Investigation

NBA Players Union Under Investigation

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Conflict of Interest, National Basketball Association, Nba Players Union, Derek Fisher, Los Angeles Lakers, Nba Lockout, Nba Playoffs, Billy Hunter, NBA Players Association, Slidepollajax, Investigation, U.S. Attorney, Nba, Business News

The union that represents NBA players said Friday it is being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan. The announcement from the Natio...

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Dave Jamieson

Obama Labor Board Appointee Shared Insider Secrets, Violating Ethics Code, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Nlrb, Boeing, Video, Labor, Brian-Hayes, NLRB Boeing, Ethics, Labor Board, John Kline, National Labor Relations Board, George Miller, Labor Unions, Investigation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- An inspector general's investigation has found that a recent appointee to the National Labor Relations Board violated the agency's ethic...

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Ron Dicker

Nose Job Doc In Hot Water For Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 03.15.2012

Read More: Michael Salzhauer, Jews, Video, Orthodox Jews, Plastic Surgery, Jewcan Sam, Small Business News and Trends, ABC News, Cosmetic Surgery, Rhinoplasty, Nose Job, Investigation, Small Business News

Michael Salzhauer, a Miami cosmetic surgeon and small-business owner, has a nose for inviting controversy. The so-called Dr. Schnoz has produced a roc...

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UC Davis Pepper Spray Report May Not Be Released

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Ucpd, Linda Katehi, Occupy Cal, College Protesters, Demonstrators, UC Berkeley, Mark Yudof, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Investigation, Pepper Spraying, Education, Video, University of California, Uc Campus Police, Kroll Security Group, College News, UC Davis, University of California Police Department, College News

A task force investigating the pepper spraying of protesters at University of California, Davis cannot release their report to the public because of a...

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Gone Without A Case: Suspicious Elder Deaths Rarely Investigated

www.propublica.org | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Elderly, Murder, Elder Abuse, Senior Citizens, Death Certificate, Cause of Death, Autopsy, Coroner, Medical Examiner, Investigation, Death, Fifty News

Nothing, it seemed, was unusual about Joseph Shepter's death. A retired U.S. government scientist, Shepter spent his final two years dwelling in a ...

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It's Thanksgiving! Let's Toast to the "Ghost Roast"

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Holidays, Paranormal, The Balanced Life, Thanksgiving, Intuition, Ghosts, Medium, Investigation, Spirituality, Weird News News
Alexandra Holzer

The golden rule that we have lost somewhere along the para-yellow brick road is our human nature, which allows us to be tools ourselves. We are also made up of energy, electrical pulses and can radiate incredible light from within our souls.

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'Angels' in Search of a Better Government

Andy Shaw | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Government Corruption, Political Donations, Better Government Association, Government Watchdog, Investigation, Political Activism, Generosity, Chicago News
Andy Shaw

At first glance I assumed it was another $50 donation. Another 999 of those and we'll hire a new investigator, I thought. But as I examined the numbers more closely the written amount jolted me like an electric shock: $50,000. From people I'd never met.

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Are the SEC and Citigroup Deceiving A Federal Judge?

Dennis M. Kelleher | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Fraud, Citigroup, Settlement, State Street, Financial Crisis, Investigation, Lawsuit, Securities and Exchange Commission, Judge Jed Rakoff, Business News
Dennis M. Kelleher

In light of the financial meltdown, many thought that, finally, the Wall Street cop -- the SEC -- was back on the beat. Sadly, the agency's recent settlement with Citigroup makes it look like they are still more interested in appearing tough than being tough.

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart Warehouse Under Investigation By California Labor Officials

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Walmart, Minimum Wage, Labor, Wage Theft, Subcontracting, Walmart Chicago, Manual Labor, Schneider Logistics, Investigation, Warehouse-Workers, Latino Prosperity, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Investigators in California have discovered numerous labor law violations at a massive warehouse handling Walmart goods, according to st...

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Aaron Sankin

Suspicious Donations To San Francicso Mayor Investigated For Money Laundering

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Sfo, Ed Lee Donation Scandal, Money Laundering, Ed Lee, Ed Lee Money Laundering, Campaign, Investigation, GO Lorrie, Airport Shuttle, District Attorney, Ed Lee Scandal, San Francisco Mayor, Ed Lee Investigation, Dennis Herrera, Donations, George Gascon, San Francisco News

While the Huffington Post San Francisco team has yet to make it all the way through Ed Lee's recently released 130-page unofficial campaign biography,...

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Clues In Child Porn Video Lead Investigators To Alleged Molester's Arrest

Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Shawn Joseph McCormack, Video, Child Pornography Investigation, Shawn Mccormack Arrested, Child Molester Arrested, Child Pornography, Investigation, Crime News

By parsing every second of a child porn video, law enforcement officials apprehended a man accused of raping an 11-month-old boy in 2009. Federal i...

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Mentally Ill Woman Confesses To Ax Murder Of Church Members

Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Murder, Mental Illness, Pamela Myles, Ax Murder, Aggravated Battery, Everleana Brame, Elgin Mental Health Center, Murder Confession, Cold Case, Confession, Annie Mae Davis, New Triedstone Church, Investigation, Mental Institution, Chicago News

CHICAGO-- A woman currently being held in a mental institution for allegedly stabbing a senior citizen with a butcher knife at a bus stop has been cha...

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Journals, Computers Seized In Missing Mom Search

AP | BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Search, Hunt, Missing Mom, Josh Powell, Steve Powell, Susan Powell, Washington, Puyallup, Computers, Utah Mom, Raid, Seizure, Journals, Clue, Diaries, Investigation, Crime News

SALT LAKE CITY — The father-in-law of a Utah mother missing for nearly two years said Friday authorities seized computers and journals during an...

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Racy Pics Spark Airline Investigation

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Travel News, Stewardesses, Pilots, Pilot, Airlines, Scandal, Sexy, Investigation, Cathay Pacific, Travel News

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Death for Profit

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Brave New Foundation, Cca, Corporations, Immigrants for Sale, sb1070, Immigration, Georgia, Private Prisons, Cuentame, Corrections Corporation of America, Cuentame-Video, Investigation, Death for Profit, Immigration Detention Center, Immigration Detention Centers, Politics News
Axel W. Caballero

Bryan Holcomb, an ex-CCA quality assurance manager, spoke exclusively to Cuéntame's Immigrant For Sale producers to expose the negligent operations at Stewart Detention Center.

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Yacht Carrying 1.1 Tons Of Cocaine Seized

AP | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Cocaine Seized, Sting, Customs, Grance, Germany, Carribbean, Yacht, Drugs, Europe, Investigation, Cocaine, World News

BERLIN -- German police say authorities have intercepted a yacht carrying 1.1 tons of cocaine worth some euro42 million ($60 million) from the Caribbe...

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Twitter Reportedly Under Federal Investigation

Business Insider | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Federal Investigation, Anti-Trust, Twitter, Ftc, Biz Stone, Developers, Feds, Tweetdeck, Investigation, Third Party Developers, Technology News

The Federal Trade Commission is actively investigating Twitter and the way it deals with the companies building applications and services for its plat...

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Oil Companies Investigated For Possible Market Manipulation

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Markets, Gasoline, Gas Stations, Regulation, Federal Trade Commission, Investigation, Energy Markets, Oil Companies, Energy News, Oil, Oil Prices, Business News, Ethanol, Oil Refineries, Business News

This would help to explain those high gas prices. Late Monday, federal regulators announced an investigation into whether oil companies and refine...

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David Lohr

Human Skull Found Discarded In Backpack

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Texas, Dna Testing, Video, Crime, Human Skull Found, San Antonio, Autopsy, Investigation, Death, Home News

A workman clearing brush along a Texas interstate made a startling discovery Friday, when he found a human skull discarded near the roadside. The f...

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Reporting a Murder Trial, 140 Characters at a Time

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Top Tweets of the Week, Murder, Social Media, Alaska, Federal Law, Anchorage, State Laws, Twitter, Technology, Cold Case, Bonnie Craig, Tweets, Investigation, Ktva, Technology News
AlaskaDispatch.com

You don't have to be at the Bonnie Craig murder trial--the dramatic cold case--nor do you have to wait until the story airs on the evening news or a reporter files a story online, or even for someone to drop a newspaper at your door, to get all the details from the courtroom proceedings.

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It's 1986 and Magnum, P.I. Just Stole My Email!

Jeffrey Evans | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Iphone, Congress, Tiger Text, Email, Facebook Privacy, Dumb Criminals, Google Email Security, Technology, Text Messaging, Privacy, Investigation, IPhone Security, Texting, Technology News
Jeffrey Evans

Law enforcement likes that most of our electronic communications are offered only feeble privacy protections. They don't want to have to go to a judge to get a search warrant.

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David Lohr

Father Could Be Charged In Toddler's Accidental Fatal Shooting of Mother

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Julia Bennett, Tania Rues, Shooting, Toddler, Troy Bailey, Florida, Investigation, Home News

Authorities in Florida are trying to determine what, if any, charges to file against a father who says his toddler son picked up his semi-automatic ha...

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GOP's Climate-Change Prober Thinks It's a "New World Order" Conspiracy

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul Broun, Tea Party Movement, George Herbert Walker Bush, John Birch Society, Science, Food Safety, Darryl Issa, Climategate, Global Warming, Investigation, Barack Obama, Politics News
Will Bunch

Instead of legislation aimed at reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States, some leaders of the incoming GOP majority have called for McCarthy-style hearings going after leading climate change scientists.

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More Than Pardons: A Thanksgiving Wish for Turkeys

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Factory Farming, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Poultry, Mongols-Undercover-Investigation, Thanksgiving 2010, Investigation, Factory Farms, Food Safety, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

Today's industrially produced birds have been selectively bred for enormous body mass. Many of them cannot stand or walk after a few months of life. They are not healthy animals, and they suffer chronic pain.

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Engineering Academy Finding: BP's "Failure to Learn"

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blowout Preventer, Blowout, Bp, Transocean, National Academy of Engineering, Investigation, Gulf of Mexico, Halliburton, Green News
Robert L. Cavnar

A common theme in a new report on Deepwater Horizon is that poor decision making, complacency and over confidence in BP's organization created an environment for an increasingly dangerous oil well.

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