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...

THE POSTMORTEMS on Bosnia, the assigning and escaping of blame, are in full swing. But this is grotesque. Bosnia isn't dead yet. The crisis isn't over. A full range of the pains of war are still being inflicted in Bosnia, and a major flare-up...

Disclaimer under IRC section 2518 can be a particularly valuable planning tool after death to cure deficiencies or mistakes in estate planning. A bequest that would be taxable because it exceeds the unified credit could be disclaimed to place the funds back under the...

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...