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...Horrified owners have been finding their cats killed and mutilated for the past month in two south Miami-Dade County communities. Many of the cats were missing fur and appeared to have been cut with a sharp, straight instrument, police said. In all, investigators are looking into about two dozen deaths, with enough evidence to try to prosecute at least 15 of the cases....

'Transgenic' primates can pass along clues to human disease in their DNA, scientists explain WEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Monkeys that have a gene encoding green fluorescent protein in their DNA will prove valuable in developing new ways to study human diseases, according to researchers who developed the "transgenic" line of monkeys...

Youth pleads not guilty in shooting of officer Tyquan Rivera, 14, faces two felony charges in the shooting of Police Officer Anthony DiPonzio, 23, of Greece on Saturday.

Have we become a lawyer-tocracy? This question started bothering me as soon as I learned about the separation of powers clause in high school. The constitution clearly states that the powers of our government are separated into separate branches so as to negate the powers of one when opposed to the other. The Tri-camerate system seems to imply that when one branch over-excedes it's authority, it is the duty of it's check to reprimand it and tell it not to go there again. If the legislature exceeds the constition, then the supreme court over-rules them, and declares the law void. ...