North Korea in 2013 pinned its hopes of boosting tourism on a Singaporean-owned and -managed vessel which operated the only -- and first-ever -- commercial cruise within North Korea. I found my way over the Chinese border into the Hermit Kingdom, and took an exclusive look at the Royale Star.
Read More$68 million is only the surface of it -- there are hundreds of government statutory boards which collect such unclaimed monies and are not required to report them
Read MoreTexting donations for presidential candidates? The 2012 US elections brought many firsts, among them this nifty tech driven fundraising tactic.
Read MoreAn investigation into how the state of New York is on the hook for up to a half billion dollars to cover bonds from a 1980s-era bailout of private hospitals, including one that shut its doors two years ago.
Read MoreJacob Rieper, vice president of legislative and political affairs at the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, the state’s largest — and the nation’s oldest — firearms advocacy organization: "If I use a firearm to defend myself and someone gets shot, most people would say, good for you, and too bad for the thug that was shot."
Read MoreA Freedom of Information Act request by The New York World yielded startling data -- hundreds of state workers have succeeded in getting their legal bills paid by the state, to the tune of $193 million since 1999, under a little known law giving state employees indemnification for legal penalties and costs connected to civil lawsuits
Read MoreA major construction company behind New York's iconic High Line attraction provided free accommodations, meals to sanctioned civil servants
Read MoreBonds borrowed against income tax receipts fueled state borrowing binge, with bills now coming due
Read MoreA former top aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks from behind the scenes in an exclusive interview with The New York World
Read MoreThe Bloomberg administration established the Office of Financial Empowerment in 2006 to help low-income New Yorkers make the most of their financial resources. Yet an organization the office is about to hire to operate one of five new Financial Empowerment Centers providing counseling to poor people has at least occasionally had trouble fulfilling financial obligations to some of its own employees.
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