Capitol Hill Fire and Panic audit reveals 131 violations
An inspection report to a House committee finds 131 fire and panic violations in the Main Capitol Building, with costs potentially reaching 25 million dollars. Earlier audits noted safety lapses across multiple Capitol Hill structures, including blocked exits and missing sprinkler systems, underscoring broader risks to state offices and public records.
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William Penn Memorial Museum
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Inside Labor The Real Rip-Offs
Victor Riesel interviews AFSCME leader Jerry Wulf on which groups rob taxpayers. argues health care costs soar due to high paid professionals and hospital adminstrators, insurers, and pharma. Notes Medicare waste, nursing home abuses, and substandard care amid public funds.
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Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward
Watergate
U.S. News and World Report
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Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ohio
U.S. Senate
Bernard Bergman
Field Newspaper
Syndicau
Washington rail board perks spark Treasury audit row
Washington Merry-Go-Round exposes USRA leaders' lavish fringe benefits funded by taxpayers. Treasury Undersecretary Jerry Thomas urged seven cost-cutting resolutions, all failed, as board members rebuked the auditor. Highlights include Burning Tree Club fees, large dining bills, hefty Washington living allowances, and lucrative consulting contracts.
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Thomas
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Arthur Lewis
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Fermi Meitner Einstein saga of atomic fission myth
A sprawling, bold narrative traces Fermi and Segre's uranium test, Meitner's insights, Bohr and Einstein's involvement, and a fictionalized chain to Roosevelt via a Wall Street broker. The piece blends historical figures with dramatic dialogue and speculative risk of nuclear weapons.
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Einstein
Teller
Roosevelt
Wall Street
Goldman Sachs
We Blowed It Mars TV Debate on Viking Pictures
Liberal readers argue about Viking Mars photos and Martians. Kampelman mocks the landing site choice as crucial, noting the desert, beaches, and rocks. They joke that Martians would ham on TV, and concede, we blew it by not landing near a canal or water. The piece ends with a switch to ABC for a ball game.
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Viking
Mars
Kampelman
Palm Springs
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Sahara Desert
Sahara
ABC
Readers Write Takes Exception To Near Riot Report
A Homer City reader challenges your coverage of the near riot in Homer City. The letter disputes crowd sizes, defends Hotel Homer and local youth, criticizes police actions, and urges balanced reporting while noting parents sue authorities can occur in real life.
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