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Police use familial DNA to make arrest in assault, robbery case
Police investigated and sent DNA evidence to the state Department of Justice laboratory in November 2008 to try to match it with other suspects' DNA. The state lab is jammed with hundreds of cases, authorities said. In November 2010, DNA from one of
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:08P
LDS Church takes public stance on immigration legislation
“Our presence here testifies to the fact that we are appreciative of what has happened in the Legislature this session,” Burton said at the signing, indicating it was no accident or private decision. “We feel the Legislature has done an incredible job
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:08P
Muslim Woman's Religious Rights Were Violated by Jailers
A 9th circuit court of appeals has found that a Muslim woman who was forced to remove her headscarf while in an Orange County jail may proceed with a lawsuit she filed against the county. Souhair Khatib was arrested in 2006 after a judge "revoked her
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:08P
Excerpts from recent Indiana editorials
AP Indiana charter schools recently gained a nice boost on with the release of a new report from Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes on reading and math performance for 2004 through 2008. The study showed 98 percent of 42
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:07P
Police: Gwinnett County woman in jail after injuring her children in drunken wreck
Police say Jessica Janette Rattley had a blood alcohol level of .112 when she was arrested after Sunday's accident in Gwinnett County. The legal limit in Georgia is .08. Gwinnett County police spokesman Cpl. Jake Smith said Rattley's children — who are
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:07P
Fraud suspect's suppression bid to go to Court of Appeal
Yesterday, Justice Timothy Brewer lifted name suppression following an appeal in the High Court at Rotorua earlier this month. The appeal was heard in the High Court on March 3 after Judge Phillip Cooper lifted name suppression in the Rotorua District
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:07P
81 Reps Condemn Obama's DOMA Stance
Eric Holder and the Department of Justice to stop defending DOMA, which bans recognition of gay and lesbian couples by the federal government, even if they are married in other countries or partnered in states where same-sex marriages,
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:07P
Analysis: Japan nuclear crisis now seen worse than Three Mile
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Conditions at a stricken nuclear power plant in Japan have deteriorated so much that there is a growing consensus the crisis is greater than the Three Mile Island accident in 1979, and there are fears that it could
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:06P
Baby 'saved his own life'
Even after the 18-month-old boy was released from hospital where his malnourished, burned and broken body was healed, Quebec's youth protection agency returned him to his negligent,
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:06P
Sotomayor: Inequality in Education Biggest Hurdle to Diversity
Inequality in education is the most pressing issue of diversity in the United States, US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor said as she accepted an award Friday from the Philadelphia Bar Association for her accomplishments in diversifying the legal
Updated: 03/15/2011 09:06P
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