Accumulation and movement of four Potentially Toxic Elements in soils throughout five years, during and after biosolid application.
INTRODUCTION The concentration of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in noncontaminated soils is related to parent material, soil forming processes, degree of mineral alteration (1), (2) and soil clay content (3). Different anthropogenic processes incorporate PTEs in soils at different rates. Biosolids, used due to their beneficial effects...

Definitions of insanity in college students.
The legal concept of insanity has had many definitions throughout the years, and the precise definition used is critical in determining the status of a person in the legal system. Past research has demonstrated that different professions working in the legal system cannot agree on the definition of insanity...

Analyst: Kent's DNA a match; Sides rest cases in '05 rape trial.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - The jury in the Dominic Kent rape trial got a crash course in forensic testing yesterday when the prosecutor offered DNA evidence allegedly linking Mr. Kent to the 2005 crime. Christine Lambert, a DNA analyst at the state police...

New Infection Control Guidelines Recognized by Unotron.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-15 October 2008-New Infection Control Guidelines Recognized by Unotron(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Infection Control Guidelines issued by the nation's top epidemiological societies, the American Hospital Association, and the Joint Commission offer compelling evidence that prevention programs, universal screening, vigilant hand-washing, and other precautions...

Woman identifies items as belonging to rapist.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - Eyeglasses, gloves and a belt that police found in the home of Dominic Kent were identified by a Leominster woman yesterday as having been worn by the man who raped her more than three years ago. The 46-year-old woman,...

Police arrest 28-year-old man in connection with hate crime.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard Eugene police on Tuesday arrested a man in connection with a June hate crime that the victim says led to an outpouring of community support that makes him feel more welcome than ever in his neighborhood. "Sometimes it's bad things...

Guilty verdict in rape, assault; Man invaded women's homes.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A Leominster man was convicted yesterday of raping one woman at knife point in her home in 2005 and assaulting another with a knife less than two weeks earlier. Dominic Kent, 26, formerly of 304 Lancaster St., Leominster, was...

Rape victim's screams heard on 911 tape.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - A tape recording of an early morning 911 call reporting a rape allegedly committed by Dominic Kent was played for the jury yesterday in Mr. Kent's Worcester Superior Court trial. "Someone just broke into my house and raped my...

Red Sox mojo; Playoff history looms large.
Byline: Bill Ballou COLUMN: Red Sox ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - In the first game of an Aug. 9, 1988, doubleheader at old County Stadium in Milwaukee, rotund Brewers DH Joey Meyer led off the last of the ninth inning by hitting a dinky, opposite-field fly...

Judge denies motion to dismiss 1998 drug case; Court rejects argument of lost evidence.
Byline: Gary V. Murray WORCESTER - Describing the loss of evidence by Worcester police in a 10-year-old drug case as "garden-variety negligence," rather than intentional misconduct, a judge has denied a motion to dismiss cocaine charges against a Connecticut man. Richard R. Walker, 37, of...