Today was our first full day of research and the state of our story looks great heading into the weekend. We're well on our way to wrapping up major research Sunday night and drafting the story itself on Monday. Here are some highlights of the progress we've made today.

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Wow. From the moment Marc and I appeared on Brian Lehrer show to launch this assignment, my email inbox has been flooded with requests from WNYC listeners and OffTheBus contributors wanting to help.

Here's a sampling of what we accomplished during our first day researching the story:

* We managed...

Here are some fundraisers Bill Clinton attended that we definitely want to research. If you're interested in gathering data, select one from the list, download the report form and email your findings back to me at ethanotb@gmail.com. If you want to find other fundraisers, feel free to download the spreadsheet...

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