NEW YORK, April 16 The Wall Street Journal's series on business executives' unethical behavior earned the New York newspaper the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service Monday.
The Journal also won a Pulitzer for international reporting on industrial development on China.
The series about executives' backdating stock options to earn millions of dollars led to investigations of more than 130 companies, The New York Times said.
The Boston Globe's articles on President Bush's ignoring more than 750 laws enacted by Congress since taking office won for national reporting.
In investigative reporting, The Birmingham (Ala.) News won for its expose on corruption within the state's two-year college system.
The New York Times won for feature writing. The Pulitzer for explanatory journalism went to the Los Angeles Times.
The Miami Herald won for local reporting. The staff of The (Portland) Oregonian earned the breaking news prize.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Cynthia Tucker won the prize for commentary. LA Weekly reviewer Jonathan Gold won for criticism.
The New York Daily News took editorial writing honors.
The breaking news photography prize went to The Associated Press' Oded Balilty; feature photography to The Sacramento (Calif.) Bee's Renee Byer.
Editorial cartooning went to Walt Handelsman of Newsday.
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