Feds Investigate Allegations of Corruption and Misspending by California National Guard

Federal authorities have launched an investigation into possible corruption and $100 million in payments by the California National Guard alleged to have been improper, according to a Sacramento Bee investigation.

CA Health Workers Kept Practicing, Despite Failed Drug Tests

Frontline and ProPublica Detail BP’s Corporate Culture in ‘The Spill’

See the promo for The Spill a documentary from ProPublica and Frontline

DOJ’s Troubled Case Against Uthman

Evidence of terrorism ties hinged to witnesses who have been tortured, deemed incompetent weaken the government's case against Uthman.

Key Deletions in the Uthman Trial Court Opinions

Oil Spill Commission Hits Feds on Flow Rate, Dispersant, How Much Oil Is Left

The presidential commission investigating BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster found that a number of public failures undermined public confidence in the federal government.

Guilty Plea in NY’s Pension Scandal Highlights Corruption Concerns Elsewhere

Q&A: Putting the Foreclosure Paperwork Scandal in Perspective

Robo-signing’s just small component of a larger mess made by servicers, according to consumer advocates and attorneys for homeowners. One expert explains how the process should’ve looked.

Exclusion of Coercion-Tainted Evidence Echoes Other Gitmo Cases

A federal judge's decision Wednesday -- excluding key evidence from the first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee -- is the latest, and perhaps most significant, in a series of government losses in Gitmo-related cases that relied on evidence gained during coercive interrogations.

Low-Income Criminal Defendants Face Mounting Fees, Even for Public Defenders

Gov’t Report: 66 Struggling Banks Got Bailout Money Through 'Healthy' Bank Program

Despite getting government funds, many banks that barely qualified for bailout funds are still struggling to survive, according to a recent government watchdog report.

Business Groups Delay Rule That Gives Shareholders More Say

Gulf Compensation Czar Says Claims Will No Longer Face Geographic Test

A decision by Kenneth Feinberg, the Gulf compensation czar, to no longer consider proximity to the spill in claims eligibility is particularly beneficial to hotels and restaurants in southern Florida that claimed a decline in tourism, though oil never arrived on their beaches

In Some States, Incarcerated Kids Get Drugged to Alter Behavior, Despite Risks

Though antipsychotic drugs are generally FDA-approved to treat bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, in some states, they're mostly prescribed to incarcerated youth for mood disorders and aggressive behavior. Those drugs are often labeled as carrying a significant risk, even when used properly.

In School Outreach, BP and NOAA ‘Dispel Myths' About Dispersants, Subsurface Oil

After its five-month-long oil spill saga, BP and the government set out to show children in local schools that “oil floats,” and that Gulf seafood is safe, according to local reports.

Biggest Banks Ensnared as Foreclosure Paperwork Problem Broadens

Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and others have joined GMAC and JPMorgan under the microscope as bank regulators order major servicers to review their foreclosure procedures for robo-signing and flawed documents.

Pa. Homeland Security Head Resigns Amid Controversy Over Tracking of Activists

Pennsylvania’s beleaguered director of Homeland Security is stepping down in the wake of a controversy over his decision to hire an intelligence firm that monitored gas drilling opponents and other activist groups.

Pa. Environmental Agency Butts Heads With Gas Drilling Company Over Town’s Water Woes

Environmental regulators in Pennsylvania say they’ll likely end up in court with a gas drilling company they say has contaminated the drinking water supply for families living in Dimock, Pa.