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National DNA testing

South American and Mayan DNA discovered in Southern Appalachians

Southeastern Indians were irate after several non-Native Americans mocked their traditions while commenting on an archaeological discovery of Maya...
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FAFSA applicants see rigid citizenship requirements for DNA testing attractive

Sacramento, CA -The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is one of the first options students turn to in order to get much-needed aid...
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Texas needs to run the DNA test before executing Skinner

  • Hank Skinner has right to DNA testing
  • November 4, 2011
According to a recent AFP article, death-row inmate, Hank Skinner, has requested to have existing evidence DNA tested to prove that he was not the...
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Authorities continue to search for Houston area serial rapist

  • serial rapist wanted
  • March 9, 2011
Authorities in Harris County, Texas are still on the lookout for a serial rapist who is believed to be aiming at young Hispanic women in the...
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Carlina White kidnapped 23 years ago finally reunited with parents – Pics

  • Carlina White kidnapping solved
  • January 20, 2011
Carlina White was kidnapped when she was just 19 days old from Harlem Hospital in1987.See photo gallery.She said she felt something was not right...
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DNA testing clears Texas man of charges after thirty years in jail

  • Cornelius Dupree
  • January 4, 2011
A man falsely accused of rape, robbery and abduction was exonerated Tuesday after spending over thirty years in a Dallas Prison. Cornelius Dupree...
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The death penalty in Texas: a failure of skepticism

On December 7, 2000, Texas officials took sixty-year-old Claude Jones to be killed by lethal injection. Jones was guilty of many things, but he had...
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Genealogy and DNA - my results

Back on February 20, 2009, I detailed my experience with testing DNA for genealogy research purposes and I’m happy to report that I just...
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Genealogy and DNA - my first attempts at using a DNA testing kit

For years I’ve been following the practice of sampling DNA as it relates to one’s own genealogy and family history. I’ve read...
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