Accountability
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Watchdog GAO estimates fraud costs taxpayers between $233 billion and $521 billion annually
The GAO warns that "all federal programs and operations are at risk of fraud." Local news outlets report that Minnesota alone could be responsible for fraud in Minnesota social services and Medicaid programs exceeding $9 billion.
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University of North Carolina vaguely 'retract[s]' threat of punishment for April Fools' Day satire
University still won't clarify whether it ever investigated student-run comedy show, or specify which "portions" of its jawboning statement it's retracting. Student newspaper editors were "browbeaten into submission," FIRE says.
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Paramount head David Ellison vows merger with Warner Bros won't reduce film output
The two companies formally signed a merger agreement in February, which will see Paramount acquire Warner Bros at $31 per share of the company, along with solutions to WBD’s debt financing costs.
