ALBANY, New York - June 22, 2010 - Governor David Paterson has proposed roughly doubling New York's DNA database to include samples from even low-level offenders, making it the first in the nation to so broadly collect and use this evidence to solve crimes and exonerate people wrongly convicted.

NEW YORK - June 22, 2010 - The world's largest technology company by market capitalization may soon rival the National Security Agency in its ability to track Amerikans using their cell phones.

Apple, Inc. is now tracking the "precise," "real-time geographic location" of iPhones, iPads and Macintosh computers - and has gotten its customers to unknowingly sign off on their being tracked by making a little-noticed modification to the language in its apps store.

DETROIT, Michigan - June 21, 2010 - A Detroit, Michigan prosecutor is threatening parents with jail time if they do not make it to at least one parent-teacher conference annually. Meanwhile, the Detroit public school system is bribing parents with $25 gift cards to Target for providing up-to-date student information upon enrollment.

WASHINGTON - June 16, 2010 - A Northwest woman is devastated after she says her pet of 13 years was shot and killed by D.C. police.

Marietta Robinson, 62, is still visibly traumatized after witnessing her 13-year-old companion, Wrinkles, be shot and killed Tuesday night.

QUEENSLAND, Australia - June 16, 2010 - Thousands of people could be slapped with fines for offences that would never have attracted police attention in the past under sweeping reforms to police powers.

Experts fear swearing in public, with a fine of $100, will be a major money spinner and could become the weapon of choice for frustrated officers on the beat.

GAINESVILLE, Florida - June 17, 2010 -  Gainesville police are reviewing an incident in which an officer responding to a burglary call Wednesday released a police dog on a 10-year-old boy, who was bitten.

Capt. Ed Book said it is routine that K-9 bites be reviewed. He said police later learned the woman who had reported the burglary allegedly has mental health issues.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - June 15, 2010 - The family of a man shot and killed by Metro police during a March robbery attempt has filed suit against Metro Nashville and the officer who pulled the trigger.