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Jul 2010

Steve Cooley: How familial DNA has become a key to building criminal cases

TREMENDOUS advances in the use of DNA evidence as a crime-solving tool have increased public safety over the past two decades by taking serial rapists and murderers off the streets. The most recent example was the arrest and charging of...

25

Jul 2010

Crime rises sharply at California state parks

Holiday visitors seeking a quiet day off beside the water at Folsom State Recreation Area on July 5 instead had front-row seats to a police pursuit as park rangers chased an assault suspect through throngs of picnickers. Officer Ryan...

24

Jul 2010

Detained immigrants can now be located online

Responding to criticism of secrecy within the immigration detention system, federal officials launched an online service Friday to help relatives and attorneys find detainees in the sprawling networks of prisons and jails. In the past,...

24

Jul 2010

Google misses deadline for L.A. city e-mail system

Google Inc. has missed the deadline on its high-profile contract to take over Los Angeles' e-mail system, leaving nearly 20,000 city employees on an aging system that the city is paying the Internet search giant $7.25 million to replace....