Patricia Cornwell is an award-winning novelist of forensic mysteries and police procedurals that focus on medical autopsies and investigations. Her novels are characterized by the graphic authenticity of their detail and their compelling psychological st...

After death, occurring after death, or pertaining to a postmortem examination, an...

Here are the official vote percentages from the Ames Republican Presidential Straw Poll:1. Mitt Romney -- 31.6%2. Mike Huckabee -- 18.1%3. Sam Brownback -- 15.3%4. Tom Tancredo -- 13.7%5. Ron Paul -- 9.1%6. Tommy Thompson -- 7.3%7. Fred Thompson -- 1.4%8. Rudy Giuliani -- 1.3%9....

The U.S. defense attache in Cyprus was found dead in a remote rural area of the Mediterranean island on Monday, four days after he disappeared with his diplomatic car, sparking an island-wide search.A postmortem showed Lt. Col. Thomas Mooney, 45, bled to death from a...

An expert witness Wednesday disputed a defense forensic pathologist's surprise opinion that actress Lana Clarkson could have exhaled blood onto Phil Spector's jacket with her dying breaths after being shot through the spine.Dr. John Andrews was called by the prosecution to challenge the theory sprung...

Michael Raynor's not the first to observe that business plans can be wrecked by unexpected events and that strategy must take uncertainty into account.But he goes a step further. For his book "The Strategy Paradox," Raynor did postmortems on hundreds of corporate losers and contrasted...