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Combative transgender couple at center of bomb-threat probe

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 4:28pm

Called before a federal grand jury in relation to a string of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, Seamus Johnston and Katherine Anne McCloskey were threatened Tuesday with contempt after they tussled verbally with authorities.

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DNA may overtake fingerprints as universal identifier

Rich Lord Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Last updated Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 1:20pm

The role of the fingerprint -- long the universal identifier of the accused -- may eventually be overtaken by DNA following a federal appeals court's decision Monday.

In a precedent-setting decision, a divided 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that law enforcement can take and test DNA samples from people who are arrested but not yet convicted.

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Man charged with tricking teen girls in electronic 'sextortion'

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rich Lord

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 1:32pm

A Pennsylvania man arrested Wednesday stands accused of tricking teenage girls into sending him revealing pictures of themselves and then using those images in a cycle of extortion that even extended to demands for photos of one girl's mother.

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Dozens sent to prison for trading child porn online

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rich Lord

Last updated Friday, May 13, 2011 - 11:46am

PITTSBURGH -- The Internet and social networking fuel an increasing demand for child pornography that demands an international response, the top U.S. immigration and customs official said upon the sentencing of an Arizona man here.

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