SOLUTIONS: Time to rethink flood control

By John Kostyack and Nicholas Pinter

SOLUTIONS: Two experts recommend letting Mississippi flow naturally again

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"… sp;Southern Illinois University.  …"

"… uture.In one sense, the Army Corps of Engineers’ system for managing the Mississippi River worked as intended because it prevented catastrophic flooding of Bat …"

"… efenses” had been utilized.Like many other large U.S. river systems, the Mississippi has been so fundamentally altered that the modern waterway is essentially …"

"… ineering activities have directly increased flood levels themselves.On the Mississippi above Cairo, Ill., thousands of river “training” structures built to f …"

Gas pipeline operators shape and pay for regulators' safety studies

By Eric Nalder

Industry's access to federal agency policing hazards assures influence

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mississippi":

"… ure.The National Transportation Safety Board asked for the study after the Mississippi explosion in 2007, which was caused by a failure of one such weld. After t …"

'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Deaths and preventable mishaps recur in 'voluntary protection' club
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Breaking the rules

By Steve Weinburg

Who suffers when a prosecutor is cited for misconduct?

Silent Partners: Special Report

By Derek Willis and Aron Pilhofer

How political non-profits work the system

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"… 03 to influence gubernatorial contests in three states — most notably in Mississippi — and in California's recall election. Other 527 committees have been fo …"

The new soft money

By John Sents

Gubernatorial associations skirt campaign finance laws

Excerpts from this story referencing "Mississippi":

"… ules allow the committees to retain a quasi-party role in some states like Mississippi, site of one of the three gubernatorial elections in 2003 (Kentucky and Lo …"

"… Louisiana are the others, in addition to California's recall election). In Mississippi, the RGA has transferred $1,250,000 to its Mississippi affiliate committee …"

"… ecall election). In Mississippi, the RGA has transferred $1,250,000 to its Mississippi affiliate committee to support Haley Barbour, who is challenging Democrati …"

"… mpanies Pfizer Inc., Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., and GlaxoSmithKline and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, along with tens of thousands from financial servi …"

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Abramoff travel ties

By Anupama Narayanswamy and Alex Knott

Disgraced lobbyist's firm, clients sponsored more than a dozen congressional trips

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"… rips also were paid for by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and the Cherokee Nation. Some of these trips were …"

"… ip in August 2002 for an aide to Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., paid for by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw IndiansTwo December 2003 trips, costing $1,949 and $2,129, …"

Human exposure 'uncontrolled' at 114 Superfund sites

By Joaquin Sapien

EPA secrecy about sites' toxic dangers extends even to senators' inquiries

IMPACT: Marines cancel contract for device that used lightning to attack roadside bombs

By Sharon Weinberger

The Marines have ended the contract for a troubled device that used lightning to attack roadside bombs

The price of independence: $1 billion

By Marina Walker Guevara

Once-loyal Turkey passed up aid to maintain its own Iraq policy

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"… ted, including Republican Reps. Ander Crenshaw of Florida, Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Dave Hobson of Ohio, later voted against the Cunningham amendment to r …"

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