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In China, the government has forged ahead in building what is apparently the most massive genetic database in the world. Authorities have been collecting DNA from people brought in only for questioning, those seeking passports or other official documents...
5.26.2017
12:39pm
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A Texas nurse who's been serving a 99-year prison sentence for the fatal overdose of an infant in her care was indicted Thursday in the death of another infant. Genene Jones is accused of killing 11-month-old Joshua Sawyer at a San Antonio hospital in...
5.26.2017
12:27pm
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Analyzing the translucent patterns revealed when a light shines through paper, researchers have been able to identify a unique texture "fingerprint" for every single sheet of paper. The researchers showed that a unique fingerprint code can be captured...
5.26.2017
12:09pm
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A judge on Friday threw out the murder conviction of a Detroit man who has been in prison for 25 years after new tests on bullets supported his remarkable claim that police framed him with bogus evidence. Desmond Ricks, now 51, will be released from a...
5.26.2017
11:44am
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A new study finds that bones could contribute their own protein palette to forensic investigations of the future. The research team found that the best preserved protein molecules are found deep in the shaft of the long bones such as the femur. Some of...
5.25.2017
12:39pm
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The Republican candidate in the nationally-watched election Thursday for Montana's sole congressional seat has been charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly grabbing a reporter by the neck and throwing him to the ground.
5.25.2017
11:16am
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Dani Mathers earned fame posing as a nude model. She gained notoriety on the other side of the camera when she snapped a photo of an unwitting and unwilling subject—a naked 71-year-old woman in a gym locker room.
5.25.2017
11:04am
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Alabama inmate Tommy Arthur—called the "Houdini" of death row by some after he got seven prior execution dates postponed—is scheduled to be put to death Thursday evening. Arthur, 75, was convicted in the 1982 murder-for-hire slaying of Troy Wicker.
5.25.2017
10:32am
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DNA testing in 431 cases of collected but previously untested biological evidence recovered in Virginia rape cases has resulted in 44 DNA database “hits.” The results are being turned over to law enforcement for possible investigation.
5.25.2017
10:26am
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British security forces raided an apartment building Wednesday in central Manchester as they investigated "a network" of people allegedly behind the city's concert bombing. Four additional arrests have been made in Britain, and members of the deceased...
5.24.2017
2:49pm
