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Taxpayers paid nearly $600,000 to rehab this three-bedroom, two-bathroom house at 4419 N. Kimball Ave. in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood with amenities like granite countertops and hardwood floors -- and it wound up selling for less than $200,000, an investigation by the Chicago Reporter found. More was spent on this single home than on rehabbing homes in the entire Roseland neighborhood, the Reporter found. (Photo: SpotProperty)

HUD money puts ‘luxury finishes’ on houses while Chicago’s hard-hit neighborhoods suffer

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May 26, 2014 1:46 pm

San Diego Police Department patch

San Diego police department missing $1 million in federal funds

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May 26, 2014 1:12 pm

Luke Chandler, left, and Whit Dowlen fish along the north bank of the Tennessee River in downtown Chattanooga in 2005 as the city prepared to open the $120 million waterfront project. (AP/Photo Mark Gilliland)

Chattanooga’s $100m waterfront project sinking into Tennessee River

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May 26, 2014 12:56 pm

Benefits still coming to widows and children of veterans from Spanish-American War, World War I — even the Civil War

Benefits still coming to widows and children of veterans from Spanish-American War, World War I — even the Civil War

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May 25, 2014 5:32 pm

Homicide Detective Eric Houston was fired April 24. Tampa police Chief Jane Castor announced his termination that day at a news conference. Times files

Fired Tampa detective may have filed fraudulent tax returns with names of murder victims

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May 25, 2014 5:28 pm

The 2020 census may still have a hefty price tag despite efforts by the Commerce Department to cut costs, a new report shows. (AP Image)

Census Bureau struggles to cut costs for the 2020 headcount

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May 23, 2014 3:29 pm

Prairie chickens are an endangered species. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Prairie chickens fly from Kansas to Illinois — in state aircraft, at $1,000 a bird

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May 22, 2014 4:03 pm

Democrat Evan Bayh, an U.S. senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011, sits on $9.8 million in extra campaign cash. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)ÃÂ

Politics

Ex-politicos hoard campaign cash long after leaving office, analysis finds

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May 22, 2014 2:57 pm

GAO finds federal contractors being suspended more often

GAO finds federal contractors being suspended more often

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May 22, 2014 1:03 pm

Homes sit smoldering after Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in the Breezy Point Neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Hurricane Sandy recovery money recipient didn’t need the funds, IG finds

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May 21, 2014 10:00 am

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