Phoenix man helps Iraqi police use modern tools

The Arizona Republic, Dec. 27, 2010 09:10 AM
Steve O’Dell’s evidence has convicted criminals. It has helped detectives identify robbers, rapists and thieves.
In Iraq, as part of a training team sponsored by the U.S. Defense Department, the Phoenix forensics expert joined an international team of scientists to train Iraqi police on the same crime-scene investigation procedures.

Twins in Poland have two fathers

thenews.pl, Source: Kurier Poranny
In only the seventh known case of its kind in the world, twins born in the north of Poland were conceived by two different fathers.

Leading experts try to save UK forensics lab

The Associated Press, Tuesday, December 28, 2010; 9:26 AM LONDON
More than 30 leading international scientists Tuesday warned the British government that planned closure of its high-profile forensics science center would hurt Britain’s crime-fighting capacity.