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Board of Elections data reveal voter registration irregularities under NC Gov. Pat McCrory
A data-mining analysis of information publicly available from the North Carolina State Board of Elections has uncovered apparently systematic irregularities in voter registration efforts which are required of the state by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993
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Citizens able to take city budget under control, grasp its components: UNDP budget-viz tool at work
L’viv – “So, you mean all data? All in this graph?” – Lviv journalists did not believe their eyes, whilst going through the budget visualization tool that was being presented in the municipality today. Today city budget data in Lviv was morphed into interactive infographs: a fruit of work done by the L’viv municipality and UNDP aiming at simplification of citizens’ access to the data on incomes and expenditure of the city budget, and decisions on dedicated infrastructure projects.
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The Destruction of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
In many states that elect judges, a surge in campaign contributions has eroded confidence in the courts. Wisconsin has been home to a particularly ignominious saga.
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The Fraud of War
U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have stolen tens of millions through bribery, theft, and rigged contracts.
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Government Says Company Part-Owned by Feinstein's Husband Abuses Post Office Contract
CBRE, a giant real estate company partially owned by Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s husband, Richard Blum, is costing the U.S. Postal Service millions of dollars a year in lease overpayments, and its exclusive contract should be immediately canceled, the service’s inspector general has found. by David Dayen.
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F.E.C. Can’t Curb 2016 Election Abuse, Commission Chief Says
There is a stalemate among the agency’s six commissioners, who are perpetually locked in 3-to-3 ties along party lines because of a fundamental disagreement over the commission’s mandate.
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Killer Pharmacy: Inside a Medical Mass Murder Case
How a seemingly innocuous pharmacy was making millions of dollars by cutting corners, fabricating records and ignoring laws designed to keep contaminated drugs off the market.
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Sheldon Adelson lectures court after tales of triads and money laundering
The billionaire’s Las Vegas trial heard claims that his Macao casino had organised crime links but the 81-year-old was more interested in telling lawyers’ their job
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2 Indicted in George Washington Bridge Case
Ally of Christie Pleads Guilty
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Selling Out the Constitution and Main Street on Trade
This “free trade” legislation will allow companies to export jobs and import cheap goods at the expense of the American worker.
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States can ban elected judges from asking for campaign money, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld state laws that bar elected judges from asking for money to support their campaigns.
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GOP, Pentagon tussle over East Coast shield
The Pentagon has repeatedly said it doesn’t need — nor can it afford — a third anti-missile battery on American territory to defend against a possible attack from North Korea or Iran. But that hasn’t stopped congressional Republicans...
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How China’s Macau crackdown threatens big US casino moguls
Investigation reveals how gambling giants made billions against backdrop of triads, vice and corruption in ‘Vegas of the east’
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Pentagon can’t account for $1 billion in Afghan reconstruction aid
The amount is 60 percent of spending under an emergency program intended to let American military officers bypass bureaucracy to fund urgently needed roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, water-treatment plants and other infrastructure.
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Deutsche Bank pays record fine for Libor manipulation
Deutsche Bank has paid a record $2.5bn to authorities in the US and UK to settle allegations that it manipulated the Libor benchmark rate, a key interbank borrowing rate that underpins as much as $350tn of debt worldwide.
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Corporations now spend more lobbying Congress than taxpayers spend funding Congress
One sentence that explains why lobbyists run Congress.
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The Whistleblower’s Tale: How An Accountant Took on Halliburton
In 2005, Tony Menendez blew the whistle on Halliburton’s accounting practices. The fight cost him nine years of his life.
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Payday at the mill
How sophisticated financiers used a Maine investment program they devised to wring millions of dollars in risk-free returns at taxpayer expense
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The Grand Canyon Is Getting A Mall
Investment interests want to build a multi-tier mall at the Grand Canyon, and they’re paying off Navajo leaders—at least one who years ago resigned in disgrace—to do so.
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The Mansions Owned by White-Collar Criminals
Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, Madoff. A look at the mansions built or bought with corporate fraud.
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