Posts tagged ‘Katie Barber’

One Hot Nuclear Shower

Last Saturday, for the first time in seven years, health officials distributed free thyroid cancer prevention pills to residents living near the Shearon Harris nuclear facility. Entire suburbs have arisen in the area since the first round of pills went out—leading many to wonder why people are so willing to move near a nuclear power plant. With us today to answer that question is Raleigh real estate broker, Sally Thomas.

 

Jasper the Magnificent

State Highway Patrol records of former Governor Mike Easley’s travel from 2005 mysteriously disappeared, and a panel of outside attorneys recently found no evidence that anyone intentionally destroyed or hid any records. Former Highway Patrol intern Jasper (the Magnificent) explains what really happened to the tapes. Katie Barber, Kit FitzSimons.

 

DMV Wiretapping

Federal authorities are investigating whether the former commissioner of the state Division of Motor Vehicles illegally wire tapped the phone calls of agency employees. Former Commissioner George Tatum, who resigned in 2007 amid a corruption scandal, had a special telephone in his office that allowed him to listen in on the calls of his subordinates without their knowledge. DSI Witness News shares an exclusive copy of one of the recorded phone conversations. Kit FitzSimons, Katie Barber, Robert Bapst.