Investigations

Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship speaks to reporters in Montcoal, W.Va., on April 6. A filing with the SEC states that Blankenship was paid $17.8 million last year. Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP hide caption

Mike Lackomar, a spokesman for the umbrella Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia, says the public perception of militia groups as racist and paranoid is wrong. Dina Temple-Raston/NPR hide caption

David Stone Sr. and his wife, Tina, members of the Christian militia Hutaree, lived in these trailers in Clayton, Mich. Last month, the Stones and seven other militia members were indicted on sedition and weapons charges. Prosecutors say there was a plot to spark an anti-government uprising by killing law enforcement officials. Dina Temple-Raston/NPR hide caption

There's still debate about whether men who commit sexual assault on college campuses are predators, or men who got drunk and made a mistake. Getty Images hide caption

Reports of unintended acceleration have touched all carmakers, but not always in accordance with their market share. iStockphoto.com hide caption

When Margaux learned that the college ruling meant she'd still have to attend university with her assailant, she dropped out of school. Beth Rooney/Aurora for NPR hide caption

Margaux's parents were shocked at how few options there were for their daughter to prosecute the man who sexually assaulted her. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption

Laura Dunn in 2003, a year before the incident that changed her life. Courtesy Laura Dunn hide caption

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, here in Milan, Mich., was charged in federal court in December with trying to detonate an explosive device on a Dec. 25 flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. U.S. Marshals Service/AP hide caption