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A sign is shown posted on a perimeter fence near Delta 747 aircraft taxiing at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Thursday, April 9, 2015. The security fences and perimeter gates at Detroit Metropolitan Airport have been breached four times in the past two years, an Associated Press investigation shows. Nationally, at least 272 such breaches occurred at 31 major U.S. airports since the start of 2004. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (AP)

AP investigation details perimeter breaches at US airports

Martha Mendoza, Justin Pritchard

Is rider safety the real Achilles heel for Uber and Lyft?

Barbara Ortutay, Justin Pritchard

FILE - This Friday, Nov. 21, 2014 file photo taken in Newark, N.J., shows smartphones displaying Uber car availability in New York. With assault cases against their drivers in India and Chicago this week, popular ride-hailing app Uber is in for yet another public relations ordeal that follows ongoing criticisms about its corporate ethics and culture. And yet, neither government nor the taxi industry has regulators been able to curb the companys meteoric growth, one that has spurred an entire industry. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) (AP)

Is rider safety the real Achilles heel for Uber and Lyft?

Barbara Ortutay, Justin Pritchard

In this April 12, 2011 photo released by the Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News, Japanese soldiers wash an armored vehicle to remove potential radiation contamination at J-Village, a soccer training complex now serving as an operation base for those battling Japan's worst nuclear disaster, northeastern Japan. The sports complex is about about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. (AP Photo/Japan Defense Agency via Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, NO LICENSING IN CHINA, HONG KONG, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA AND FRANCE (AP)

Fukushima’s tsunami plan was a single page

Yuri Kageyama, Justin Pritchard

Loughner’s last night: Posed with glock, g-string

Justin Pritchard, Michael R. Blood

The home of Jared Loughner, at 7741 N Soledad Ave., Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011 in Tucson, Az. Loughner is accused of attempting to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six other people Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011 during a "Congress on your Corner" event at a mall in Tucson, Az. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Mark Henle) (AP)

Loughner’s dad pursued him before shooting

Amanda Lee Myers, Justin Pritchard

Officer stopped Loughner on day of shooting

Amanda Lee Myers, Justin Pritchard

Jared Loughner’s family breaks silence

Amanda Lee Myers, Justin Pritchard

Marine reef ecologist Scott Porter works to remove oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill off his hands, Monday, June 7, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico south of Venice, La.. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) (AP)

BP’s shocking, spurious action “plan”

Tamara Lush, Justin Pritchard, Holbrook Mohr

Wal-Mart pulls Miley Cyrus jewelry over cadmium

Justin Pritchard