Posts Tagged ‘original-reporting’
U.S. can’t let WikiLeaks limit candor, diplomats say
Former U.S. ambassadors say taking more diplomatic communications offline in response to the WikiLeaks documents would cripple the ability to “make the world work.”
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com with NBC News reports)
For small charities, success can be a burden
The Keep A Breast Foundation is generating more than $3 million a month from the sale of “i [heart] boobies” charity bracelets; just two years ago, it took in $495,969 — in total. “We’re still trying to figure out what we’re going to do with all the money,” the executive director says, mirroring the challenges for America’s small charities that are lucky enough to hit the jackpot.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com and Grant Stinchfield/KXAS-TV)
Decision 2010: We voted against Obama, Pelosi, voters say
For Democrats, Election Day was judgment day, with the jurors standing up and convicting them of guilt by association with Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
Decision 2010: Divided Congress on tap as Republicans take House
Americans who insisted they were tired of partisan divisions elected a divided Congress on Tuesday, giving Republicans control of the House of Representatives but handing Democrats a razor-thin hold on the Senate.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
Year-round schooling gains ground in U.S.
Kids from well-off families with access to tutoring and academic camps and travel keep learning when school’s out for the summer, while those without such advantages tread water or even sink, research shows. To slow the so-called spring slide, more U.S. school districts are moving to year-round classes, and by 2012, education groups estimate, more than 5 million pupils — about 10 percent of all children enrolled in American public schools — could be going to school year-round.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc)
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Reporting: News organizations look at WikiLeaks material with different eyes
WikiLeaks.org tried to coordinate coverage of its highly anticipated release of secret U.S. documents from the war in Iraq by sharing the material with a select group of news organizations weeks in advance, but it couldn’t coordinate what they actually said.
In the end, the shadowy, decentralized organization couldn’t even coordinate the release of its own documents. Al-Jazeera, one of the news organizations that it had given the documents weeks ago, broke WikiLeaks’ embargo by publishing a six-minute video on its website late Friday afternoon. The New York Times, The Guardian of Britain and Le Monde, which also received the material under the embargo, followed swiftly with their extensive prepared reports.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
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Reporting: ‘Voluntary’ immigration program really isn’t
Cities and counties can’t stop U.S. immigration officials from sifting through local police records to root out illegal immigrants, even though Immigration and Customs Enforcement has characterized the program as voluntary since it started up two years ago, federal documents show. …
Reporting: States working harder to collect online sales taxes
Sales taxes or similar levies have always been in place on most online purchases in most states. But they are almost never paid. And with their budgets in crisis, states are more determined than ever to get their share.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
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Reporting: Most U.S. gas lines don’t use latest inspection technology
Almost two-thirds of America’s natural gas pipelines — including the 30-inch main that exploded last week in San Bruno, Calif. — are susceptible to potentially deadly faults because they can’t use the industry’s best technology for testing and cleaning them, federal records show.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
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Reporting: Steel gas mains draw regulators’ scrutiny
Natural gas mains made of steel, like the one that apparently failed in Thursday’s deadly explosion in California, are considered especially susceptible to corrosion and leaking, leading regulators in some states to consider replacing them.
Full story (Alex Johnson/msnbc.com)
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