All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

The NY Times:

The pharmaceutical industry has developed thousands of medicines that have saved millions of lives, but it has also used its marketing muscle to successfully peddle expensive pills that are no more effective than older drugs sold at a fraction of the cost.

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The NY Times:

The pharmaceutical industry has developed thousands of medicines that have saved millions of lives, but it has also used its marketing muscle to successfully peddle expensive pills that are no more effective than older drugs sold at a fraction of the cost.

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New York Times:
The deals, trumpeted loudly by the White House, would each help pay for a sweeping overhaul of the health care system.
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AP:
Federal investigators say the government's next generation of radiation detectors are only marginally better at detecting hidden nuclear material than monitors already at U.S. ports, but would cost more than twice as much.
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The Telegraph:
It has been claimed that dangerous prisoners are being downgraded to low-risk offender jails to ease an overcrowding crisis.

A prison warden's union and Opposition leaders have called for a full public inquiry after more than 400 prisoners ran amok at HMP Ashwell in Rutland, setting fire to buildings in a protest over privileges. Three-quarters of the jail was rendered uninhabitable before prison officers could bring it under control with the help of riot police.
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The Guardian:
British taxpayers are being left to plug a multibillion-pound hole in the public finances as hundreds of the country's biggest companies increasingly employ complex and secretive tax arrangements to limit the amount they hand over to the exchequer.
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Reuters:
Tax and accounting loopholes that largely benefit rich taxpayers and companies cost the government $20 billion a year even as the pay gap between chief executives and employees has widened, two groups said on Monday.
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Washington Times:
Wall Street's costs to end federal and state investigations of the auction-rate bond market's collapse may wind up exceeding the sanctions from abuses of mutual funds and analyst research in the past decade.
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USA Today:
On the high seas, giant vessels stuffed with furniture, toys and electronics are slowing down in a bid to conserve fuel.
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Washington Post:
In February, the Air Force based much of its decision to give defense contractor Northrop Grumman a multi-billion contract to build tankers because it was the low bidder.
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