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Monday, January 28, 2008 3:30 PM

Detroit city aide resigns after records show tryst with mayor

The chief of staff to the Detroit mayor resigned after the Detroit Free Press requested public text messages exposing an affair between the two. The public records, gleaned from 14,000 text messages provided by the city, contradicted testimony
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Monday, January 28, 2008 12:09 AM

Bad teachers find ways of hiding criminal pasts by leaving no paper trail

Public records are supposed to help us keep track of things, but one newspaper chain's project found that people who want to hide their bad deeds can often do so. A seven-month investigation by the Small Newspaper Group found that teachers who run afoul
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Monday, January 28, 2008 12:09 AM

Virginia debates making concealed weapons database secret

A bill is moving forward in Virginia that would make secret the state database of concealed weapons permits, but provide the data for the NRA and other gun advocacy groups for educational purposes. The measure was proposed in response to The Roanoke Times
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