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Tracking Nurses -- What You Need to Know
How easy does your state make it to investigate licensed nurses online?
Mass. Unemployment Insurance Fund Goes Into Red
Massachusetts has joined 26 other states with unemployment insurance funds that are insolvent. So far, the states have borrowed more than $30 billion from the federal government just to keep benefit checks in the mail.
Gas Drillers Plead Guilty to Felony Dumping Violations
Two men from a gas-drilling company could get prison time and steep fines after pleading guilty to dumping wastewater into an abandoned oil well in Pennsylvania. The penalties are among the stiffest to be faced by drillers.
Introducing Our State-by-State Guide to Dangerous Nurses
Some states have failed to adequately report disciplinary actions against health professionals to a federal database. To help, ProPublica is providing a look at which states offer online information about nurses' licenses and discipline.
GE and Muzzled Radiologist End UK Libel Case
GE Healthcare and a Danish radiologist have settled a British libel suit in which GE claimed that the radiologist had made damaging statements about GE's MRI imaging drug Omniscan. The suit had raised questions about whether British libel laws were so strict they impede free speech.
Loan Mods Tracker
How is the $75 billion home mortgage foreclosure prevention program performing?
War Contractors Receive Defense of Freedom Medal for Injuries, But Attract Little Notice
Since 2001, more than 1,700 civilian contractors have died in Iraq and Afghanistan and nearly 40,000 have been reported injured. But some who were at a medal ceremony on Wednesday say their contributions to the military effort go largely overlooked.
Border Patrol and Mexican Police Make History at Arizona Border
For the first time, Border Patrol agents and Mexican federal police officers are training together, sharing intelligence and coordinating patrols. It is a joint attack on northbound flows of drugs and migrants, and southbound shipments of guns and cash.
Anniversary of Stimulus Met with Praise and Scorn
The anniversary of the stimulus brings the government’s claims that it's working, with 2 million jobs created or saved, and brings praise from some corners. Some critics -- and Republicans, of course -- beg to differ. The government says it has spent or cut taxes to the tune of $453 billion so far.
