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Why liberals should love Justice Scalia
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in a challenge to the constitutionality of a Maryland law -- similar to one in California -- that requires police to take DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes. Starting with what she obviously...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Television Industry, Politics, Chemical Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court questions sides in challenge of Md. DNA law
Maryland's practice of collecting genetic information from people arrested — but not convicted — on serious charges took the national stage Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on what Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called "perhaps the...
Tags: Executive Branch, Judges, Politics, Government, Crimes
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Testimony of key state witness barred in killings of 3 children
A judge delivered a major blow Monday to the state's case against two men accused of fatally slashing the throats of three children nine years ago, ruling that the testimony of a key witness is inadmissible. As prosecutors try for a third time next month...
Tags: Laws, Murder, Trials, Mexico, Judges
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Horse meat found in Ikea Swedish meatballs sold in Europe
This post has been updated. See below for details. Burger King, Nestle, Tesco and now Ikea – the European horse meat scandal that has heightened food supply concerns for the last month has now reached the furniture giant’s famed Swedish...
Tags: Boneless Lean Beef Trimmings, Foods and Beverages, Food Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Lifestyle and Leisure
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Md. DNA case
In a Maryland case that's garnered the attention of the other 49 states, the federal Department of Justice and the national science community, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve...Tags: Executive Branch, Law Enforcement, University of Baltimore, Theft, Politics
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The Scripps deal: great ambitions, modest payoff in jobs so far
It was heralded as one of the greatest economic boons in Florida history, akin to the creation of Walt Disney World, the Kennedy Space Center, the air conditioner. But nearly a decade later, this much is clear. The ambitious plan for a world-class...
Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Technology, Walt Disney World Resort, Business Enterprises, Boston
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Report: Asian carp may have reached Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Judges, Engineering, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems
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Caravella verdict draws U.S. Justice Department's attention
When jurors decided last week that two retired police officers should pay $7 million for framing a mentally challenged Broward teen for a murder that sent him to prison for close to 26 years, it set off a strong response. Dozens of Sun Sentinel readers...
Tags: Laws, Murder, Trials, Howard Finkelstein, Litigation
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PASSINGS: Donald A. Glaser, Jewel Akens
Donald A. Glaser Nobel Prize-winning physicist Donald A. Glaser, 86, a Nobel Prize-winning UC Berkeley physicist who invented a device called the bubble chamber, which allowed researchers to track the paths of high-energy atomic particles after...
Tags: Chiron Corporation, Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Human Accomplishments, Applied Physics
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Tumor DNA studies help explain cancer genetics
As it has become more efficient and less expensive to analyze the DNA in normal cells, it has also gotten a whole lot easier to analyze the mutated DNA in tumors — a project scientists hope will help explain why cancer behaves as it does and what...
Tags: Genetics, Medical Specialization, Medical Research, Biology, Chemical Industry
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Adoptee finds his roots in central Kentucky
kpeek@amnews.comThrough a search that expanded over three decades, a North Carolina man found that his roots are based in central Kentucky and finally gained the opportunity to see their origins. Dorothy Lee McCormack, who would be about 92 if still living, originated...Tags: Adoption, Chemical Industry, Family
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Jury orders ex-cops to pay $7M to Broward man freed by DNA after nearly 26 years in prison
The 9,389 days Anthony Caravella wrongfully spent in prison still haunt him, but he was relieved Tuesday that two former police officers who put him away are finally being held accountable. Jurors decided that William Mantesta and George Pierson...
Tags: Murder, Trials, Southwest Ranches, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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