Whistleblower News from the Inside - September 3, 2013
Posted 09/3/13
Head of NYC’s top high school mishandles cheating scandal – A new report finds that Stanley Teitel, principal of the elite Stuyvesant High School, failed to properly investigate and thwart a cheating operation involving 60 students using smart phones to obtain answers to standardized tests. NYT
Flawed factory inspections abroad – Despite the increased level of scrutiny following the Rana Plaza factory...
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US Olympic speed skater suspended for skate tampering – 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Simon Cho is suspended for two years by the International Skating Union after admitting he sabotaged the skates of his Canadian rival, Olivier Jean, during the 2011 World Team Championship. 
NFL pressures ESPN to quit film project on concussions – ESPN, which has the NFL’s lucrative Monday Night Football contract, was working on the documentary with PBS’ “Frontline” for more than a year. 
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Growing misuse of antibiotics – Recent studies show that doctors are not only prescribing too many antibiotics, they are also prescribing the wrong ones. 
Budweiser is king of beers for alcohol related ER visits – A Johns Hopkins University study finds that Budweiser is the beverage most commonly associated with alcohol related emergency room visits. 
The dispute over hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, rages on with neither side giving much credence to the other. Proponents of the practice insist it is a safe and cost-effective way to unlock vast new supplies of oil and natural gas -- billions and billions of gallons worth. Opponents argue that the millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals pumped deep into the ground to break apart...
Federal judge blasts NYPD’s stop-and-frisk policy as unconstitutional racial profiling – Manhattan federal judge Shira Scheindlin found the practice improperly targets young black and Hispanic men and appointed a federal monitor to oversee major reforms.