Officials approve disability benefits with scant evidence
A Senate investigation found Social Security disability decisions often rely on insufficient or inconsistent medical evidence. In 300 cases from Virginia, Alabama and Oklahoma, over a quarter lacked proper documentation or failed to address contradictory facts. Hearing planned. agency says progress exists while backlog pressures remain.
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Washington
Virginia
Alabama
Oklahoma
Senate Permanent Subcommittee
Tom Coburn
Subcommittee
Carl Levin
Dmich
Social Security
Mark Hinkle
Hinkle
Fire at Pakistan factories kills 283 in two cities
In Karachi and Lahore fires at a garment factory and a shoe plant killed 283 workers. Many trapped behind locked exits as rescue teams searched for bodies and authorities sought to hold owners and managers accountable.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Lahore
Salon owner dies protecting worker from gunman
Amanda Connors died shielding her coworker as Tyrone Leeon Smith, 38, opened fire at Cost Cutters in Sioux Falls after a domestic violence arrest and protection order. Smith shot Connors then injured others before killing himself as officers prepared to intervene. Police described Connors as a hero who attempted to warn employees and confront the gunman in the doorway.
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S.D
Amanda Connors
Connors
Tyrone Leeon Smith
Smith
Amanda
Doug Barthels
Heidi Weber
Delana Austin
Madison
Austin
Weber
Cost Cutters
Greg Vande Kamp
Newark teacher faces sex charges amid school probe
Erica DePalo, 33, Montclair, named Essex County teacher of the year 2011, appears in Newark Superior Court on aggravated sexual assault and related charges involving a 15-year-old student from her honors English class. She is suspended from West Orange High School.
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Erica DePalo
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DePalo
West Orange High School
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