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LAPD has cut DNA testing backlog in half

latimes.com
Oct. 5, 2009
A year ago, officials set aside funds to outsource some testing and hire more lab staff after the LAPD acknowledged 7,500 evidence kits in rape and sexual assault cases had been sitting in storage. The Los Angeles Police Department has cut in half the backlog of untested DNA evidence from rapes...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler