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<p>Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, hit with a barrage of negative reports and criticism of the state prison system, Friday asked the U.S. Attorney's office in Sacramento to investigate a 2002 riot at Folsom State Prison.</p> <p>He also reversed course on his earlier move to limit the independence of the Office of Inspector General, which investigates prison corruption and other problems.</p>

<p>PHILADELPHIA -- A cold corpse can speak volumes to Dr. Isidore Mihalakis.</p> <p>For years, the respected Allentown, Pa., forensic pathologist has been called on by prosecutors in high-profile murder cases to examine old wounds and lifeless muscle to explain how someone died when no living witness can be found.</p>

Star to be investigated for alien life Astronomers say a star called 37 Gem offers the best chance of finding alien life. The star, a little hotter and brighter than the sun, is on a list of 30 to be investigated by a future generation of life-seeking telescopes. Situated a relatively close 42 light years away, it is the 37th brightest star in the constellation of Gemini. Scientists are looking for targets for the Terrestrial Planet Finder and Darwin telescopes planned by Nasa and the European Space Agency. Both are due to be launched in about 10 years and will...

Video of a woman on an Upper Darby, Pa., firetruck has landed volunteer firefighters in a situation too hot to handle. The firefighters snapped pictures of a sexy Philadelphia dancer as she posed suggestively on their Ladder 37 truck outside a Rolling Stones concert at the Tower Theatre. A professional photographer who was outside the theater captured a much different picture from the one he originally was shooting for. The unidentified woman posed on the truck wearing a Fire Station 3 helmet, a cut-off black tank top with the word "sexy" on it and short shorts. At one point, she...