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According to a state police report, a chemist in the state lab scandal has admitted she faked test results. Annie Dookhan reportedly told investigators that for about three years she would just look at some evidence and label it what she thought it might be...

A Massachusetts chemist whose alleged mishandling of drug samples has thrown thousands of criminal cases into question testified under oath that she holds a master's degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts, but school officials say they have no record of her receiving an advanced degree or taking graduate courses there.

Massachusetts Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach has resigned in the wake of a growing investigation into a chemist whose alleged mishandling of drug samples led police to shut down the state crime lab.