Peanut butter plant tied to salmonella outbreak faces scrutiny
State and federal inspectors flagged major deficiencies at the Peanut Corp of America plant amid a national salmonella outbreak. Ex-employees describe unsanitary conditions and ignored concerns, while officials defend limited manpower and pledge stronger industry-wide inspection standards.
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Michael Doyle
Food Safety Center
University of
Donna Adams
Peanut Corp. of America
Georgia
Jonathan Prather
Prather
Jimmy Boozer
Lewis Smith
Smith
ConAgra Foods Inc
Adams
Tommy Irvin
Irvin
Peanut Corp
Peanut Corporation
Food and Drug Administra
American Peanut Council
Doyle
Blagojevich defense hinges on flamboyant Adams duo
The ousted Illinois governor relies on defense lawyers Sam Adam and his son Samuel E Adam to navigate federal corruption charges. Their bold courtroom style raised questions after Blagojevich spoke to media during impeachment. The team aims to counter prosecutors who expect an April indictment while critiquing past interviews.
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Chicago
Rod Blagojevich
R. Kelly
DePaul University
Leonard Cavise
Sam Adam
Samuel E. Adam
Cavise
Blagojevich
Senate
Barack Obama
FBI
State Senate
Adams
New York
Edward M. Genson
John M. Beal
MSNBC
Rachel Maddow
Genson
Adam
Thomas M. Breen
Kelly
War spending under fire from wartime contracting watchdogs
The commission on Wartime Contracting hears that poor planning weak oversight and greed wasted funds in Iraq and Afghanistan. Since 2003 the Pentagon State Department and USAID paid contractors over 100 billion for war goods and rebuilding with 154 open criminal probes cited by Thomas Gimble and Stuart Bowen.
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Washington
U.S
Iraq
Afghanistan
Pentagon
State Department
U.S. Agency For International Ment
Thomas Gimble
Associated Press
Gimble
Stuart Bowen
Congress
Bush White House
George Washington
Defense Department
Bowen
Rosslyn
Mike Thibault
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Grant Green
State
Re Department
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