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• States' purges of voter rolls appear illegal
Under federal law, election officials are supposed to use the Social Security database to check a registration application only as a last resort, if no record of the applicant is found on state databases, like those for driver’s licenses or ...
• DNA fingerprinting could reveal your surname
The fact that such a strong link exists between surname and Y chromosome type has a potential use in forensic science, since it suggests that, given large databases of names and Y chromosome profiles, surname prediction from DNA alone may be feasible ...
• October 2008 - Posts
*** The status quo : At the beginning of the month, at the 34-day mark before the election, we noted how much had changed in the preceding 34 days: Obama had accepted the Dem nomination, McCain picked Palin, Hurricanes Gustav and Ike crashed into the ...
• States (137)
Under the new law, voters who registered after Sept. 8 -- but whose names don't match the state's Social Security or driver's license databases -- are notified by mail to fix the problem or face casting a provisional ballot on Election Day." The St ...
• Police hunt serial rapist in Northern California
Frustrated detectives linked several rapes in the 1990s to the same attacker through his DNA but have not been able to match it to anyone in DNA databases. "I don't know whether this guy has been lucky or good" at concealing his identity, Chico Police ...