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Ex-con gets life in prison for NY student torture
Associated Press WriterAn ex-convict was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for the sadistic, 19-hour rape and torture of a Columbia University graduate student. Robert Williams was convicted last month in Manhattan of attempted murder, rape, kidnapping and arson. His...Tags: Trials, Rape, Columbia University, Manhattan, Assault
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DNA tests provide first confirmation of stolen baby in troubled Guatemalan adoption system
Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate that a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on...Tags: Adoption, Infants, Fraud, People, Family
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DNA tests confirm first stolen baby in troubled Guatemalan adoption system
Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American nation's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted... -
DNA confirms adoptive baby stolen in Guatemala
The Associated PressAdoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple. It was the first strong sign that Guatemala's troubled adoption system relied in part on abducted children....Tags: Adoption, Fraud, Family, Corporate Crime
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County commission inks deal with bioscience giant Max Planck Society
South Florida Sun-SentinelPalm Beach County commissioners unanimously approved today an $87-million contract with Germany-based research giant Max Planck Society to build and operate a bio-imaging facility at the Florida Atlantic University campus in Jupiter. The contract calls...Tags: Jupiter, Schools, Palm Beach County, Florida Atlantic University, National Government
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Swiss drug maker Roche offers $43.7 billion to buy rest of Genentech
The Associated PressSwiss pharmaceutical maker Roche on Monday offered $43.7 billion for the remaining shares of its U.S. biotech partner Genentech Inc., seizing the opportunity offered by the weak U.S. dollar to grab a bigger share of earnings from such Genentech drugs as...Tags: Health Treatments, Federal Reserve, Genentech Incorporated, Biotechnology
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Crime Experts Talk Up DNA Technology At Regional Summit
The Orleans District Attorney's teaming up with other law enforcement agency's from across the country to pick their brains about what to stock up on to fill a mostly empty d.n.a. lab. New Orleans law enforcers have used DNA testing to solve cases since...Tags: Criminal Laws, Lawyers, Crimes, Louisiana, Laws
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How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects?
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersState crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona's DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar genetic profiles. The men matched at nine of the 13 locations on chromosomes, or loci, commonly used to...Tags: Genetics, Judges, Police Investigations, Government, Medical Specialization
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Roche makes bid for Genentech
Associated PressBiotechnology pioneer Genentech Inc. considered Roche Holdings' $43.7 billion offer for its remaining shares yesterday as investors made clear their feelings that the Swiss pharmaceutical giant should pay considerably more. But some analysts said Roche,...Tags: Health Treatments, Medicine, Medical Conditions, Cancer, Therapies
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Teen gets life term in girl's death
Sun reporterEven during an interview that could have helped him receive a lighter sentence, 17-year-old Ronald Hinton blamed a relative's ex-girlfriend for the rape and murder of a child he had been baby-sitting in Northeast Baltimore. At sentencing yesterday,...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Prosecution, Juvenile Delinquency, Witnesses
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