FDIC slow to pursue failed bank directors, recover tax dollars

By Ben Hallman

With the FDIC struggling to manage huge losses to its insurance fund, critics say the agency should do more to hold executives of failed ban

Excerpts from this story referencing "Atlanta":

"… al estate loans. One such bank was Integrity Bancshares, Inc. of suburban Atlanta, which promoted a “faith-based” business model that included free Bibl …"

Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

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"… o build a police force of more than 100,000 men—was a police chief in an Atlanta suburb with only 24 people under his command.While the State Department ha …"

Secrets in the sky: A tale of two air marshals

By Nick Schwellenbach

The elements are all there for another thrilling episode of the TV program “24.” The backdrop: A U.S. agency of armed government agents who

Excerpts from this story referencing "Atlanta":

"… ine posts a message to the public website Uncensored Air Marshal Forum, “Atlanta has decided there are too many 3-leggers [flights with multiple stops] bei …"

"… to pick up the slack.” Arnold Cole is the special-agent-in-charge of the Atlanta field office of the Federal Air Marshal Service.10:31 a.m. – Kevin F. O …"

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Crafting a transportation bill

By Matthew Lewis

A troubling process, a shortage of cash and plenty of lobbyists

Excerpts from this story referencing "Atlanta":

"… t in accordance with economic output or population share. In 2003 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that over the previous four years, Geor …"

"… d spent more than 50 percent more per capita on areas outside metropolitan Atlanta than inside.Much of the debate at the federal level during the previous tw …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Obama":

"… e House.Democrats have little worry about the top of the ticket. President Obama has a decent shot at raising as much as $1 billion for his re-election rac …"

"… des, Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney, are launching another group to focus on Obama’s re-election.“Democratic donors are in a fighting spirit. Rove and hi …"

"… said Laska Nygaard, 40, a stay-at-home mom in St. Paul, Minn., who gave Obama $75 in 2008. “It seems like a tsunami of money.”Campaign finance refor …"

"… he presidential and congressional elections.”The presidential money chaseObama’s re-election campaign and his GOP rivals are already courting the “bu …"

Bank of America, tech VP clash over money-laundering detection

By Michael Hudson

Bank of America Corp. faces myriad disputes with whistleblowers, state attorneys general, and homeowners after surviving the U.S. financial

Excerpts from this story referencing "Atlanta":

"… or Mexican cartels depositing illicit funds in Bank of America accounts in Atlanta, Chicago and Brownsville, Texas, from 2002 to 2009.”Norton, the bank spo …"

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Concerns mounting over billion-dollar construction projects in Afghanistan

By Laurel Adams

A major construction project to build 900 security sites for the Afghanistan National Security Forces is so poorly planned that $11.4 billio

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"… y Forces contract with MACTEC, an engineering and consulting firm based in Atlanta, GA. The contractor did not meet the best practice components because ANSF …"

The appraisal bubble

By Joe Eaton

In 2004, years before plummeting real estate values turned Fort Myers, Florida, into a top five foreclosure capital, appraiser Mike Tipton f

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"… raisers on its “ineligible appraiser list,” which was removed from the Atlanta-based company’s website after the Center made inquiries about it. In Dec …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Atlanta":

"… s.The sponsor of the as-yet unpublished study was Georgia-Pacific Corp. of Atlanta, which once made a ready-mix joint compound — a gooey white substance us …"

Southern Company dominates the climate lobbying scene

By Marianne Lavelle and David Donald

Southern Company, the nation’s largest electric power generator, also had the largest force of lobbyists among the hundreds of businesses an

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"… imate change legislation that just passed the House.With 63 lobbyists, the Atlanta-based energy giant had nearly twice as many climate lobbyists as any other …"

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