Houston rejects crime lab recommendation
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An independent review of Houston's once-troubled crime lab concluded the city had eliminated many of the problems, but it recommended a special master be named to further review "major issues" in DNA and blood-analysis cases from the 1980s and '90s. City officials quickly rejected the recommendation.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard angrily rejected suggestions Thursday that members of his party hired investigators to dig into opposition leader Kevin Rudd&#39;s confidential medical records.
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On Thursday, the former Dolphins running back rejected a proposal that would have allowed him to serve a four-game drug suspension this season, re-enter the league&#39;s drug program and return to the NFL next year.
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Â· Forensic scientists dismiss firearms residue discoveryÂ· Research used as basis to launch killer's appeal
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An ongoing audit of the city's crime lab criticizes a fired forensic analyst for following poor procedures but says there is no evidence that he intentionally misled juries with his testimony, an Associated Press review shows.
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A federal advisory panel on Monday rejected a recommendation that states use only voting machines that produced results that could be independently verified.
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A judge on Thursday denied a jail transfer request for a pizzeria manager accused of kidnapping two boys, rejecting defense claims that a reporter's jailhouse interview with the suspect amounted to a security breach.
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A police force says it will not identify the alleged crimes of wanted men to protect their human rights.
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The order was a stinging rejection of one of the Bush administrationâs central assertions about the scope of executive authority to combat terrorism.
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Problems at a Houston crime lab have led to a moratorium n executions.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 8--A small subdivision in Carmel Valley, rejected by a Monterey County advisory panel, will be appealed to the county Board of Supervisors.
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By Mike Torralba, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 8--MONROE -- The City Council has narrowly rejected a proposal that would have loosened restrictions on the number of duplexes in Monroe's historic residential district.
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City investigators cautioned against using the company that was hired to tear down the Deutsche Bank building.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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The State Patrol's toxicology lab has had so many ethical lapses and made so many scientific mistakes in recent years that alcohol breath test results should not be admitted at trial, a court ruled Wednesday.
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By Jay Conley, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 12--FINCASTLE -- The Botetourt County Planning Commission has voted against a development group's proposal to combine single-family homes and condominiums with commercial businesses and a health care center near Fincastle.
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A judge refused to allow investigators to dig up the body of a former Knox County district attorney general to look for evidence against his widow, who is charged with murdering her second husband.