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Friday, November 6, 2009

Staff writers William Branigin, Carrie Johnson, Peter Slevin, Ann Scott Tyson, Mary Pat Flaherty, Christian Davenport, Michael D. Shear, Ed O'Keefe, Amy Goldstein, Garance Franke-Ruta, Jenna Johnson, Michael Birnbaum, Liz Heron, William Wan, Yamiche Alcindor, Jason Reid, Bill Turque, Derek Kravitz, Neely Tucker, Steve Hendrix, Kafia Hosh, Daniel deVise, Nelson Hernandez, Michael Alison Chandler, Lori Aratani, Scott Butterworth, Paul Kane, Ben Pershing, Terissa Schor, Spencer S. Hsu, Greg Jaffe and Scott Wilson; research director Lucy Shackelford; research editor Alice Crites; staff researchers Madonna Lebling and Julie Tate; and special correspondents Julian Aguilar and Rick Rojas in Texas contributed to this report.



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