Polar Bears Did Not Descend From Brown Bears, DNA Study Indicates
April 19, 2012 | New York Times
After analyzing DNA samples from the two species, scientists reported that polar bears are not descended from brown bears. ...

Police: DNA links Indiana inmate to Arkansas teen's death in 2000
April 11, 2012 | indystar.com
FORREST CITY, Ark. -- DNA samples link an... An initial match in the database tied Johnson to Blunt's murder, then officials in Indiana collected more DNA samples from him...

Police: DNA links Indiana inmate to Arkansas teen's death in 2000
April 11, 2012 | indystar.com
DNA samples link an Indiana inmate to the rape and murder of a 19-year-old mother in eastern Arkansas more than a decade ago, police said Wednesday. ...

Bills would expand taking of DNA samples
January 26, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Bills moving through the Iowa Legislature would broaden the types of crimes for which people convicted would need to submit DNA samples ... Iowa already requires convicted felons to submit DNA samples ...

DNA samples of felony arrestees OK, court rules
February 24, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
California's voter-approved law requiring police to take DNA samples from anyone arrested on a felony charge is constitutional because it intrudes only minimally on privacy while...