Marie Cusick http://tristatesradio.com en Forensic Crime Lab Scandals May Be Due To Oversight http://tristatesradio.com/post/forensic-crime-lab-scandals-may-be-due-oversight Three years ago, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/us/19forensics.html">a report</a> from the National Academy of Sciences exposed serious problems in the nation's forensic science community. It found not only a lack of peer-reviewed science in the field, but also insufficient oversight in crime laboratories.<p>Little has changed since that report came out, but concerns are growing as scandals keep surfacing at crime labs across the country.<p><strong>Critical Errors Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:14:00 +0000 Marie Cusick 24703 at http://tristatesradio.com Forensic Crime Lab Scandals May Be Due To Oversight Activist Puts Albany Neighborhood On The Bus Map http://tristatesradio.com/post/activist-puts-albany-neighborhood-bus-map The New York state capital, Albany, is a gathering place for the state's most powerful people.<p>But in the city's poor and predominately black South End neighborhood, many residents once felt powerless.<p>They had repeatedly asked for better public transit for South End, an area plagued with poverty and crime not far from New York's gated governor's mansion.<p>Today, the city's Route 100 bus glides easily up Morton Avenue, a steep hill in the South End neighborhood. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:05:00 +0000 Marie Cusick 12956 at http://tristatesradio.com Activist Puts Albany Neighborhood On The Bus Map