Tuesday's reading: the best investigative reporting on the Web

By Margaux Stack-Babich and Bill Dedman

Today's reading from the world of investigative reporting. (Links open in a new window.)

Document of the day: Although the police chief in Cleveland, Tenn., says he didn't have enough information to open an investigation of possible misconduct by police officers, an internal memo surfaces in The Chattanooga Times Free Press, in which "no accusations were made; however, the officers were warned about unbecoming and unacceptable behavior including, but not limited to, dating minors, porn on City-owned phones, consumption of alcoholic beverages while off-duty, snorting crushed pills, oral sex in public, and running from other law enforcement agencies."

• New Jersey Watchdog: NJ attorney general's 23 double-dippers pocket millions; most 'retire' for one day, then collect pensions for life
• Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project: Japan tobacco fights back against former employees
• The Las Vegas Review-Journal: Yearlong investigation shows many police shootings in Las Vegas could have been avoided
• From professionals and students at the University of Illinois: Bed check: the condition of East Central Illinois nursing homes
• Reuters: Romney staff spent nearly $100,000 to hide records
• ProPublica: Congressman slams military brain-testing program
• The Washington Times: D.C. funds for needy used more for perks
• Center for Public Integrity: After news of secret 'watch list' breaks, EPA names names -- and divulges no details
• The Journal-Sentinel Watchdog Report: Judges crack down on the nefarious practices of bankruptcy petition preparers
• LA Times: Californian prison doctors, barred from seeing patients, collect full pay
• The Broward Bulldog: Constitutional amendment proves no guarantee to opening up hospital records to patients
• Center for Investigative Reporting: Heart failure cases surge among hospital's Medicare patients east of Los Angeles
• TPM Muckraker: Department of Justice believed ATF denials of gun-walking allegations
• Florida Today: Director of Fla. city redevelopment prog. resigns as new City Council members demand accountability
• The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: A look inside the booming international trade of our personal information
• The Wall Street Journal: For the families of some debtors, death offers no respite
• Neos Kosmos: Veteran BBC journalist's family takes on pharmaceutical titan as he fights for life
• Voice of San Diego: County reforms healthcare for the very poorest, but stops there
• The Independent: Caught on camera: top UK lobbyists boasting how they influence the PM, execs reveal 'dark arts' they use to bury bad press
• Politico: Good-governance groups demand the super-committee to reveal its secrets
• The Los Angeles Times: Idea of civilians using drone aircraft may soon fly with FAA
• Center for Public Integrity: Day after story breaks on weak enforcement, Iowa cracks down on polluter
• NYT City Room Blog: May We Car-Pool? Wed at Macy's? It's Up to the NYC Conflict of Interest Board
• Investigative Reporting Workshop: As Apple grew, American workers were left behind for sweatshop laborers in China and beyond

Unknown document source of the day, from The New York Times: At TV and radio outlets, a little-known trove of kudos and complaints

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Margaux Stack-Babich writes about investigative reporting for msnbc.com. Bill Dedman is an investigative reporter for msnbc.com.