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Posted June 26th, 2007 by Dave Nichols
Featured Investigation:
 | The American Chemistry Council pushed to rewrite textbooks and teachers’ guides to include positive references about plastic bags. But activists say such bags are harmful to marine life and the environment. |
Recent Investigations:
 | The businessman behind an ambitious effort to field an alternative, nonpartisan presidential candidate has paid millions of dollars in delinquent taxes and penalties for his part in an alleged tax shelter scheme, records and interviews show.
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 | California's lenient regulation of medical marijuana has drawn the attention of users, growers, lawmakers and law enforcement officials worldwide. Meet those involved with the marijuana trade and explore how some local governments are dealing with the drug. |
 | Andrew Rossi directed the documentary "Page One" about the inner workings of the New York Times and the tension between new and old modes of journalism. He speaks with CIR about making the movie and the role investigative journalism plays in society.
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 | What's the price of gasoline? In the U.S. it's about $4 a gallon. But some experts say the true price of gas is much higher. What about all the costs of pollution, and the health problems caused by it? Who pays for those? This animated feature explores the "external costs" of gasoline use in the U.S. |
 | Thousands of Iranians took to the streets in 2009 as part of the Green Movement to protest a disputed presidential election. The government crackdown that followed included some women being imprisoned, tortured and raped. This report shares some of their stories. It is a co-production with PBS NewsHour. |
 | Former Your Black Muslim Bakery leader Yusuf Bey IV -- who a prosecutor said terrorized Oakland -- was convicted Thursday of three counts of murder for ordering journalist Chauncey Bailey and two other men killed in summer 2007. |
 | After seven years of reporting on the secret world of sex trafficking in Eastern Europe, photojournalist Mimi Chakarova has completed a feature-length documentary, "The Price of Sex." |
 | In India, a company with a spotty environmental track record is raking it in, thanks to carbon credits. This project was supported by CIR's Dick Goldensohn Fund. |
 | An Army veteran who spent more than seven months in an immigration lockup, despite his protestations that he was a naturalized American citizen, has received a $400,000 settlement and a written apology. |