More women choosing careers in forensic science

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Forensic Scientist Supervisor Ann Lee Davisleft  instructs trainee Katie Carlson right and  Jessica Bretz center on how to load an AK-47 assault rifle  i at the Virginia State Forensics lab in Richmond Va. Thursday Jul. 17 2008.  (AP PhotoSteve Helbe ...
Forensic Scientist Supervisor, Ann Lee Davis,left, instructs, trainee Katie Carlson, right, and Jessica Bretz, center, on how to load an AK-47 assault rifle i at the Virginia State Forensics lab in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Jul. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

(AP) -- Kelly Johnson snips pieces from a blood-stained, blue-striped shirt, then swabs the neck and armpits for sweat. Down the hall, Samantha Glass watches as a chemical reaction reveals a fingerprint on a juice bottle. In the state's Eastern lab, Julie Price fires a .45-caliber pistol into a long metal water tank.


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