Tools: Aviation Story Research Databases and Resources

Following the U.S. Airways crash in the Hudson River, Investigative Reporters and Editors has posted a link highlighting its great aviation-related webpage, which includes plenty of databases on aircraft types, accident records, airline regulatory info, tip sheets and aviation-related investigative stories.

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Investigations: Doctors Keep Pharma Ties Secret from Patients

Cozy doctor ties with pharmaceutical companies are little-known to their patients or the public, reports this ProPublica item, based in part on this investigative series in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Fourteen of 20 doctors interviewed by the newspaper said they didn't disclose financial ties with pharma companies to their patients when prescribing drugs. The series also found dozens of doctors have side employment with these firms.

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Interesting: How Obama Put Meltdown Engineers In Charge

Barack Obama has placed the architects of the U.S. financial meltdown in charge of saving the country, writes Mother Jones cofounder and investigative journalist Jeffrey Klein in this interesting item. "This is a Ponzi scheme far beyond Bernie Madoff's imagination. Simply put: The government is breaking the rules of capitalism to reward the most reckless capitalists," Klein writes.

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