that she smokes.She checked the box on HealthCare.gov saying she uses...
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Privacy Tools: Mask Your Location
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Double Dip: Doctors Paid to Advise, Promote Drug Companies That Fund Their...
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A Reading List on the Hobby Lobby Cases
by Nina MartinToday the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods birth control cases, the most significant religious-freedom cases in at least a generation....
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Podcast: The Hidden Power of Dark Money
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }Midterm races are approaching, and tax returns continue to yield telling tidbits from the 2012 election. In their campaign finance reporting,...
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Interns Are Now Protected Against Sexual Harassment in NYC
by Blair HickmanInterns of New York City, rejoice. You are now protected against sexual harassment and discrimination based on race, religion and sexual orientation in the workplace. Plus, The New...
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Reporting Recipe: Dollars for Docs
by Charles OrnsteinThis year promises to bring an unprecedented expansion in publicly accessible data on the relationships between doctors and pharmaceutical companies. In September, the federal...
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Judging Obamacare: How Do We Know If It’s a Success or Failure?
by Charles OrnsteinOne day very soon, the focus on Obamacare will turn from signing up new enrollees to quantifying the law’s success — or failure.The six-month open enrollment period, during which...
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California Considers Bill to Protect Temp Workers
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Pentagon Overhauls Effort to Identify its Missing
by Megan McCloskey The Pentagon is overhauling its efforts to find and identify missing service members from past wars, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday. The changes address the problems...
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