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The mobile-home trap: How a Warren Buffett empire preys on the poor
Billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett controls a mobile-home empire that promises low-income borrowers affordable houses. But all too often, it traps those owners in high-interest loans and rapidly depreciating homes.
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Meet the New Snake Oil, Same as the Old Snake Oil
During the administration of President Woodrow Wilson, government investigators performed laboratory tests of Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment -- a potion supposedly made of rattlesnake oil that offered "immediate relief" for rheumatism, sciatica, sprains, lumbago, deafness, and other ailments. The tests found that the liquid contained not the advertised reptile juice, but rather mineral oil, red pepper, turpentine, and other ingredients.
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Congress’ Watchdog Thinks America Can’t Afford the F-35
New report reads like a passive-aggressive letter between spouses
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‘Wellness Guru’ Belle Gibson lied about having brain cancer, profited from lying about bogus cancer cures
As disgusting as that may be, she's not the only one who should be ashamed: the enablers who promote this crap deserve condemnation, too. By Xeni Jardin
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'Airportman' made nearly $30,000 a month preying on sympathetic travellers
Dressed in a smart suit and tie, a flustered Andrew Gradon pleaded for help to get home.
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L.A. sues Wells Fargo, alleging 'unlawful and fraudulent conduct'
Rigid sales quotas at Wells Fargo Bank have driven employees to open unauthorized accounts for customers, sticking them with bogus fees and damaging their credit, according to a city of Los Angeles lawsuit that echoes a Times investigation.
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Corinthian Colleges Secretly Funded D.C. Think Tanks, Dark Money Election Efforts
Corinthian Colleges, a troubled for-profit college operator, made secret payments to political elites.
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Scientists Who Cheat
Cheating in scientific and academic papers is a longstanding problem, but it is hard to read recent headlines and not conclude that it has gotten worse.
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The F-35’s Bomb-Dropping Exercise Is a P.R. Stunt
The troubled stealth fighters carry few bombs and still can’t use their guns
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Fish oil pills: A $1.2 billion industry built, so far, on empty promises
For anyone wondering about whether to take a fish oil pill to improve your health, the Web site of the National Institutes of Health has some advice. Yes. And no. One page on the Web site endorses taking fish oil supplements, saying they are likely effective for heart disease, because they contain the “beneficial” fatty acids known as omega-3s.
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The mysterious death of a doctor who peddled autism ‘cures’ to thousands
Two raids, five deaths and a suspected suicide as authorities closed in on him.
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Confidential Documents: Red Cross Itself May Not Know How Millions Donated for Haiti Were Spent
The documents also raise questions about the accuracy of the Red Cross’ count of how many Haitians it helped, concluding the figures on one project were “fairly meaningless.” By Justin Elliott and Laura Sullivan.
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AT&T doesn’t want to pay $100M fine, says throttling didn’t harm customers
AT&T claims required disclosure to customers violates its 1st Amendment rights. By Jon Brodkin.
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Guy Goes Undercover To Prove Storefront Psychics Are Full Of It
I have never understood how so many psychic storefronts can survive in Manhattan.
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Diederik Stapel’s Audacious Academic Fraud
Diederik Stapel, a Dutch social psychologist, perpetrated an audacious academic fraud by making up studies that told the world what it wanted to hear about human nature. Article dates from 2013.
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Looting Made Easy: the $2 Trillion Buyback Binge
Corporations are taking the retirement savings of elderly public employees and using them to inflate their stock prices so wealthy CEOs and their shareholders can enrich themselves at the expense of their companies.
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Tampa woman drew public assistance after collecting $396,000 settlement, feds say
For 13 years, a mother getting public assistance swore under penalty of perjury that she had no income or assets. The public paid her rent, provided food money and covered her son under Medicaid — at a total cost of $85,363, according to court records. Latashia Green failed to mention the $396,000 paid to her from a 2010 legal settlement, or the $10,000 a year she earned braiding hair, or the real estate she bought along the way, federal authorities allege.
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Watchdog Accuses Pentagon of Evading Questions on $800 Million Afghanistan Program
Despite lacking access to key documents and personnel, the inspector general determined that nearly $43 million had been spent on a natural gas station that should have cost closer to $300,000. By Megan McCloskey.
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Is the US Navy building ships that can’t weather rough seas?
The Navy’s newest class of transport ships is currently undergoing maintenance to make the vessels seaworthy, after it was found that design compromises led to weakened hulls susceptible to damage by waves. By Ben Thompson.
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DoD Weapons Tester Concerned about F-35 Software Development
Although the Joint Program Office maintains the F-35 program remains on track, the Pentagon’s top weapons tester recently raised concerns that the fifth-generation fighter jet’s software development could fall behind schedule. By Lara Seligman.
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