The question arises as to why brand new samples were not retrieved from the shroud itself.

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In the months leading up to the increase in homicides, many homeless encampments in the Tamien neighborhood and northwest toward the Interstate 880 overpass were abandoned or dismantled voluntarily, and personal possessions not retrieved.

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Of course, not all information needs to be stored and retrieved quickly.

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He said 41 DNA profiles, also retrieved through the investigation, have not yet been matched to anyone but will be retained on the national database for a possible future "hit".

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However, at this point they may not need a tracker: one agent who retrieved the device took the time to list off his favorite restaurants and even congratulated him on his new job.

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"They made it clear that they could not guarantee that the content of the black boxes would be able to be retrieved, " he told the Associated Press.

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After security staff realised that they had not boarded the flight to Dulles, they ordered the plane back to the gate and retrieved their luggage.

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No, we're not talking about "the cloud" where data goes to disappear and ( hopefully) be retrieved again.

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