When I began investigating the mysterious death of Henry Glover, one of the most notable aspects of the case was the lack of documents.

Here was a New Orleans resident found incinerated in a car just a few hundred feet from a police station in September 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina. Yet there was no sign that anyone in authority had ever conducted any sort of investigation. The New Orleans Police Department told me in 2008 that they knew absolutely nothing about Glover’s demise.

Last week's indictment suggests that was not true. The 11-count indictment accuses police officers of shooting Glover and torching his corpse, physically attacking his brother and another man, and then attempting to conceal it all.

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - Sikhs and other groups testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday that the racial profiling of minorities in Michigan and other states must stop immediately. Apart from Sikhs, those who testified at the hearing were African-American and Islamic groups such as the Muslim Advocates.

The hearing, titled, “Racial Profiling and the Use of Suspect Classifications in Law Enforcement Policy,” is headed by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who is also the chairman of the committee.

Grant, 22, was on his way home when he and several other riders were ordered off a train by transit police who were trying to break up a fight among some passengers in the early hours of that New Year's Day.

The Obama administration announced Tuesday the additional Guardsmen are being sent to patrol the border as outrage grows in border states about illegal immigration and the violence associated with it.

The Guardsmen would be a “bridge to longer-term enhancements in border protection and law enforcement personnel,” said National Security Advisor James L. Jones and Obama’s homeland security advisor, John O. Brennan, in a letter to Congress.

"You lied to this court, continue to lie, after you pleaded guilty to lying," Judge David Groner of the Third Circuit Court is quoted by the Detroit Free Press as saying during the hearing.

Kilpatrick, 39, now faces the likelihood of losing his job as a sales executive for Covisint, a subsidiary of Compuware. The former mayor's lawyers have warned the court that prison time could affect Kilpatrick's ability to pay restitution even more.

Before implementation, the compromise will also need to be certified by President Barack Obama, Defense Sec. Robert Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as one that can be achieved following the Pentagon's standards of readiness, effectiveness, unit cohesion and recruiting and retention.

Washington, DC, United States (AHN) - Americans living in metropolitan areas should heave a sigh of relief, as the rate of most criminal activities in urban areas showed a decline while there was a slight increase in property crime in other parts of the country, according to a preliminary crime report, released Monday by the FBI.

“Preliminary data indicates that, for the third year in a row, the rate of violent crime in the United States is down. It appears that property crime also declined, for the seventh straight year,” the report noted.

“January to December 2009 shows some fairly significant decreases—5.5 percent for violent crime and 4.9 percent for property crime, as reported to us by 13,237 law enforcement agencies from around the country that provided at least six months of data,” the FBI said.

Venter’s team has been trying to create the artificial bacteria for more than 15 year spending some $43 million in the process.