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		|  | First Place Doug Parker, G. Andrew Boyd, David Grunfeld, Dinah Rogers
 The Times-Picayune
 "OIL SPILL"
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		|  | Second Place
			Colin Crawford, Mary Cooney, Jeremiah Bogert, Barbara Davidson, Kelli Sullivan
 Los Angeles Times
 "CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE"
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		|  | Third Place
			Mark Edelson Holly Baltz, Jan Tuckwood Mike Perkins
 The Palm Beach Post
 "CRY OF A NATION"
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			Angela Peterson, Ed Brud
 Journal Sentinel
 "A BAFFLING ILLNESS"
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		|  | Award of Excellence
			John Sale, Jeff McAdory, Lindsey Turner
 The Commercial Appeal
 "DOUBLE EXPOSURE"
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			Elly Oxman, Rick Romagosa, Russell Yip
 San Francisco Chronicle
 "INFERNO"
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