Pork Report, July 9, 2010: Guns and Poetry Edition

Foul! National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health study the bias of soccer referees in calling fouls

Millions of the federal dollars misspent on cars, boats and travel by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Social Security Administration overpaid millions of dollars in Supplemental Security Income payments; Thirty percent of agency’s payments miscalculated

DOJ crime prevention programs uses poetry and rap to fight crimes involving guns and gangs

Investigation into whether the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made good use of $900 million stopped because the agency’s records are “incomplete”

Texas residents unhappy with unnecessary FEMA plan to post 400 signs showing how high the storm surge would be in a major hurricane

National Science Foundation studies words people use to describe videos, photographs and webpages on the internet