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| May 12, 2011 |
| Fires Threaten Nuclear Plants |
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|  Forget earthquakes and tsunamis. Fires within nuclear plants are an unheralded threat in the U.S., according to a new iWatch News investigation. Fires regularly occur at America’s 104 U.S. nuclear plants, nearly 10 times a year on average. About half the accidents that threaten reactor cores begin with fires that can start from a short circuit in an electric cable, a spark that ignites the oil in a pump, or an explosion in a transformer. Even a small fire could trigger a chain of events that threatens a meltdown, and some have come close. Despite growing concerns, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission hardly ever issues serious penalties for fires, preferring instead for voluntary compliance and slaps on the wrist.
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| Sizing Up the Republican Presidential Field |
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|  When Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels worked as a top executive at Eli Lilly & Co., the pharmaceutical giant’s reputation was tarred by some of the nation's ugliest drug scandals. A review by iWatch News shows that in the decade that Daniels climbed the corporate ladder at Eli Lilly, the company was illegally marketing several top drugs, putting tens of thousands of patients potentially at risk.
 Billionaire Donald Trump is also flirting with a run for the presidency but his litigious past raises questions. An iWatch News analysis of Trump’s legal history shows the real estate tycoon has been a party (as defendant or plaintiff) in about 100 federal lawsuits.
 Meanwhile, White House aspirant Mitt Romney is out chasing dollars. We explain how hundreds of fundraisers have signed up for a money harvest in Vegas next week. The event is shooting to corral between $2 million and $3 million.
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| A Look at Vermont’s Health Care Plan |
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|  Our resident news analyst Wendell Potter continues to elucidate the inner workings of healthcare reform. His latest column looks at Vermont, where lawmakers last week voted 94-49 to approve legislation to set the groundwork for a government-run, single payer system by 2014. Ironically, one of the reasons the state can’t move faster is because the federal health care reform law enacted last year will not allow it. Potter is a former insurance executive and his play-by-play scrutiny of healthcare reform is truly dazzling. I encourage you to follow it.
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Until next week,
Bill Buzenberg
Executive Director |
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