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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 8:30 AM

DNA Disposal

The Denver Post ran an impressive series last week by Susan Greene and Miles Moffeit that documents how crucial DNA evidence is routinely discarded by law enforcement officials around the country. Greene and Moffeit's "Trashing the Truth" describes
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Monday, July 30, 2007 8:30 AM

The Deadliest Diseases

The New York Times is running a terrific series looking at the six diseases that are most likely to kill Americans. "Six Killers" offers the most comprehensive explanation that I've seen of why some diseases are so deadly, what advances have been
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 9:25 PM

Betrayal

Richard Mauer of McClatchy Newspapers sifted through the evidence collected after a deadly raid on a U.S. garrison in Iraq and came to a disturbing conclusion: Iraqi police, supposedly the allies of U.S. forces, were behind the attack. Mauer's two-part "Who
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 7:39 AM

Presumed Guilty

Miles Moffeit of the Denver Post has written a searing story about a Colorado boy convicted of murder using dubious circumstantial evidence. Moffeit's "Revisiting a Conviction" masterfully retraces the investigation and prosecution of Tim Masters,
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:15 AM

Sports Stories

I've seen some great stories lately on sports that I'd like to share. "Keeping Track," by Stephen M. Katz and Poh Si Tang of the Virginian-Pilot, is a fascinating audio slideshow showing what life is like for the workers who clean
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:00 AM

Choosing to Die

Doug Erickson of the Wisconsin State Journal has crafted a moving story about a woman who decided to let herself die. For his "A Death Well Planned," Erickson spent 18 months chronicling the final journey of Joan Rademacher, a 72-year-old Madison woman
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Monday, July 16, 2007 9:15 AM

Voices of the Veterans

Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars tell their stories in their own words in videos presented by Good magazine. Founder Ben Goldhirsh describes Good as a magazine, films, events and original multimedia content for "people who give a damn." The stark
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:52 PM

Afro-Latino Pride

"A Rising Voice: Afro-Latin Americans" is an ambitious, impressive project by The Miami Herald looking at the lives and heritage of blacks in Latin America. It explores the rising consciousness of these Afro-Latinos, whose presence
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Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:15 AM

Missions Impossible

I've seen two standouts lately from The Raleigh News & Observer. Investigative ace Joseph Neff reveals in "Blackwater Manager Blamed for 2004 Massacre in Fallujah" the story behind the murders of the U.S. security contractors whose bodies were
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 8:30 AM

Afghanistan's Addiction

Yesterday I featured  a story by David Finkel, one of the finest journalists reporting from Iraq. Today I'm praising the work of Jon Lee Anderson, another top war correspondent who has done a tremendous job covering the continuing conflicts
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:33 AM

Funeral for a Friend

David Finkel of the Washington Post continues to write powerful dispatches from the streets of Iraq. His "Unit's Mission: Survive 4 Miles to Remember Fallen Comrade," published Monday, is a masterpiece of narrative writing. Finkel follows 27 soldiers
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Monday, July 09, 2007 9:00 AM

Boomers Ready To Go Bust

The Indianapolis Star and WTHR Channel 13 in Indy are teaming up this week to present a close look at the financial realities facing the nation's 78 million baby boomers. Their "Are Boomers Ready to Retire?" uses polling data to show that many boomers
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Friday, July 06, 2007 9:15 AM

Rigged Courtrooms

Robert Little of The Baltimore Sun reveals in "Justice Capsized?" that the U.S. Coast Guard's administrative courts are stacked against "tugboat captains, charter fishermen and other professional mariners," leading to suspensions that can cost them
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Thursday, July 05, 2007 9:30 AM

Hospital Errors

Reporter David Wahlberg of the Wisconsin State Journal has put together a terrific project examining the all-too-common mistakes that hospitals make. His "Medical Misconnections" looks at problems caused by overly tired doctors and nurses, confusion
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 8:00 AM

The Killer Drug

The Detroit Free Press created a brilliant series by Jim Schaefer and Joe Swickard that explores how fentanyl, a drug more potent than heroin, swept across the country, killing more than 1,000 people nationwide, at least 300 of them in
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Monday, July 02, 2007 8:15 AM

Hydrant Horrors

Reporter Dave Savini and producer Michele Youngerman of CBS 2 in Chicago have run a terrific story revealing that fire hydrants operated by the country's largest private water utility often don't work right. Their "Out of Order" investigates
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