Footwear examiner Koch tracks crime scene footprints
Koch heads the Kansas Bureau of Investigation latent prints section focusing on crime scene footwear analysis. He explains footwear evidence is often overlooked though critical, with about 100 footprint requests annually. He matches scene prints to known shoes, using dusting, imaging, and wear patterns to link suspects to burglaries and murders.
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KBI
Koch
International Association For Identification
Stephen Greene
Kach
Pittsburg State University
Carrie Williams
Lawrence
Pete Wallace
Wyona Chandlee
Learnard Street
Dan Ward
City eyes tax rebates to spark neighborhood upgrades
East Lawrence leaders discuss using the Neighborhood Revitalization Act to rebate property tax increases from upgrades. The plan could fund repairs, new builds in target areas, and infrastructure for redevelopment near Eighth and Pennsylvania. Officials call it a test case with potential broader use.
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David Schauner
David Corliss
Bo Harris
Eighth
Pennsylvania
East Lawrence
Harris
Corliss
Sandy Jacquot
Kansas League of Municipalities
Topeka
Capital Plaza
Kansas
Patty Gilligan
Emporia
Gilligan
Good
Assn
Energy drinks pose teens health risk rising trend
A study links rising teen caffeine use to energy drinks with several cans bingeing for buzz. Experts like Dr Danielle McCarthy caution on caffeine as a drug and call for more research and warning labels amid widespread unregulated sales.
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Sandra Braganza
Children’s Hospital
Montefiore
New York
Pediatrics Journal
Braganza
Danielle McCarthy
Northwestern University
University of Florida
United States
Glitches Could mar Midterm Elections
Electionline.org warned that nationwide poll problems could arise as new 2002 voting rules roll out. Concerns focus on voter ID requirements, accessibility, and delays from flawed voter databases. Audits, lawsuits, and poll delays in Florida New York Maryland illustrate ongoing modernization challenges and minority impacts.
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Seligion
Electionline.org
Congress
Florida
Auditor General
New York
Department of Justice
Leon County
Fla
Maryland
Mary Wilson
League of Women Voters
Wilson
Online political news audience grows ahead of elections
The AP AOL News poll finds more than a third of adults seek political news online, with younger, better educated, and male respondents leading. Among likely voters the share rises to 43 percent as campaigns flood inboxes, with news sites the top destination and trust highest for network and newspaper sites.
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Washington
Associated Press
AOL
Pim Friedhoff
Newport
Pew Research Center For the People & the Press
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Lewis
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Thad Allender
Steve Koch
i-World Photo
Bryan Greenberg
Elizabethtown College
Greenberg
Cocaine Energy. Drink
7-Eleven Inc
Ireland
Sweden
Anheuser-Busch and Miller
Chicago
Will Lester
Lawrence Otolaryngology Associates
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