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When a cancer patient from Singapore traveled to the United States last year, he discovered an unusual side effect of his medication: missing fingerprints.
Police fingerprint examiners whose errors falsely implicated two people in crimes have been linked with 945 other cases that police said must be reviewed to ensure their accuracy.
The head of the Los Angeles Police Commission says he has asked for a review of policies and procedures at the city Police Department's fingerprint analysis unit after it was revealed that workers there made erroneous identifications.
Scientists have found ways to tease even more clues out of fingerprints' telltale marks — one in a string of developments that gives modern forensics even better ways to solve mysteries like the anthrax attacks or JonBenet Ramsey's murder.
An Italian parliamentary panel gave initial approval Wednesday to a plan to fingerprint everyone in the country, a move that could defuse criticism over a mandatory program to fingerprint Gypsies.
Rockets and weapons bearing signs of Iranian paint, lettering and serial numbers are making their way into the Gaza Strip and Lebanon — helping Tehran cement its powerful role within militant movements on Israel's northern and southern flanks, senior Israeli security officials say.
I used to constantly misplace my keys. I spent time every other morning trying to find them. It drove me nuts.
The operator of Heathrow Airport is delaying plans to fingerprint domestic passengers after an independent watchdog complained.
Woman uses altered finger tips to beat securityA CHINESE woman arrested in Japan for illegal entry had altered her fingerprints through surgery to fool a biometric security system at the airport, media reports said today.
UPDATE: Have you seen these tattoo's? Murder victim identified & suspect arrested-OrlandoSentinel.comOrange County detectives say they have solved the mystery of who killed a woman whose body was found near Eatonville.
Supreme Court sees problems with forensic evidenceIt's a blow for backlogged crime labs and overburdened forensic analysts but a step forward for those advocating reform in forensics and forensic evidence analysis.
Fingerprints can lieCognitive neuroscientist Itiel Dror finds that analysis of fingerprint data by human examiners can be ruined by unintentional bias. But he offers some relatively simple fixes that can improve the odds of reliable results.
Get a grip: Truth about fingerprints revealed-New ScientistThe long-held notion that fingerprints marks help us grip more firmly appears to be wrong. Instead a new study finds that the marks actually reduce the friction between skin and surfaces.
DHS to Scan Fingerprints of Travellers Exiting the USThe US Department of Homeland Security is set to kickstart a controversial new pilot to scan the fingerprints of travellers departing the United States.
Cancer drug erases man's fingerprints, doctor says A Singapore man undergoing treatment for cancer was detained for four hours by U.S.
The Mysterious Case Of the Missing FingerprintsTORONTO, May 27 -- A Singapore cancer patient arrived in the U.S. missing something very important -- his fingerprints.
Cancer drug erases fingerprintsA commonly-used cancer drug can make patients' fingerprints disappear, potentially causing problems for foreign travel, a doctor warns.
Medical report: Cancer patient loses fingerprintsWhen a cancer patient from Singapore traveled to the United States last year, he discovered an unusual side effect of his medication: missing fingerprints.
Detectives: Girl, 4, Bound, Gagged Disturbing details have been released in the attempted abduction of a 4-year-old Orange County girl. Detectives said that Mauricio Reyes took the girl from her bedroom to the garage, laid her down on a blanket and bound and gagged her.
Prints at slain Staten Island fire marshal's home, on gun, didn't match wifeFingerprints police lifted from the Staten Island house where a supervising fire marshal was gunned down in his sleep did not match the victim or his wife, who is charged in his death, aN NYPD forensics expert told jurors today.
DNA database: proven guiltyFour months have passed since the European court of human rights landed a unanimous and unusually pointed judgment damning the "blanket and indiscriminate" DNA database in England and Wales, which keeps genetic tabs not just on criminals but on anyone falling under police suspici …
Akron man charged with stealing from neighbor, 92Excerpt: A 43-year-old Akron man has been charged with stealing from a 92-year-old neighbor.
Solving crimes using fingerprints is an inexact scienceThe prosecutor at Stratton's trial told jurors the similarities left "not the shadow of a doubt" that the crime-scene print belonged to Stratton.
The damning trail of physical evidence linking Casey Anthony to the death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee may have grown stronger with the release of 1,100 pages of investigative information, some of which could link Casey to her daughter's death.
Crime-scene photos, documents released in Casey Anthony case---The Link Page is Constantly being updated at this point.--- Excerpts:
Sources: Mother's Fingerprints Not Found On Tape Over Caylee's SkullORLANDO, Fla. -- Sources told Local 6 News Monday that no fingerprints were located on the duct tape found wrapped around the skull of Caylee Anthony.
If you buy a phone in Mexico, you now have to get fingerprintedIt's wrongheaded legislation gone wild! Monday saw a law passed in Mexico that will establish a national register of mobile users. Everyone who buys a cell phone from now on will be fingerprinted. Why, you ask? Because gangs use cell phones.
Every day we learn more about the Caylee Anthony case than we really want to know, this, as the crime of maternal filicide, the killing of a child by its mother, is just too bizarre, too insane, and too repulsive for most to wrap their emotional arms around.
Fingerprint test may catch US killerA British inventor's new fingerprinting technique has given fresh impetus to half a dozen unsolved cases and could help police identify the killer of a man shot dead 10 years ago in the US.
Woman Says She May Go To Jail After Suspect Stole Identity A Deltona woman said her identity was stolen and the thief used her name during an arrest Tuesday. The victim, Thelma Jean Wiloch, said because of the mistake she could go to jail.
Teen charged with 4 killings in RochesterA 17-year-old high school dropout shot, bludgeoned or stabbed to death four people over the Christmas holidays, three of them in the home of a jewelry merchant, police said Thursday.
Casey Anthony Forced To Appear At Court Hearing - Casey Anthony was publicly seen Thursday for the first time in nearly three months and it was a legal snafu that dragged her out of her jail cell and into court.
Judge Reprimands Casey's Defense Team A judge berated Casey Anthony's defense team at the courthouse Tuesday. Her lawyers are trying to delay her deposition in the civil suit filed by Zenaida Gonzalez until after her murder trial.
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