Bill Dedman Quotes

Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.
Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures.
Companies are accustomed to dismissing employees for misuse of computers at work.
Disclosure of private e-mails from government officials has been a legal issue in many states.
Each year, at the typical nuclear reactor in the U.S., there's a 1 in 74,176 chance of an earthquake strong enough to cause damage to the reactor's core, which could expose the public to radiation. No tsunami required.
Even with good maps, there's no guarantee that the public will get the word about landslide hazards, or that state and local governments will take action to discourage or prevent building in dangerous areas.
Every scandal has its road kill: the pedestrians who stumble into the headlights of the oncoming 18-wheeler.
Fans love McGwire for his powerful physique, for his on-field hugs of his son, the part-time bat boy. He is Big Mac, or Paul Bunyan in Cardinals red with a white-ash bat instead of an ax.
Fans love Sosa for his exuberance, for the kisses he blows to his mother, wife and four children. He is Slammin' Sammy, a fairy-tale figure rising from poverty in the Dominican Republic to the 55th floor above Chicago's Lake Shore Drive.
Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.
Federal regulations forbid delaying inspections for fracture-critical bridges like the fallen Minneapolis bridge - the kind with a lack of redundancy in design, so that a single failure in a load-bearing part can cause the entire bridge to collapse.
FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.
Firefighters go where they're needed, sometimes ignoring the dangers even when no one is inside a burning building to be saved.
For the first six years of his career, Sammy Sosa was one of the least patient players in the game. He could hit the long ball and steal a base, but he was undisciplined.
Forty states have sued tobacco companies over the costs of health care for residents on Medicaid and public assistance.
Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.
Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'
History is the best guide to the future.
Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her.
Huguette Clark was an artist, a painter and doll collector.
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