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Actual Winner Unclear in Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas Redistricting
Court rejects minority-friendly map, orders federal judges to give more weight to Texas' original plan drawn by GOP-controlled legislature.
Top MuckReads: Errant Alaskan Rescue, Nuclear Waste and Mitt’s Money
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Giffords May Get Better Brain-Injury Care Than Most of Her Constituents
Because of a lack of research and spotty insurance coverage, thousands of Americans with brain injuries don’t receive the comprehensive treatment they need.
EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules
In 47 pages of comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weighs in on New York’s potentially precedent-setting regulations for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
Top MuckReads: Birth Control, Romney’s Past and Cheating Doctors
Our rundown of this week's best investigative or accountability journalism.
In Mississippi, Identities of Pardon Applicants Must Be Public
A state judge has blocked the release of 21 people, including five convicted of murder, who were pardoned by the outgoing governor. One issue is whether they had given sufficient public notice of their intent to seek release, allowing time for victims to comment.
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Death Investigation in America
A year-long investigation into the nation’s 2,300 coroner and medical examiner offices uncovered a deeply dysfunctional system that quite literally buries its mistakes.
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Redistricting
How Powerful Interests Are Drawing You Out of a Vote
Actual Winner Unclear in Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas Redistricting
Court rejects minority-friendly map, orders federal judges to give more weight to Texas' original plan drawn by GOP-controlled legislature.
Dollars for Doctors
How Industry Money Reaches Physicians
ProPublica is tracking the financial ties between doctors and medical companies.
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Drug Companies Reduce Payments to Doctors as Scrutiny Mounts
Presidential Pardons
Shades of Mercy
In Mississippi, Identities of Pardon Applicants Must Be Public
A state judge has blocked the release of 21 people, including five convicted of murder, who were pardoned by the outgoing governor. One issue is whether they had given sufficient public notice of their intent to seek release, allowing time for victims to comment.
Fracking
Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat
EPA Sees Risks to Water, Workers In New York Fracking Rules
In 47 pages of comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency weighs in on New York’s potentially precedent-setting regulations for natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
Brain Wars
How the Military Is Failing Its Wounded
While military statistics show that more than 115,000 soldiers have suffered mild traumatic brain injuries, unpublished research suggests that such injuries have gone undiagnosed in tens of thousands of troops. Even when the injuries are diagnosed, at one of the largest U.S. Army bases, soldiers have had to fight to get the appropriate care.
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Eye on Loan Modifications
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling to stave off foreclosure have been left in limbo by a government program that encourages mortgage companies to modify their loans. Delays by the banks in handling their cases have even left some homeowners worse off than before they entered the program.
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The Wall Street Money Machine
Deutsche Analyst Sounded Alarm When Asked to Alter Numbers
A junior analyst at Deutsche Bank protested when a mid-level executive asked him to adjust a spreadsheet to make a mortgage-backed security look less risky. The 2007 episode raises questions about whether the SEC has looked closely enough at the bank’s practices leading up to the financial crisis.