Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.
From Bill Dedman
MSNBC policy requires journalists to report any potential conflict of interest and to seek approval from the president of NBC News before making any political contribution.
It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.
The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four years instead of the two years normally required.
Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.
Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.
Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her.
The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a single day when 17 mansions slid down a hill in 2005 in Laguna Beach, Calif.
The scientific effort to inform the public about landslide risks often runs head-on into powerful economic interests.
History is the best guide to the future.
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