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Poor go to jail for inability to pay court fines, despite Supreme Court ruling barring the practice

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 3:17 pm

Democrat Evan Bayh, an U.S. senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011, sits on $9.8 million in extra campaign cash. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)ÃÂ

Ex-politicos hoard campaign cash long after leaving office, analysis finds

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 2:57 pm

Dietitians, athletic trainers and massage therapists will no longer be able to prescribe and order Medicare drugs.Ã (Thinkstock Image)

New Medicare rule hopes to crack down on excess drug prescriptions

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2014 4:00 am

This Jan. 31, 2009, file photo provided by the US Air Force shows a CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 8th Special Operations Squadron over the Emerald Coast outside Hurlburt Field, Fla.(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Julianne Showalter)

A desire to excel may have caused deadly 2000 aircraft crash

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 8:00 pm

Homes sit smoldering after Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in the Breezy Point Neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Hurricane Sandy recovery money recipient didn’t need the funds, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 10:00 am

Housing authority police in Richmond may have overstepped their bounds

Housing authority police in Richmond may have overstepped their bounds

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 10:00 am

Some New York addicts have been driven to heroin and other street drugs because of a new state law to curb access to addictive painkillers.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

New York painkiller law sends addicts to deadly street drugs, investigation finds

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2014 4:00 am

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Tennessee woman caught defrauding state Medicaid — again

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 6:38 pm

New documents show the former director of the Monroe County, N.Y., Water Authority stood to receive thousands of dollars for steering work projects to favored companies.

New York county official caught in contracts scheme

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 3:59 pm

Major defense contractor Northrop Grumman wrongly charged the U.S. government more than $100 million, according to a new report from an internal government watchdog.Ã (Sipa/AP Images)

Northrop Grumman defrauds government of $100 million, IG says

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

Stockton running back T.J. Knutson (34) runs for a touchdown during the third quarter of the IHSA Class 1A high school championship football game against Maroa-Forsyth, Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Maroa-Forsyth won 48-24. (AP Photo/Bradley Leeb)

Illinois High School Association: Salaries up, revenues down

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2014 4:00 am

A new audit shows officials and employees of the Orange County Fire Authority are concerned about "accountability, discipline and leadership" within the agency. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

California fire agency found to have numerous management issues

Kelly Cohen · May 19, 2014 2:47 pm