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Friday, June 27, 2008 6:11 AM

Mortgage Mess

Black Americans are much more likely than whites to get stuck paying high interest rates for their mortgages than whites, according to a comprehensive investigation by Aliza Appelbaum and Alden K. Loury of The Chicago Reporter. Their "An Equal Opportunity
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Friday, June 20, 2008 6:33 AM

A Sharp Eye on Mass Transit

Miami-Dade County commissioners are considering tax hikes to fund their crumbling mass transit system. County taxpayers have been there before. In 2002, after rejecting four previous proposals for transit tax hikes, they approved a sales tax. Now, in
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:31 AM

Medical Bills

When Tom McGrath's daughter Sarah had her appendix removed, the doctors and nurses did everything right. But when McGrath got the bill for her hospital stay, none of it made sense to him. "My Daughter's $29,000 Appendectomy" in Philadelphia Magazine
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Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:00 AM

Hard to Swallow

Nationwide sales of bottled water have increased nearly 50 percent in the past five years. Behind the growth are some disturbing practices. First the water must be bottled. Here, in a special report called "Water's Edge," Ivan Penn of the St. Petersburg
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:00 AM

Ouch!

For some excellent investigative work on consumer and worker safety, check out The Sacramento Bee's "Nail Gun Safety under Fire as Injuries Soar" by Andrew McIntosh. His stories describe how nail gun accidents are sending 42,000 people
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:00 AM

The Hunger

The war in Iraq, the presidential campaign and the slumping economy have been the big stories so far this year, but they may soon be eclipsed by one with a more devastating impact: a worldwide hunger crisis. Marc Lacey of The New York Times
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Monday, April 21, 2008 8:30 AM

Double Dippers

Lucy Morgan of the St. Petersburg Times has been writing an outstanding series of reports on Florida officials who are double dipping — holding state jobs while collecting state pensions. In many cases, officials have "retired" and returned to the same
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:00 AM

Homeless in San Francisco

Reporter Amanda Witherell and intern Bryan Cohen of the San Franisco Bay Guardian spent a week living undercover in the city's shelters to learn what it's like for the homeless to navigate a confusing system. Witherell's amazing "Shelter Shuffle" is
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:30 AM

Deadly Drivers

In early 2007, after a series of high profile fatalities on Maine roads involving drivers with suspended licenses, the Portland Press Herald assigned investigative reporter Kevin Wack to find the answer to one question: Are suspended drivers more dangerous
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Friday, February 08, 2008 8:30 AM

The Gap in Bridge Inspections

Bill Dedman's "Bridge Inspections" series for msnbc.com is getting a lot of buzz and for good reason: Dedman remains one of the best investigative reporters in the business. Dedman discovered that at least 17,000 U.S. bridges went more than two years
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:22 AM

Nailing With Numbers

"Neighborhoods for Sale" by Dan Mihalopoulos, Robert Becker and Darnell Little of the Chicago Tribune, is a fine example of using data-mining to expose widespread corruption. Here's how they documented Chicago's shady zoning practices: In an unprecedented
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Monday, February 04, 2008 8:30 AM

Just the Facts

I don't know of any news organization in the country that's giving more pure information to its readers than the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle's Web site. Its "Rocdocs" section gives readers easy access to public records such as DWI conviction
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008 8:30 AM

Best Gems of 2007

When we sat down to create the Top 10 News Gems of 2007, we ended up with an initial list of more than 40 favorite stories. We had a hard time deciding among the many outstanding examples of journalism from magazines, broadcast outlets, Web sites and
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Monday, November 26, 2007 9:15 AM

The Wounds of War

Gregg Zoroya of USA Today deserves applause for using the Freedom of Information Act to uncover an important story about U.S. troops who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. His "20,000 Vets' Brain Injuries Not Listed in Pentagon Tally" reveals that
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 8:30 AM

Teachers' Prey

Three news organizations have produced outstanding packages on abusive teachers. In "The ABCs of Betrayal," Jennifer Smith Richards and Jill Riepenhoff of The Columbus Dispatch reveal that Ohio’s flawed system of disciplining and tracking teachers allows
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