Back to school, spending money go hand-in-hand
     It's Aug. 24. Do you know where your summer went? In another week, kids will be back at school, days will be getting shorter and traffic will snarl at every campus.
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Gallegly's "cold hit" DNA bill gets presidential approval
D.A. says new legislation could impact 300 unsolved homicide cases in Ventura County
     President Bush has signed into law provisions championed by U.S. Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Thousand Oaks) that will provide federal grants to local prosecutors to help them prosecute cases stemming from "cold hit" DNA cases, cases where DNA on file matches evidence in a previously unsolved crime.
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For the Record
     In last weeks' Letters section a submission by local dentist Josie Dovidio, DDS, was titled "Dentist gives his approval of fluroide." This was incorrect. Dr. Dovidio is a woman.
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