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        The latest litany of failures:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 4, 2006 -
        
  
        We haven't weighed in on the Duke University lacrosse team scandal, not out of lack of interest, but because I was out of town last week when the charges exploded on the national scene. After sifting through dozens of news accounts, blog entries, and conversations with friends about the case, I received this interesting announcement from the Durham police department this evening:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 3, 2006 -
        
  
        The Wilmington Star has a nice overview of Bob Hall, a long-time staffer at the Institute for Southern Studies, and his pioneering work on campaign finance reform -- which may well depose N.C.'s Democratic House Speaker Jim Black:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 3, 2006 -
        
  
        In the fight to top the latest Fortune 500 list, it's Big Oil from Irving, TX vs. Big Plastic from Bentonville, AR. Here's who wins:
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 3, 2006 -
        
  
        Our post-Katrina investigative project, Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch, is featured this week on Mother Jones Radio.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        April 3, 2006 -
        
  
        I'm glad to be back from a much-needed
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
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        		Redwing Blackbird