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The highly respected consumer magazine found that two-thirds of the chickens it bought in grocery stores nationwide harbored salmonella and/or campylobacter, the leading bacterial causes of foodborne disease. That’s a modest improvement since January 2007, when Consumer Reports found that eight of 10 broilers harbored those pathogens.

Associated Press: AP reports that for-profit colleges are hauling in big bucks from Uncle Sugar. Here’s our recent report on the for-profit college industry.
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The Chronicle’s Bob Egelko reports about a California appellate decision that gives a new twist in the health care issue. Accident victims and insurers for those who caused the accidents are squaring off over the amount due for the victims’ medical bills – a total that could run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Huffington Post: Joanne Doroshow of the Center for Justice & Democracy describes how corporations that work to limit consumers’ legal rights are themselves quick to file suit when they feel wronged.

ProPublica: The news organization’s latest look at how the proposed health care reform will affect typical Americans spotlights an underinsured Austin, Texas, couple.

ProPublica: The number of banks and other financial institutions on the FDIC’s “problem list” is the highest it’s been since 1993.

Fresno Bee: For two decades, Kettleman City parents have worried about the nearby hazardous-waste landfill. Now, they wonder whether there’s a connection between the landfill and birth defect.
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