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Investigations of California Group Homes Marked By Delays and Uncertainty
by Joaquin SapienA ProPublica examination has found that the California Department of Social Services fails to swiftly or conclusively investigate hundreds of claims of misconduct and other problems...
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Racist Posts on NY Cop Blog Raise Ire at Time of Tension
by Joaquin SapienWeek after week, racist posts appear on Thee Rant, a blog for current or former New York City police officers: African Americans are called “apes;” a retired officer says one of the...
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Pets Killed Over Unpaid Fines and More in MuckReads Weekly
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Chris Christie’s Budget ‘Sins’
by Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, and Allan Sloan, The Washington Post, This story was co-published with The Washington Post.Related story: Behind Christie’s Budget Claims, a More Controversial...
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Behind Christie’s Budget Claims, a More Controversial Legacy
by Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, and Allan Sloan, The Washington Post, This story was co-published with The Washington Post.TRENTON, N.J. - In his “tell-it-like-it-is” tour of New Hampshire this week, New...
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Rapid Rise in Super PACs Dominated by Single Donors
by Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, and Jonathan Stray, special to ProPublica, This story was co-published with the Daily Beast.The wealthiest Americans can fly on their own jets, live in gated compounds...
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MuckReads Podcast: James Risen on the ‘National Security Bubble’
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The Hidden Intelligence Breakdowns Behind the Mumbai Attacks
by Sebastian RotellaThis story was co-published with PBS Frontline.When Edward Snowden revealed the government’s vast surveillance programs in 2013, the Obama administration responded with a defense...
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The Whistleblower’s Tale: How An Accountant Took on Halliburton
by Jesse EisingerThis story was co-produced with Marketplace.The email that ruined Tony Menendez’s life arrived on a warm and sunny February afternoon in 2006. Menendez is, by nature, precise and...
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He’s A Halliburton Whistleblower (Who Eventually Won). Ask Him Anything.
by Terry Parris Jr.Today, Tony Menendez is the accountant who beat Halliburton.But in 2005, he was a newly-hired Halliburton executive with a fancy new title: Director of Technical Accounting Research...
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The Time a Newspaper Stared Down the Country’s Largest Advertiser
by Richard TofelEditor's Note: The news last week that Buzzfeed had deleted posts critical of advertisers got some of us at ProPublica wondering about any instances when news organizations stood up to...
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Parsing Chris Christie’s Pension Math
by Cezary PodkulAs we reported last week, Gov. Chris Christie’s rhetoric about his fiscal record in New Jersey doesn’t always match what’s in his budget. Since then, we’ve found another example of...
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Why Comcast Seems to Be Walking Away
by Leticia MirandaToday, Bloomberg reported that Comcast is likely to walk away from its proposed $45.2 billion merger with Time Warner Cable. Yesterday, Comcast met with the U.S. Department of...
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Another Startling Verdict for Forensic Science
by Ryan GabrielsonWith the introduction of DNA analysis three decades ago, criminal investigations and prosecutions gained a powerful tool to link suspects to crimes through biological evidence. This...
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Texas Jailing Truant Teens and More in MuckReads Weekly
by Terry Parris Jr. h3 { font-size:1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin-top:1.4em; } blockquote { line-height: 1.5em; } Some of the best #MuckReads we read this week. Want to receive these by email? Sign...
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MuckReads Podcast: When Diet Drugs Harm Instead of Help
by Nicole Collins Bronzan .player_box { display: none; }In the wake of the ill-fated craze over the diet drug combination fen-phen, which was linked to heart valve damage in the late ‘90s, the U.S....
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Key Expert in Supreme Court Lethal Injection Case Did His Research on Drugs.com
by Annie WaldmanTomorrow, when the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the highest-profile death penalty challenge in seven years, the justices will begin ruling on this question: Does Oklahoma’s...
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California Bill Would Bar Insurers from Withdrawing Injured Workers’ Care
by Michael GrabellA bill that would prevent insurance companies from using routine doctor requests to reopen the cases of injured workers and deny previously approved care passed a key California...
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Another Big Tobacco Bond Deal, Cajun Style
by Cezary PodkulThe allure of tobacco bonds appears to have won over another customer – cash-strapped Louisiana.Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential GOP presidential candidate, is scrambling to deal with a...
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