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Felons in office: Ted Stevens set to join an even more elite club

By Andrew Green

If the current returns hold up, then Alaskans will have reelected a newly convicted felon to the U.S. Senate; Senator Ted Stevens, the longe

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PAC-Men lobbyists

By Elizabeth Brown and Shaylyn Cochran

State laws vary widely on voting rights for felons

By Maryann Batlle and Carl Straumsheim

Homeland Security pays dividends for Alaska

By G.W. Schulz

Hoosier secretary of state takes first crack at ACORN

By Andrew Green

Forget Obama and McCain; the hottest battle in Indiana this election season is between the secretary of state and ACORN. The left-leaning vo

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ACORN: Stuck between a law and a hard place

By Sarah Laskow

No guns in latest ATF raid were knowingly allowed to enter Mexico, prosecutor says

By Julie Vorman

A week after a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives whistleblower described how agents allowed hundreds of U.S. weapons to sl

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Gun shy: Firearms dealer worried ATF would let weapons slip to bad guy

By John Solomon

Justice Department enacts rule for reporting of rifle sales along the Southwest border

By Corbin Hiar

New study affirms the grim role played by US guns in Mexican violence

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey Smith

ATF let hundreds of U.S. weapons fall into hands of suspected Mexican gunrunners

By John Solomon, David Heath and Gordon Witkin

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OSHA too generous in cutting fines, watchdog says

By Julie Vorman

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reduces virtually all proposed fines as an incentive for companies to fix workplace safety

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IMPACT: Agency task force conducting ‘top-to-bottom review’ of ‘model workplaces’ program

By Chris Hamby

'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Deaths at ‘model workplaces’ missing from list of federal overseers

By Chris Hamby

In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

By Julie Vorman

The U.S. Energy Department’s internal watchdog has referred to federal prosecutors hiring improprieties with a contractor worker who was pre

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DOE contractor costs soar 44 percent due to pension losses

By Peter Newbatt Smith

Lack of contract oversight puts billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Energy Department stimulus funds produce questionable results

By Laurel Adams

DOD struggles with medical e-records system

By Laurel Adams

DNA backlog rises at FBI laboratory

By Julie Vorman

As any armchair detective knows, a DNA sample is often the key evidence that convicts a murderer by the end of a 60-minute TV crime show. Bu

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California crime lab escapes budget cuts

By Ben Protess and Emily Witt

DNA testing of detained immigrants easier said than done

By Ben Protess and Emily Witt

Undercover feds able to easily obtain fraudulent e-passports

By John Solomon

U.S. lacks basic security for e-passport manufacturing

By John Solomon

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Starr Struck: Part three

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — While the tradition of resisting subpoenas was already established in print journalism, it didn't start to develop i

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By Florence George Graves

When criticism becomes a crime

By Joel Simon

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By Florence George Graves

House committee moves to allow suits for military medical malpractice

By Nick Schwellenbach

Starr Struck: Part two

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — While the Hubbell Subpoena merited page one treatment in The Times, there was far less coverage, mostly brief mentio

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By Florence George Graves

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By Joel Simon

Commentary: Protecting the rights of the people through investigative reporting

By Charles Lewis

Starr Struck: Part one

By Florence George Graves

BOSTON, April 1, 1998 — The Kenneth Starr assailed by the Clinton administration as an agent of a vast right-wing conspiracy is the same Ken

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By Florence George Graves

One House seat in Kentucky embodies how outside groups dominate politics — with money

By Anne Farris Rosen

Two Against 2

By Josh Israel

Outside groups spend $2.2 million in Missouri Senate race

By Michael Beckel

Romanian weapons modified in the U.S. become scourge of Mexican drug war

By Rick Schmitt and Rick Young

Center story focused on Romanian weapon now targeted by Feinstein legislation

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Current gun debate may not help beleaguered ATF

By Alan Berlow

After Sandy Hook shootings, NRA campaign clout still formidable

By Joe Eaton

Badly flawed background check system fails to contain firearms sales

By Rick Schmitt

ATF's struggle to close down firearms dealers

By Fred Schulte

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