All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

Washington Post:
A U.S. Senate committee is planning to hold a series of hearings next month looking into the safety practices of regional airlines, following revelations of a number of safety lapses from the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407.
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Reuters:
A former New York state political party leader was criminally charged in a probe of kickback fees paid to manage state pension investments, New York's top legal officer said on Wednesday.
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New York Times:
Employees fired after cooperating in sexual harassment investigations may sue for retaliation, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case concerning the scope of a federal law barring sex discrimination in the workplace.
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Newsday:
Federal health officials expanded their list of foods contaminated with salmonella-tainted peanut butter or paste yesterday, urging the public to check their pantries and trash for any one of the more than 125 products now at risk of carrying the bacteria.
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Reuters:
New York police have begun training officers in heavy weapons to help its elite security force fight off a commando-style attack like the Mumbai siege, commissioner Ray Kelly told Congress on Thursday. (read the article)

UPI:
The U.S. House ethics panel voted to expand its investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., to include allegations he helped a donor retain a tax loophole.
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AP:
The House ethics committee is expanding an investigation of Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. The ethics panel issued a statement Tuesday saying it had voted to expand an already far-ranging probe into the New York Democrat to examine whether he protected an oil drilling company from a big tax bill when the head of that company pledged a $1 million donation to a college center named after the congressman.
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Washington Post:
The woman who masterminded the biggest embezzlement in D.C. government history inherited a scam running in the city's tax office and relied on a culture of mismanagement and corruption so entrenched that she escaped notice for almost 20 years.
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(read the statement from the United States Attorney's Office)