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Robo-signed mortgage docs date back to late 1990s: http://t.co/7b2xPBj via @AP #MuckReads
Counties across the United States are discovering that illegal or questionable mortgage paperwork is far more widespread than thought, tainting the deeds of tens of thousands of homes dating to the late 1990s.
How a government pension fund for struggle veterans has been looted, and nothing done about it: http://ht.ly/6juTZ #muckreads
A South African government fund set up to compensate struggle veterans is mired in disputes over fraudulent and questionable payouts amounting to hundreds of millions of rands.
@BloombergNews uncovers jaw dropping look at $11.7 mill AT&T; spent on lobbying in 2011 http://t.co/yHkdEuZ @lessig #muckreads #rootstrikers
AT&T Inc. feted lawmakers at Washington restaurants offering $52 steaks and a $15 “Lobbyist’s Libation” made of gin and cucumber puree as the company sought U.S. approval to buy T-Mobile USA Inc.
http://t.co/ncvcxNC #MuckReads Bloomberg Hid Crucial Detail as Aide Resigned: An Arrest @nytimes
On Thursday, Mr. Bloomberg’s instinct to protect, rather than disclose, engulfed his administration in controversy, as prominent city officials harshly criticized his decision to keep the episode hidden from the public.
Connecticut AG @AGJepsen drops 513 of 699 #whistleblower cases inherited since taking over this year. What? http://t.co/p9ZVDFl #muckreads
Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has closed hundreds of public corruption investigations and several high-profile probes of businesses that were launched by his predecessor, Richard Blumenthal, a longtime consumer advocate who left the post earlier this year to become a U.S. senator.
Scary stats showing US hospitals aren't nearly as safe as you think [infographic] http://t.co/Q0UiXim #MuckReads
White House involved in questionable loan guarantees for now-failed solar firm? http://t.co/6yKAh26 #muckreads
House investigators said they have uncovered evidence that White House officials became personally involved in an Energy Department review of a hot-button $535 million loan guarantee to the now-failed California solar company Solyndra.
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...and here is said kick-ass story: http://t.co/MB0ATB6 (Union leader files false info, double dips on pensions.) #muckreads
Every month, Thomas Villanova gets a $9,000 reminder of how lucrative it can be to serve as a union leader in Chicago.
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could it be? is a hand-slap really in the works? U.S. Said to Be Ready to Sue Banks Over Mortgages: http://t.co/xoErfM6 #p2 #muckreads #tcot
The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is set to file suits against more than a dozen big banks, accusing them of misrepresenting the quality of mortgage securities they assembled and sold at the height of the housing bubble, and seeking billions of dollars in compensation.
RT @CBSInvestigates: Danger, high voltage: @SharylAttkisson's shocking investigation: http://t.co/zcMX4IK #MuckReads
Decaying infrastructure can lead to frayed power wires and turn ordinary lamp posts, manholes or fire hydrants into hazards that can shock or even kill.
Feds hot on the paper trail bust international car theft scheme http://t.co/ZnDL40v #MuckReads @freep
The plan may have seemed ingenious. Rent luxury sedans and SUVs in metro Detroit. Drive them to Canada. Report the vehicles stolen or carjacked in Detroit, and then ship them to Iraq. Trouble is, federal authorities say, the schemers apparently didn't think about the inevitable paper trail.
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The @WashingtonPost on the CIA's new drone program in Yemen: http://t.co/yMdj0C7 #MuckReads
In the decade since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the agency has undergone a fundamental transformation. Although the CIA continues to gather intelligence and furnish analysis on a vast array of subjects, its focus and resources are increasingly centered on the cold counterterrorism objective of finding targets to capture or kill.
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