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Safety Stand Down Called for on AT&T Projects

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As Public Schools Face Cutbacks, Federal Funds Flow to For-Profits

While state and local governments cut back funding to public higher education institutions, the volume of federal government subsidies to for-profit colleges and universities continues to increase (read more »)

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Fukushima Radiation Estimate Doubles, But Cancer Risk Lower Than Expected

The new findings come from three separate analyses presented this week by the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the World Health Organization, and the United Nations. (read more »)

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California County Ends Review of Autopsy Mistakes

The Solano County sheriff’s office has decided not to review about 300 autopsies performed by Dr. Thomas Gill, a forensic … (read more »)

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Built for a Simpler Era, OSHA Struggles When Tower Climbers Die

Fifty men have died in accidents on cell sites since 2003, but federal workplace safety regulators have few tools and little will to impose consequences on the companies that count on their labor. (read more »)

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NOPD Investigating Officer Who Didn’t Report Knowledge of Henry Glover Shooting

Sgt. Lesia Mims told the FBI what she knew about Henry Glover's death but apparently not her own department. (read more »)

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Report: White House Expands Role in Guiding Drone Targets

In a sign of increased sensitivity over U.S. drone strategy, White House counterterror chief John Brennan has taken command of … (read more »)

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Foreign Affairs / Defense
Can “Friends of Yemen” Help Solve Country’s Deeply Rooted Problems?

Led by the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, a block of 20 countries and intergovernmental organizations dubbed the "Friends of Yemen" met in Riyadh today to pledge $4 billion in assistance to the Arab world's poorest country. (read more »)

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Live Chat 3 p.m. ET: What Really Happened at MF Global?

Join Six Billion Dollar Bet producer Martin Smith for a live chat featuring guest questioner Aaron Lucchetti from The Wall St Journal. You can leave a question now. (read more »)

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Ask a Former Cell Tower Worker

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Live Chat Wednesday 1 p.m. ET: Who’s Responsible for Cell Tower Deaths?

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How Corzine Steered Regulators To Protect MF Global Strategy

When Jon Corzine took the reins of MF Global in 2010, the Wall Street brokerage was a deeply troubled firm. … (read more »)

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In Race For Better Cell Service, Men Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives

Corporate giants have outsourced the dangerous work of building and maintaining communications towers to tiny subcontracting companies. Over the last nine years, nearly 100 workers have died, 50 of them on cell sites. (read more »)

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Suicide Attack Suggests Intensifying War in Yemen

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