Bad dentist
In February, a Mississippi judge released two convicted child-rapists, who had each been in prison for more than 12 years, based on DNA tests. The men had been convicted primarily by the "bite mark" analysis of sincediscredited dentist Dr. Michael West, who used iridescent lights and yellow goggles to demonstrate that scratches on the victims were bites by the two men. Full Story
Update
In February, televangelist Jim Bakker (who lost his Praise The Lord ministry in the 1980s in fraud convictions that led to a fiveyear prison stint) began broadcasting from Morningside, his new religious development in southern Missouri that bears a strong resemblance to PTL's Heritage USA project. According to a February report in the St. Full Story
The continuing crisis
• A 25-year-old woman was arrested for assault in Bremerton, Wash., in December after fighting with her boyfriend in the shower over whether the man's dog could join them. The woman objected and said the arrangement would be a deal-breaker for their relationship, to which the boyfriend replied that he hoped his next girlfriend would appreciate the dog more. Full Story
Yikes!
• In early January, when a national deep freeze extended even to the Florida Keys, iguanas fell into their natural hibernationlike torpor, and some compassionate Floridians, unaccustomed to seeing iguanas that appeared nearly dead, took them indoors to warm them up, which is a mistake. Full Story
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