• Arsenic Elimination Varies Among Humans
  Researchers in Austria say they found wide variations in how people absorb arsenic into their bodies, finding a range in study participants from those who eliminated 95% of the ingested arsenic to others who eliminated as little as 4%.
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• Links to Sex Crimes to Follow Texas Suspects
  A new law has taken effect in Texas that allows prosecutors and parole boards to see DNA evidence that links a suspect to an old sexual assault, even if the statute of limitations has expired on the case and the suspect was never tried.
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• Virginia Lab Analysts Testifying in Exponentially Higher Number of Cases
  Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts that crime lab technicians must be available to appear in court, rather than submitting affidavits, Virginia's approximately 160 technicians have been subpoenaed 925 times in July 2009 compared to 43 times in July 2008.
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• Forensics Shed Light on Murder of Oklahoma City Pastor
  "Brutal and severe” injuries to the neck are what killed the Rev. Carol Daniels, said Brent Turvey, a private forensic scientist and criminal profiler.
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