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NEWS ABOUT: fingerprint

fingerprint stories: 6 news summaries

 Da Vinci Fingerprint 
 IDs Lost Painting 

15th-century portrait hailed as most important Da Vinci find in a century

Oct 13, 09 5:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A painting bought for $19,000 by a Canadian dealer two years ago has been valued at $150 million after it was determined to be a work by Leonardo Da Vinci. Carbon dating and infrared techniques convinced experts that the portrait on vellum was a genuine Da Vinci. The final... More »

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fingerprint • painting • Leonardo da Vinci • portrait • art dealer

 Man Without 
 Prints Stumps 
 Airport Security 

1 in 50 lack matchable fingerprints worldwide

May 27, 09 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The side effects of a drug to treat cancer led to a Singapore man being detained for hours by airport security officials who couldn’t find his fingerprints, USA Today reports. The drug capecitabine causes hand-foot syndrome, in which the skin peels off; the man was finally allowed through after... More »

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cancer • immigration • fingerprint • Singapore • cancer drug • Xeloda • hand-foot syndrome

 Markoff Linked to 
 Third Craigslist Assault 

Prints of Craigslist killer suspect found at RI crime scene

Apr 25, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Philip Markoff has been linked to a third assault on a woman advertising sexual services on Craigslist, the Boston Globe reports. Police say the accused killer left fingerprints at a Rhode Island hotel where he tried to rob a prostitute last week and sent identifiable text messages immediately after the... More »

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fingerprint • Rhode Island • Philip Markoff • Craigslist killer

Tech Helps Prints Tell More of the Story

Snack, drug habits can be traced on bullets, similar surfaces

Sep 29, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Advances in fingerprint technology are making the century-old forensic tool even more vital, the Boston Globe reports. Scientists have developed methods that can not only detect traces of food or chemicals in prints, but also single out targets at a confused crime scene. “We're using fingerprints to learn more... More »

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technology • crime • police • DNA • fingerprint • fingerprinting • forensic science

Fingerprint Test Can Now ID What Person Has Touched

Technique detects drugs, explosives

Aug 8, 08 2:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cutting-edge technology now means fingerprints can reveal much more than just a person's identity, the New York Times reports. A spray developed by US researchers can analyze tiny molecular compounds left behind by the print and tell what materials a person has recently handled—including drugs or explosives. It can... More »

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technology • fingerprint • fingerprinting • forensic science • forensics

 Visitor Fingerprinting Expanded 

Homeland Security hopes scans of all 10 digits will improve tracking, monitoring

Mar 27, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Visitors to the US entering through New York's John F. Kennedy airport will have all 10 fingers scanned under a new program of the Department of Homeland Security, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Officials hope the program, called US-VISIT, will allow customs—which currently collects just two prints from non-citizen... More »

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immigration • fingerprint • Department of Homeland Security • visa • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • ports of entry • Customs and Border Protection

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