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Yesterday U.S. District Court Judge George Wu threw out the misdemeanor convictions of Lori Drew, the Missouri woman blamed for precipitating the suicide of a 13-year-old girl by assisting a cruel MySpace prank, under the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein told his FBI captors in 2004 that his government had condemned the Sept.

In 2004, even after being captured by U.S. forces, Saddam Hussein told an FBI interrogator he believed Iran was a greater threat to Iraq than the United States, according to newly released FBI documents.

Can modern forensic science help solve a 200 year old mystery? The descendants of famed explorer Meriwether Lewis sure hope so.

Special Digest, rumor version: Mike Taylor to Join FDA :: The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing.

Syracuse native and LeMoyne College Jeanette J. Epps was accepted into NASA's 2009 astronaut candidate class.

After reviewing more than 3,500 applications, NASA has selected nine people for the 2009 astronaut candidate class.

The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association website just confirmed that the US 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals set July 7 to hear oral arguments from lawyers representing iMEGA and the US Department of Justice , as part of a court challenge by iMEGA against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act .

First responders' effective handling of Monday's rail accident in Washington , coupled with the smooth rescue after a Hudson River plane crash in January, may indicate that the post-9/11 demand for better, faster emergency response is being met -- at least in some of the nation's big cities.

The wake for legendary blacksmith Philip Simmons was held at the Gaillard Auditorium on Friday.

A new report from The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Department of Health Policy challenges the notion that fraud is a problem only in public health insurance markets and finds that fraud is a system-wide problem affecting private and public health insurance alike.

Was Jackson's Death Unnecessary? - Why No AED? // Inexpensive Device Could Have Saved Michael and Millions of Dollars 2009-06-26 06:17:19 - Michael Jackson's death today may have been unnecessary, and might have been prevented by a device called an AED.

While a tax shelter may not have caused the deadly wreck, it may have discouraged the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from upgrading to newer, safer equipment, according to Sarah Lawsky , a law professor at George Washington University.

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From the Los Angeles Times' blogger Andrew Malcolm, in a blogpost from last Wednesday: "Being a New York woman in the Obama administration seems like a dangerous thing to be these days.

First responders' effective handling of Monday's rail accident in Washington, coupled with the smooth rescue after a Hudson River plane crash in January, may indicate that the post-9/11 demand for better, faster emergency response is being met a ' at least in some of the nation's big cities.

The following faculty member of The George Washington University Medical Center is available to comment on topics involving emergency response and preparedness, in response to the recent DC metro incident.

Prosecutors said Tuesday that a white supremacist accused of opening fire in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum still hasn't recovered enough to appear in court but has been turned over to the District of Columbia's Corrections Department.

Just as Michael Dell : did 25 years ago in starting his own small business, award honorees understand that listening and delivering on behalf of customers is instrumental to business success.

Main Category: IT / Internet / E-mail Also Included In: HIV / AIDS Article Date: 23 Jun 2009 The National Minority Quality Forum today launched an online tool that maps the prevalence of HIV and AIDS by county, age, gender and ethnicity in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.