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Shirley Ree Smith sits in the living room of her daughter's upstairs duplex in Alexandria, Minn. Smith is waiting to hear if California Gov. Jerry Brown will grant her clemency. "They say things happen for a reason. I'm not sure if I'll ever figure out a reason for all of this," she says.
New Evidence In High-Profile Shaken Baby Case
()Shirley Ree Smith, who was convicted of killing her 7-week-old grandson, faces a return to prison. But an investigation by NPR, ProPublica and PBS Frontline has found documents that raise new questions about the autopsy that sent her there.
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Grandmother In High-Profile Shaken Baby Case Has Sentence Commuted
California Gov. Jerry Brown commuted Shirley Ree Smith's sentence, citing "significant doubt." (April 6, 2012)
A program aimed at finding terrorism threats is entangling ordinary citizens with police and FBI.
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Mall Counterterrorism Files ID Mostly Minorities
Two-thirds of the people stopped at the Mall of America were minorities, activity reports show. (Sept. 8, 2011)
Nearly 700 Native American children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes every year.
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Improving Foster Care For Native American Kids
An average of 700 Native American children in South Dakota are placed in foster care each year. (Oct. 31, 2011)
There's been a quiet revolution in the way people with disabilities get long-term health care.
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Katie Beckett, 34, died Friday morning in the same hospital where she once made history. (May 21, 2012)
NPR and ProPublica investigate how drugmakers select doctors to promote their products.
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Doctors Often Receive Payments From Drug Companies
A Pro Publica investigation finds many doctors are paid by companies whose medicines they prescribe. (Sept. 13, 2011)
NPR and the Center for Public Integrity examine colleges' failure to protect women from campus rape.
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Colleges, Universities Told To Do More To Prevent Sexual Assaults
The announcement follows problems uncovered by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity. (April 4, 2011)
It will cost taxpayers $9 billion this year to house inmates too poor to post bail as little as $50.
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Bondsman Lobby Targets Pretrial Release Programs
The effort to gut a pretrial release program in Florida is a model for squashing them nationwide. (Jan. 22, 2010)
Exploring the life and path of the Nigerian man accused in attempting to blow up a U.S. airplane.
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Going Radical: NPR Investigates Abdulmutallab
NPR spent weeks investigating the life and eventual radicalization of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. (Feb. 22, 2010)
Toxic air pollution persists in hundreds of U.S. communities.
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Despite Warnings From Inspector, One Iowa Town Still Battles Toxic Air
One inspector says a corn processing plant in Iowa hasn't complied with pollution limits for years. (Nov. 30, 2011)
Coverage of mine safety and what led to a blast that killed 29 in West Virginia.
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Former Massey Coal Mines Targeted In Massive Inspection Blitz
Dozens of federal safety inspectors descended into 43 coal mines in three Appalachian states. (May 24, 2012)
An NPR and ProPublica investigation has uncovered the military's failure to treat thousands.
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One Soldier's Progress Against Traumatic Brain Injury
Sgt. Victor Medina has improved after treatment at a new center for brain-injured soldiers. (Jan. 30, 2012)
Unused dollar coins, worth $1 billion, have been piling up in Federal Reserve vaults.
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Dollar Coins Are Done
A small number will continue to be minted, but the coins will no longer be put into circulation. (Dec. 13, 2011)
A reunion of the crew and passengers of a small U.S. Navy fleet that rescued Vietnamese refugees.
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Book Award Winner's Tale Echoes Those Told By Other Vietnamese Refugees
Thanhha Lai's novel, <em>Inside Out & Back Again</em>, conveys the wonders of being rescued in 1975. (Nov. 29, 2011)
Confidential informants have helped solve major cases, but sometimes, things can go terribly wrong.
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Retired Drug Informant Says He Was Burned
After Ernesto Gamboa helped U.S. prosecutors get nearly 100 convictions, ICE moved to deport him. (Feb. 13, 2010)
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