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Marion Prison in Illinois, where one of the CMUs is located. Steve Jahnke/The Southern/AP hide caption

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Five More High-Profile Inmates Sent To 'Guantanamo North' Prison Units

September 29, 2011 • At the special communications management units (CMUs), their conversations are monitored 24 hours a day.

Dollars For Docs: How Pharma Money Influences Physician Prescriptions

Doctors Often Receive Payments From Drug Companies

September 13, 2011 • A Pro Publica investigation shows that many doctors are being paid by the same drug companies whose medicines they prescribe. By 2013, all doctors must report any payments from pharmaceutical companies to the federal government, and those records will be available to the public.

Doctors Often Receive Payments From Drug Companies

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Under Suspicion

September 8, 2011 • Since Sept. 11, the federal government has been coordinating with private businesses at popular sites, from shopping malls to sports stadiums, to spot and interrogate "suspicious persons." But an investigation by NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting raises questions about whether private security agents are harassing innocent people.

Mall Counterterrorism Files ID Mostly Minorities

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., has implemented a security program aimed at aiding the government identify suspected terrorists. Jim Mone/AP hide caption

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Mall Counterterrorism Files ID Mostly Minorities

September 8, 2011 • Programs aimed at keeping a lookout for potential terrorists are not about profiling, government officials stress. But an analysis of suspicious activity reports of incidents at the Mall of America suggests that the mall may be questioning people based partly on their appearance.

Mall Counterterrorism Files ID Mostly Minorities

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The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., has implemented a security program aimed at aiding the government identify suspected terrorists. Jim Mone/AP hide caption

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Shoppers Entangled In War On Terrorism

September 7, 2011 • Documents obtained by NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting detail how the Mall of America shares information about possible threats.

Finding Meaning In Suspicious Activity Reports

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Finding Meaning In Suspicious Activity Reports

September 7, 2011 • Discerning real tips from the merely suspicious or paranoid reports submitted to law enforcement is sometimes more of an art than a science.

The Mall of America, one of the nation's largest shopping and entertainment venues, is also home to its own counterterrorism unit. Dawn Villela/AP hide caption

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Under Suspicion At The Mall Of America

September 7, 2011 • Since Sept. 11, the nation's leaders have warned that government can't protect the country on its own — private businesses and civilians have to do their part, too. Now NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting have found that, at least in one community, these kinds of programs are entangling ordinary people with the police and FBI.

Under Suspicion At The Mall Of America

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DATABASE: Mall Of America Suspicious Activity Reports

September 7, 2011 • NPR News Investigations and the Center for Investigative Reporting analyzed 125 reports of shoppers and incidents at Mall of America that mall security personnel and local police identified as suspicious persons or activities potentially related to terrorism.

Despite Tragedy And A Fight To Live On Her Own, She Smiled

July 19, 2011 • Bylon Alexander dreamed of leaving the nursing home she lived in and move into her own apartment. But tragedy struck just as she got closer to that goal.

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At 88, A Chance To Be Independent Again

July 18, 2011 • After six years in a nursing home, Rosa Hendrix has moved into her own apartment. Hendrix was featured in an NPR News investigation that examined a new federal law that gives people with disabilities the right to receive long-term health care in their own homes.

GAO Criticizes Center For Brain Injuries, PTSD

July 12, 2011 • The military center that's supposed to lead the effort to find the best ways to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injuries and post traumatic stress disorder is in trouble, Government Accountability Office concludes.

GAO Criticizes Center For Brain Injuries, PTSD

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New Theory On 'Shaken Baby Syndrome'

July 1, 2011 • A new study suggests that babies can die by violent shaking alone, but not in the way doctors have thought. A series of autopsies suggests damage to the neck rather than the brain can be fatal.

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Post Mortem: Death Investigation In America

The Child Cases: Lessons From Canada

June 30, 2011 • Tammy Marquardt is one of at least a dozen people prosecuted for killing children in Ontario based on what later turned out to be tainted medical evidence. In just the past few years, courts have overturned several of those convictions, and more are under review.

The Child Cases: Lessons From Canada

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Agency: Mine Operator Kept Two Sets Of Records

Mine helmets and painted crosses sit at the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch coal mine on April 5, as a memorial to the 29 miners killed there one year earlier. Jeff Gentner/AP hide caption

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Agency: Mine Operator Kept Two Sets Of Records

June 29, 2011 • At the Upper Big Branch mine where 29 men died in April 2010, there was an internal set of reports about safety problems and another set kept for federal inspectors that didn't mention the hazards, federal officials say.

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Post Mortem: Death Investigation In America

Rethinking Shaken Baby Syndrome

June 29, 2011 • The dispute over the common child abuse diagnosis is a bitter civil war. And now, the pediatric neurosurgeon who is credited with first observing the syndrome is speaking out for the first time about his concerns over how it is used in child abuse cases.

Rethinking Shaken Baby Syndrome

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Thursday September 29, 2011

Tuesday September 13, 2011

Doctors Often Receive Payments From Drug Companies

Thursday September 8, 2011

Mall Counterterrorism Files ID Mostly Minorities

Wednesday September 7, 2011

Under Suspicion At The Mall Of America

Tuesday July 19, 2011

Monday July 18, 2011

Tuesday July 12, 2011

GAO Criticizes Center For Brain Injuries, PTSD

Friday July 1, 2011

Thursday June 30, 2011

The Child Cases: Lessons From Canada

Wednesday June 29, 2011

Howard Berkes on 'Morning Edition'

Rethinking Shaken Baby Syndrome