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Justice Dept. Still Probing Dubious BP Oil Leak Estimates

Federal prosecutors are still investigating BP’s underestimated oil-spill numbers that were released during last year’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.   The Department of Justice is examining whether BP officials deliberately withheld data from t...   read more

FCC Bids a Last Goodbye to the Fairness Doctrine

The Fairness Doctrine was officially erased from the books of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday. Established in 1949, the rule required broadcasters to present controversial issues in a balanced manner that included opposing ...   read more

Hospital Where JFK Died on Verge of Losing Federal Funding

Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, which became famous for trying to save the life of President John F. Kennedy following his assassination in 1963, has spiraled into a morass of poor medical care and faulty practices. Federal regulators are ...   read more

FDA Refuses to Control 2nd-Most Abused Drug

Drug-abuse opponents want to know why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dithered for a dozen years over tightening controls of hydrocodone, the nation’s second-most abused medicine (behind oxycodone). It is the primary ingredient of Vic...   read more

The Only Congressional District Where a Majority of Children Have Trouble Getting Healthy Food

Florida’s 17th congressional district could use some help.   Correction, make that a lot of help.   The predominantly African-American district, which includes portions of inner-city Miami, including Liberty City, was recently determined to ha...   read more

FBI Zeros in on Corrupt Judges and Legislators in Georgia

State lawmakers and judges in Georgia have been put on notice by the FBI, whose local field office plans to start up a special investigative team targeting corruption by public officials.   Brian Lamkin, who heads Georgia’s FBI office, has not...   read more

Obama vs. Obama over Rural Broadband Internet

The enormous size of the federal government’s Executive Branch can sometimes result in one hand not knowing—or working against—what the other is doing. Case in point: the Obama administration’s effort to expand broadband in rural communities.  ...   read more

Pentagon Personnel Chief Investigated for Being Unusually Mean

Critics of Clifford L. Stanley have accused the Department of Defense’s top personnel manager of gross mismanagement and abusing his authority, prompting the Pentagon’s inspector general to launch an investigation.   Stanley was sworn in as th...   read more

Income Opportunity: Writing Fake Internet Reviews

These days a company’s positive Internet review may be nothing more than paid phoniness, as the competition for good feedback has encouraged businesses to hire individuals to write something nice about them.   From Amazon to Citysearch to Yelp...   read more

Most Drug Ads in Trade Journals Fail to Meet Legal Guidelines

An examination of nearly 200 advertisements by researchers found that the vast majority of those published in medical trade journals were not compliant with federal government rules governing the marketing of pharmaceuticals.   Of the 192 ads ...   read more

Kansas Bans Insurance Companies from Covering Abortions

In yet another effort to restrict the availability of the medical procedure, conservatives in Kansas are trying to ban insurance companies from providing elective abortion coverage.   The new law, adopted by the state legislature and supported...   read more

Bailed Banks Reap Profits Buying Homeowner Tax Debt

On top of the fact that many large banks rescued in 2008 failed to provide substantial assistance to struggling homeowners and small businesses, many of the same institutions are now gobbling up tax liens from teetering homeowners, which may exa...   read more

Supervisors in ATF Guns-to-Mexico Debacle Win Promotions…Or Did They?: Update

They supervised a controversial program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers, all in the name of law enforcement tracking, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials still managed to get p...   read more

Tobacco Companies Sue over Graphic Warning Labels

Faced with putting graphic anti-smoking images on their packs and cartons, tobacco companies have filed suit to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new requirements on the marketing of cigarettes.   In June, the FDA issued the fi...   read more

Supervisors in ATF Guns-to-Mexico Debacle Win Promotions

They supervised a controversial program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers, all in the name of law enforcement tracking, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials still managed to get pro...   read more

Federal Court Refuses to Oppose Wild Horse Roundup…Because It Already Happened

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to help animal rights advocates stop a wild-horse roundup by using the argument that the capture had already taken place.   At issue was the 2010 round-up of more than 2,000 wild horses and 200 wild b...   read more
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Controversies

3313 to 3328 of about 4795 News
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Justice Dept. Still Probing Dubious BP Oil Leak Estimates

Federal prosecutors are still investigating BP’s underestimated oil-spill numbers that were released during last year’s Deepwater Horizon disaster.   The Department of Justice is examining whether BP officials deliberately withheld data from t...   read more

FCC Bids a Last Goodbye to the Fairness Doctrine

The Fairness Doctrine was officially erased from the books of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Monday. Established in 1949, the rule required broadcasters to present controversial issues in a balanced manner that included opposing ...   read more

Hospital Where JFK Died on Verge of Losing Federal Funding

Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, which became famous for trying to save the life of President John F. Kennedy following his assassination in 1963, has spiraled into a morass of poor medical care and faulty practices. Federal regulators are ...   read more

FDA Refuses to Control 2nd-Most Abused Drug

Drug-abuse opponents want to know why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has dithered for a dozen years over tightening controls of hydrocodone, the nation’s second-most abused medicine (behind oxycodone). It is the primary ingredient of Vic...   read more

The Only Congressional District Where a Majority of Children Have Trouble Getting Healthy Food

Florida’s 17th congressional district could use some help.   Correction, make that a lot of help.   The predominantly African-American district, which includes portions of inner-city Miami, including Liberty City, was recently determined to ha...   read more

FBI Zeros in on Corrupt Judges and Legislators in Georgia

State lawmakers and judges in Georgia have been put on notice by the FBI, whose local field office plans to start up a special investigative team targeting corruption by public officials.   Brian Lamkin, who heads Georgia’s FBI office, has not...   read more

Obama vs. Obama over Rural Broadband Internet

The enormous size of the federal government’s Executive Branch can sometimes result in one hand not knowing—or working against—what the other is doing. Case in point: the Obama administration’s effort to expand broadband in rural communities.  ...   read more

Pentagon Personnel Chief Investigated for Being Unusually Mean

Critics of Clifford L. Stanley have accused the Department of Defense’s top personnel manager of gross mismanagement and abusing his authority, prompting the Pentagon’s inspector general to launch an investigation.   Stanley was sworn in as th...   read more

Income Opportunity: Writing Fake Internet Reviews

These days a company’s positive Internet review may be nothing more than paid phoniness, as the competition for good feedback has encouraged businesses to hire individuals to write something nice about them.   From Amazon to Citysearch to Yelp...   read more

Most Drug Ads in Trade Journals Fail to Meet Legal Guidelines

An examination of nearly 200 advertisements by researchers found that the vast majority of those published in medical trade journals were not compliant with federal government rules governing the marketing of pharmaceuticals.   Of the 192 ads ...   read more

Kansas Bans Insurance Companies from Covering Abortions

In yet another effort to restrict the availability of the medical procedure, conservatives in Kansas are trying to ban insurance companies from providing elective abortion coverage.   The new law, adopted by the state legislature and supported...   read more

Bailed Banks Reap Profits Buying Homeowner Tax Debt

On top of the fact that many large banks rescued in 2008 failed to provide substantial assistance to struggling homeowners and small businesses, many of the same institutions are now gobbling up tax liens from teetering homeowners, which may exa...   read more

Supervisors in ATF Guns-to-Mexico Debacle Win Promotions…Or Did They?: Update

They supervised a controversial program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers, all in the name of law enforcement tracking, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials still managed to get p...   read more

Tobacco Companies Sue over Graphic Warning Labels

Faced with putting graphic anti-smoking images on their packs and cartons, tobacco companies have filed suit to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new requirements on the marketing of cigarettes.   In June, the FDA issued the fi...   read more

Supervisors in ATF Guns-to-Mexico Debacle Win Promotions

They supervised a controversial program that allowed guns to fall into the hands of drug traffickers, all in the name of law enforcement tracking, but the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials still managed to get pro...   read more

Federal Court Refuses to Oppose Wild Horse Roundup…Because It Already Happened

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to help animal rights advocates stop a wild-horse roundup by using the argument that the capture had already taken place.   At issue was the 2010 round-up of more than 2,000 wild horses and 200 wild b...   read more
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