Report: Fla. Agency Missed Signs of Abuse
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Florida's child welfare workers repeatedly missed or ignored signs that a 10-year-old girl was being abused and nearly starved to death by her foster parents, according to an independent task force.
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By Marcia Heroux Pounds, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 9--Women are still trying to break the glass ceiling in Florida.   The second annual survey of Florida's women directors and executive officers is in, and the news is not much to cheer about.
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For several years, Adam M. Finkel, a top administrator at the Labor Department's    Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said he expected the agency to test its inspectors for exposure to beryllium fumes or dust. In 2002, he realized the agency was not moving in that direction, and he became a whistle-blower.
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Inattention to prisoner issues by senior U.S. military leaders in Iraq and at the Pentagon was a key factor in the abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, but there is no evidence they ordered any mistreatment, an independent panel concluded. A second report looking at prisoner abuse was expected to be released Wednesday.
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F.B.I. agents witnessed the abuse of prisoners by U.S. military personnel in Iraq, according to government documents.
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A confidential report in December 2003 warned that detainees were being abused, more than a month before Army investigators received the photographs from Abu Ghraib prison that touched off investigations into prisoner mistreatment.
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Pentagon may not have acted on FBI complaints about incidents, including a interrogator grabbing a detainee&#39;s genitals. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - FBI agents witnessed &quot;highly aggressive&quot; interrogations and mistreatment
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Description: Since news of inmate abuse at Abu Ghraib prison first broke, questions have focused on whether senior officials were to blame.
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The Justice Department said Monday it has found evidence of civil rights violations at a New Jersey center tasked with caring for developmentally disabled people.
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U.S. Postal Service investigators on Wednesday were trying to find thousands of absentee ballots that should have been delivered to voters in one of Florida's most populous counties, officials said.
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MIAMI - Local officials agree that hurricane damage to Miami-Dade County this year was light, but the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved more than $20 million in residents' requests for aid.    Four hurricanes hit Florida in the summer, with Frances and Jeanne toppling some trees and causing some isolated power outages...
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Financial regulators on Thursday asked prosecutors to investigate allegations that UFJ Holdings Inc.&#39;s banking unit illegally obstructed recent inspections by reporting misleading information about its nonperforming loans.
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U.S. Postal Service investigators on  Wednesday were trying to find thousands of absentee ballots  that should have been delivered to voters in one of Florida's  most populous counties, officials said.
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An American Army report released Wednesday has found that US military personnel and contractors were involved in prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison to a greater extent than was previously thought.
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The District lacks clear rules for the $1.8 billion it spends annually and violates the rules it does have on the books, according to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office.
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A 4-year-old foster child whose unsolved disappearance rocked Florida's child welfare agency two years ago was caged and tied up before she vanished, authorities said Wednesday in announcing abuse charges against her two caregivers.
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Florida has a long way to go in providing a healthier environment for its citizens, according to an annual national report released this week.