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...Maryland Mouse DNA Decoded In a breakthrough 10 years in the making, an international team of scientists has finished sequencing just the second complete mammalian genome: that of the mouse. The findings will help researchers better distinguish between mouse and human DNA--which are about 75% alike--and promote more targeted experiments on human illness...
...both processes that would take months to run their course. Some GOP Senators, including Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, have encouraged Coleman to push ahead no matter what the decision. But such a move, particularly in federal court, might also backfire, warns Don Kettl, dean of the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy. "It's unclear what case Coleman could make that he hasn't already put forward, so it would risk looking like a quest for delay instead of a search for fairness," Kettl says. "He has little to gain in a suit with few chances...
...ethanol devotee. Though he has not made his position known on the climate-change bill, he is perceived as being a likely vote in favor. "Franken would help provide strong support for the President's climate-change initiative," says Don Kettl, dean of the University of Maryland School of Public Policy. (See TIME's special report on the environment...
...Texas, prison officials seized 549 cell phones from inmates in the first four months of this year alone. In California, a prison staff member admitted to earning more than $100,000 last year by selling cell phones to inmates. Prisons in Maryland, Virginia, California and Pennsylvania are using specially trained dogs to sniff out phones hidden inside cells and squirreled away in common areas. Florida and Maryland have instituted tougher penalties for anyone who provides a cell phone to an inmate, and other states are planning to follow suit...
...Information Warfare division is currently hawking a system called Cell Hound that detects all active cell phones within a prison facility and then displays the location on a computer monitor. The monitoring device can also be used to gather intelligence on other illegal activity among inmates. Last month, a Maryland investigation that included wiretaps on prison cell phones resulted in drug and weapons charges for two dozen people, including four state prison officers...