A more likely nuclear nightmare

By Susan Q. Stranahan

A more probable nuclear power threat than quake or tsunami: recurring fires

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"… lso been under assault in a federal court for several years. On March 4, a federal judge dismissed a complaint filed against the NRC by several citizens’ gr …"

During Mitch Daniels’ decade at Eli Lilly, the drug giant paid billions in fines and settled thousands of lawsuits

By Joanne Kenen and Rochelle Sharpe

Eli Lilly paid billions in fines, settled thousands of lawsuits while Daniels was an executive at the drug giant

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"… e Church of Scientology named Daniels in a $20 million libel suit, which a federal judge dismissed in 1992.“The Church of Scientology is no church,” Daniels sa …"

Analysis — The insurers’ real agenda for change

By Wendell Potter

Former executive says big firms don't want reform law repealed, but they do want to strip key regulations and consumer protections....

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"… ans. …"

"… e suits were eventually consolidated. The intent was to influence both the federal judges and potential jurors. (The suits were ultimately settled, with the defend …"

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The political donation histories of Obama’s potential new justices

By Aaron Mehta

When word leaked Thursday night that Supreme Court Justice David Souter is planning to retire after this court term ends, it took about 30 s

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"… inton’s re-election campaign. The next month, Clinton nominated her as a federal judge. Her other donations are all to Democrats, including $500 to Senator Jeff …"

Assessing RNC police tactics, part II

By G.W. Schulz

In the second part of a two-part story, CIR looks at several of the cases flagged by intelligence-led policing during the 2008 Republican Na

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"… s that looked like cut-off shovel handles,” according to court records.A federal judge later ruled that the search was illegal and remarked in a telling footnote …"

Under attack, credit raters turn to the First Amendment

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Under attack, credit rating agencies turn to the First Amendment

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"… efenses given the magnitude of the current financial crisis. Last month, a federal judge in New York declined to dismiss an investor’s lawsuit even in the face o …"

"… nknown. Fitch and Moody’s officials declined requests for an interview.A federal judge in New York last month threw out most of King County’s claims but refuse …"

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Federal judge with medical industry investments rules against health care law

By Laurel Adams

U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who ruled Monday that the health care reform law is unconstitutional, holds financial investments in healt

Big polluters freed from environmental oversight by stimulus

By Kristen Lombardi and John Solomon

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the na

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"… Wisconsin offers a case study. Less than a month before its approval, a federal judge ruled Didion’s plant had violated the clean-water law multiple times …"

"… 8 ruled against one of the plants. In a 59-page opinion, dated May 2009, a federal judge blasted Duke for what he called its “apparent inability to appreciat …"

Diesel dangers: Mining companies get first look at government cancer study

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published t

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"… nearly 15-year court battle, Chajet’s persuasive court filings led to a federal judge’s terse, two-page order in June requiring the two Department of Health a …"

Judge urged to revoke BP refinery probation after Gulf Oil Spill

By Kristen Lombardi

The worsening BP p.l.c. oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a good reason to revoke the oil giant’s court-ordered probation and plea agreemen

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"… xplosion five years ago, lawyers for the refinery victims' families told a federal judge.DOCUMENT: Read Brent Coon’s letter to Judge Lee Rosenthal asking him to …"

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