Eric Boehm

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The Pentagon has lifted a hold on deliveries of the F-35 fighter jet, built by Lockheed Martin. Â

Defense contractors spent millions lobbying Congress, get billions in new budget

Eric Boehm · January 23, 2014 5:00 am

In recent years, many states have passed laws allowing police to take DNA samples at arrest -- before a suspect is charged with a crime, much less found guilty -- and enter them into state-level databases along with the national DNA database run by the FBI. (Thinkstock)

New questions raised about mandatory DNA swabbing by police

Eric Boehm · November 20, 2013 5:00 am

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn answers questions about the state's pension crisis during a press conference in Chicago in June. (AP File)

New pension liability measure shows states owe trillions

Eric Boehm · September 7, 2013 4:00 am

New union groups skirt labor law to pressure eateries

Eric Boehm · August 11, 2013 4:00 am

This 2010 bulletin from the Department of Homeland Security describes in rudimentary terms how a pressure cooker can be used to create a bomb. Michele Catalano and her husband just wanted to buy one for home cooking when suddenly an anti-terrorist squad showed up on their Long Island home's doorstep. (AP Photo)

Careful what you search for on the Internet

Eric Boehm · August 3, 2013 4:00 am

An abandoned house with an overgrown lot is seen in Brightmoor, on Detroitâs northwest side. Brightmoor is one of the cityâs more blighted neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Nine cities that could soon follow Detroit into bankruptcy

Eric Boehm · July 27, 2013 4:00 am

Like the city it once helped define, Detroit's once stately Grande Ballroom has fallen on hard times. (Wikimedia Commons photo)

Top 10 reasons Detroit went bankrupt

Eric Boehm · July 20, 2013 4:00 am

Low PA turnout as voters split judgeships

Eric Boehm · November 9, 2011 5:00 am

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