Free Republic

5/18/2006 - ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. (AFPN) -- For forensic science consultants at the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' 33rd Field Investigations Squadron, criminal investigations in the Air Force begin at the crime scene. The work of Air Force forensic science consultants is similar to that of criminal investigators in the television show “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” said the squadron's Special Agent Tam Reed. “However, unlike CSI, we don’t get lab results back within an hour,” said Agent Reed, an AFOSI agent since joining the Air Force in 2000. The squadron doesn’t have its own lab for processing...

What you have to do, don't shop or buy anything for the rest of April. Save up your funds for May 1st. Note businesses that are closed on May 1st or are short staffed and post them on FREE REPUBLIC. These are business benefitting from illegal alien labor or are supporting the illegal alien rallies by closing entirely.

LaserCard Corporation Announces $1.8 Million Follow-On Order for Optical Memory-Based Canadian Permanent Resident Cards Monday March 6, 7:46 pm ET MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 6 LaserCard Corporation (Nasdaq: LCRD ) today announced receipt of a $1.8 million purchase order from Anteon Corporation (Anteon) for LaserCard® optical memory-based Canadian Permanent Resident Cards expected to be delivered over a 14-month period beginning May 2006 at a rate of approximately $130,000.00 per month. This follow-on order is a continuation of the 2002 five-year contract awarded by the Canadian government to Canadian Bank Note Company, Ltd. (CBN) of Ottawa. LCRD has received orders for...

WASHINGTON - Scientists have identified the "come hither" scent that female German cockroaches use to lure males, a discovery that may help control one of the world's most troublesome and resistant household pests. Female cockroaches emit a pheromone, or chemical attractant, to let males know they are ready to mate. Researchers earlier identified the courtship chemicals used by other cockroach species, but the romance scent of the German cockroach remained elusive. "The German cockroach is the one we wanted because it is a worldwide pest that gives all the other cockroaches a bad name," said Wendell L. Roelofs, a Cornell...

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, IDENTIFY YOUR FAVORITE demoRAT (including the little one)

23 Ways To Identify A Faithful Parish CRISIS Magazine - Special e-Report January 14, 2005 In my last email, you'll remember that I asked for your advice on a letter I received from one of our readers. She's a non-Catholic who's interested in entering the Church, but wants to make sure she gets involved with a solid parish -- one that follows and promotes authentic Catholicism. So, she asked, what kinds of things should she look for when she walks into a parish church for the first time? Are there any easy, tell-tale ways to gauge the health and fidelity...

YANBU, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The mastermind of an attack that killed five Western oil industry workers, including two Americans, is a member of a Saudi opposition group in London, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday. Mustafa Abdel-Qader Abed al-Ansari, a Saudi citizen wanted by security forces, was behind Saturday's attack on the offices of oil contractor ABB Lummus Global Inc., in this industrial city, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. Two Americans, two Britons and an Australian were among the dead, and dozens were wounded in the attack and ensuing police chase through...

Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday it shouldn't matter to voters if they know who all his campaign donors are before the Oct. 7 recall election.``You know something, when the voters vote for me they're voting for me because they trust me. Always when you vote for somebody you have to have trust,'' Schwarzenegger said in an interview. He was responding to criticism earlier this week that he had exploited a campaign-finance loophole by loaning $4.5 million to his campaigns with the expectation that donors would repay him later.``I will always let anyone know whatever checks come in,'' said Schwarzenegger, who...

Texas Creates DNA Database To Identify Missing Persons Texas' new missing persons DNA database is generating a fresh sense of hope for people involved in the search for missing persons, including families worried about a missing loved one, detectives and medical examiners. The DNA Identity Lab at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth developed the database over the past two years and started accepting DNA samples Jan. 1, 2003. Its staff of forensic geneticists will use a direct link to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to expand the search beyond Texas' borders. The lab's forensic...

New research shows that a bombmaker's identity can be traced from DNA on fragments of an exploded device. Kelly Esslinger at Michigan State University in East Lansing and Heather Spillane at the Michigan State Police Crime Laboratory in Northville set up an experiment to see whether DNA could be detected on exploded bomb fragments and matched to a suspect. They found traces of DNA on one in five bombs exploded under controlled conditions. Ten subjects were asked to handle one metal and one PVC pipe bomb each. They were told to touch each component (the pipe, caps and fuse) for...

Sunday, 27 October, 2002, 11:56 GMT Moscow pressed to identify siege gas Hostages are not being allowed out of hospital The authorities in Russia are coming under increasing pressure to reveal details about the type of gas used by special forces in a raid which ended a three-day siege at a Moscow theatre. The latest health ministry statement says that 118 hostages - 28 more than previously reported - and up to 50 Chechen rebels died after troops stormed the theatre on Saturday. Many hostages are in a serious condition As the death toll rose, two foreign nationals were reported...

A plan to use driver’s licenses to seek out criminals was dropped Monday even before it even got off the ground. Kentucky State Police and the Transportation Cabinet decided against the plan after discussing the matter, according to Lt. Lisa Rudzinski, information officer for Kentucky State Police. No reasons were given for dropping the plan. Lawmakers and defense attorneys across the commonwealth had mixed reviews about the plan that would have allowed police to plug into a database physical characteristics of a suspect and then be given a series of driver’s photos that could fit the bill. Those photos would...