Quotes by Bill Dedman

About Bill Dedman:

Bill Dedman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, an investigative reporter, and co-author of the No. 1 bestselling book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune.
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Many police departments still use DNA evidence the way they have used fingerprints and tire tracks: to determine whether a suspect committed the crime.

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Although the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has stagnated, dropping 12 percent from a high in the early 1980s, the number of retail jobs has risen 43 percent.

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In votes cast, Latinos have increased to five million in the 1996 Presidential election, up from two million in the 1976 election. The number of Hispanic elected officials has not risen so fast.

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When Goldberg's 'Liberal Fascism' came out in January 2008, his employer 'National Review Online' announced that Tribune Media Services, which carries Goldberg's opinion columns, had 'nominated' Goldberg for a Pulitzer in commentary.

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Jason McDermott's political career, however bogus, appears to have had an early and promising start.

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Polygraphs have sparked a fierce debate for at least a century.

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The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four years instead of the two years normally required.

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The entire federal budget for landslide research is $3.5 million a year - far less than the property value lost on a single day when 17 mansions slid down a hill in 2005 in Laguna Beach, Calif.

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'John Doe' is typically used in a warrant when the accused is known by an alias or by a physical description.

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Sammy Sosa grew up without a father in the back of a converted public hospital in San Pedro de Macoris, a dusty seaside town in the Dominican Republic. His father, Juan Montero, died when Sosa was 5.

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Although some Clinton biographers have been quick to label Alinsky a communist, he maintained that he never joined the Communist Party.

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America's schools and streets are safer than Americans know.

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ABC forbids political activity by journalists.

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Both CNN and NPR prohibit political activity by all journalists, no matter their assignment.

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Community groups contend that door-to-door loan sales are often followed by foreclosures.

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Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

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Cincinnatians support a symphony, an opera, a ballet, museums, many galleries and theater groups.

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I'm pretty much a documents reporter. I'm a public records geek.

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I am not one to seek simple causes.

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If police officers routinely issue tickets for the most serious traffic offenses, they'll be treating drivers of all races, sexes, and ages equally.

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Huguette Clark has had her own tax liens - four times, the IRS has filed to collect taxes from her.

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Author Bio

  • NameBill Dedman
  • DescriptionAmerican journalist
  • BornOctober 14, 1960
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Historian
  • AwardsPulitzer Prize For Investigative Reporting