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Police Lose Track of Sex Offenders in Chicago Area
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - February 8, 2010 12:12 pm EST
This is one of our editors' picks from our ongoing roundup of Investigations Elsewhere.
In Chicago and its surrounding counties, sex offenders are flouting a law that requires them to register both their home and work addresses with local authorities – and getting away with it, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune found that as of mid-January, nearly 800 sex offenders had been missing for a month or more. But warrants had been issued for just 135 of them.
Police still search for missing offenders without warrants, … more…
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 25, 2010 12:27 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 22, 2010 11:55 am EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 20, 2010 12:11 pm EST
Hundreds of Md. Heart Patients Receive Unnecessary Implants
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 15, 2010 11:29 am EST
Big Salary for Chicago Housing Nonprofit Exec
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 13, 2010 12:15 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 12, 2010 12:18 pm EST
Boeing Reaps Stimulus Millions to Clean Up Site It Was Fined for Polluting
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 11, 2010 12:37 pm EST
Is Texas Still Executing Mentally Disabled Prisoners?
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 8, 2010 1:09 pm EST
Calif. Board Reinstates Doctor’s License With Fatal Results
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 7, 2010 12:15 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 6, 2010 12:57 pm EST
Gun Shop Eludes Crackdown by Hamstrung ATF
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - January 5, 2010 12:43 pm EST
Pilots Warn of Safety Lapses at Regional Airlines
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 30, 2009 12:25 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 29, 2009 11:57 am EST
Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Caribbean Med School Grads’ Defaults
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 28, 2009 11:29 am EST
Chemicals Sneak Past Law Regulating Tap Water
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 17, 2009 12:05 pm EST
The Short Life of a Health Care Reform Provision
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 16, 2009 12:30 pm EST
In Wis., Drug Dealers Use Taxpayer-Funded Day Care as Cover
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 15, 2009 12:19 pm EST
Philly Fugitives Walk Free as Courts Watch
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 14, 2009 12:47 pm EST
The Rise and Fall of ‘Notorious’ San Francisco Landlords
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 11, 2009 1:16 pm EST
Gov’t Agency Helps Risky Lenders Keep Lending
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 10, 2009 12:32 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 9, 2009 12:42 pm EST
Hearing on Pa. Judges Who Took Kickbacks From Private Prison
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 11:57 am EST
After Donor’s Letter, Sen. Feinstein Supports Study That Could Delay Fish-Protection Plan
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 1:15 pm EST
U.S. Turns a Blind Eye to Agent Orange
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 4, 2009 1:02 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 3, 2009 12:15 pm EST
Transparency, Tempered
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 2, 2009 1:29 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - December 1, 2009 12:41 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - October 30, 2009 12:26 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - October 26, 2009 11:34 am EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - September 9, 2009 3:24 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - August 31, 2009 2:18 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - August 20, 2009 8:25 am EST
Nevada Gov, Lawmakers Wrangle Over Stimulus Oversight
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - August 12, 2009 12:07 pm EST
After Nurses Investigation, Scrutiny Turns to Other Calif. Health Boards
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - July 22, 2009 1:55 pm EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - July 3, 2009 7:45 am EST
Mortgage Aid Targeted Most-Delinquent Borrowers First, Leaving Others Waiting
by Karen Weise and Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - July 2, 2009 1:11 pm EST
Mortgage Aid Program Continues to Move Slowly, As Homeowners Try to Hang On
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - June 30, 2009 9:25 am EST
Madoff Gets 150 Years; His Client Jeffry Picower Gets $5 Billion
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - June 29, 2009 2:35 pm EST
Construction Deaths and Dementia Drugs
by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - June 12, 2009 10:12 am EST
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by Alexandra Andrews, ProPublica - June 5, 2009 8:31 am EST
Homeowners Seeking Gov’t Loan Mods Are Fed Up
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Alexandra Andrews is a former assistant editor at ProPublica. Currently, she oversees the “Investigations Elsewhere” section.
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