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2012 Volkswagen Beetle: Up Close
KickingTiresThe new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle (be careful not to call it the New Beetle) marks only the third generation for a car that???s more than 50 years old. It???s less a car that reflects the happy look of the previous......Tags: Chemical Industry, Human Body, Porsche, Passenger Cars, DNA
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Obama takes tough DNA evidence stance
The Swampby David G. Savage The new deputy Solicitor General for the Obama administration urged the Supreme Court today to go slow in giving prisoners a right to seek DNA testing that could free them. "Our position is there is no......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Justice System, Prisoners and Detainees, Politics, Georgetown
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Supreme Court: DNA tests up to states
The Swampby David G. Savage The Supreme Court agreed today that DNA has a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Justice System, Human Body, Politics, Prisoners and Detainees
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Exxon Enters Biofuels Field by Looking at Algae
KickingTiresBehemoth oil giant Exxon Mobile has announced that it will invest $600 million in producing liquid fuel from algae. It will spend $300 million on in-house research and partner with Synthetic Genomics, a biotechnology company founded by J. Craig Venter,......Tags: United States, Synthetics and Plastics, The New York Times, Renewable Energy, Technology
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My gut on Melissa Lewis murder: Confused
Mayo on the Side: Broward news columnist Michael Mayo | Sun-Sentinel BlogsDid Tony Villegas kill attorney Melissa Lewis, as police and prosecutors contend? Or does the March 2008 murder case get turned on its head by the recent events involving her law firm, her former boss (Scott Rothstein, accused of running......Tags: Scott Rothstein, Google Inc., Legal Service, Legal Services, Fraud
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Scientists Study Effects of Crashes on Pregnant Women
KickingTiresBiomedical researchers at the Virginia Tech-Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences recently completed a three-year project that studied how to better protect pregnant women in car accidents. Partly funded by Ford, the study...Tags: Education, Schools, Vehicles, Disasters and Accidents, Pregnancy and Childbirth
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Wanted: DNA of everyone arrested
The Swampby Mark Silva A mug-shot and a set of finger-prints won't be enough at the booking desk anymore. The government is demanding DNA as well. "The attorney general is directing all agencies of the United States that arrest or detain......Tags: Justice System, Politics, Police, Police Investigations, Espionage and Intelligence
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First lady's ancestry an American story
Many Americans are fascinated by the family history of Michelle Obama, a descendant of slaves who is the nation's first African-American first lady. You've learned a lot about her ancestry in this newspaper. Now, add to that a new book due out Tuesday,...
Tags: Chemical Industry, The New York Times, Washington, DC, Music, Slavery
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Can Anthony Caravella ever get true justice?
Anthony Caravella spent nearly 26 years in prison for a 1983 murder he didn't commit. He can't get that time back. But a federal jury ruled Caravella should get $7 million from two former Miramar cops who railroaded him. If there was true justice in the...Tags: Interior Policy, Justice System, Chemical Industry, Politics, Broward County Sheriff's Office
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Video/Q&A: Damien Echols of 'West of Memphis'
Details of the West Memphis 3 investigation can only be described as ridiculous. “They had one guy say that I looked at him and made him levitate. And this is in police records,” says Damien Echols, who in 2011 was freed from prison after...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Pies and Tarts, Buddhism, Neiman Marcus, Punishment
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It's unseemly for nonprofit CEOs to make millions
The story of the nonprofit CEO who solicits charity while raking in a giant salary is, by now, becoming a Central Florida cliché. There was NorthStar High School in Orange County, which was a miserable failure academically but paid its principal $824,000...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Barbara Lee, Chemical Industry, Scripps Research Institute, Health Organizations
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Using junk science to promote Proposition 37
Proposition 37, the ballot measure mandating the labeling of genetically modified food that is also known as the "right to know" initiative, is narrowly running ahead of the opposition, according to the latest opinion polls. But even if the measure...Tags: Chemical Industry, Politics, Consumers, Newspaper and Magazine, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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