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Duke in the News: June 7, 2004

Critics Say Scope Too Narrow | Interview With Duke University's Richard Stubbing | Kerry Woos a Crossover Bloc: Others Who Served, and more

CRITICS SAY SCOPE TOO NARROW Newsday, June 6 -- Scott Silliman, a military justice expert and law professor at Duke, comments on prison abuse investigations that stop short of determining if any responsibility lies with top generals or Pentagon policy-makers. ...Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Op-Ed: When We're of a Mind to Abuse (Paul M. Brinich) Full story Tampa Tribune: Rumsfeld's Long, Hard Slog (Peter Feaver) Full story

INTERVIEW WITH DUKE UNIVERSITY'S RICHARD STUBBING Fox News Channel's "The Big Story With John Gibson," June 4 -- Gibson asked Duke public policy professor Richard Stubbing whether the CIA needs a complete overhaul. (Transcript upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) --Also, Newhouse News Service: CIA Director's Departure Could Reopen Intelligence Debate Full story

KERRY WOOS A CROSSOVER BLOC: OTHERS WHO SERVED New York Times, June 5 -- Peter Feaver, a political scientist at Duke University who tracks veterans' voting, says Sen. John Kerry would most likely have "the best appeal" with World War II-era veterans. ... Full story

DEPRESSION CAN HAMPER DIABETES CONTROL Forbes.com, June 5 -- Depression and demanding insulin regimes are linked to poor diabetes control, according to a Duke University Medical Center study of 1,000 people with diabetes. ... Full story

PROFESSOR: VERDICT STILL OUT ON REAGAN'S LEGACY (Durham) Herald-Sun, June 6 -- Though President Reagan's policies are often credited with the fall of Soviet communism shortly after he left office, Bruce Kuniholm, a professor of history and public policy at Duke University, said that subject may forever be debated. ...Full story

LEMUR LOGIC MAY PROVIDE CLUES TO PRIMATE INTELLECT EVOLUTION National Geographic News, June 4 -- Aristides, an 11-year-old ring-tailed lemur living at the Duke Primate Center, may be about to turn the idea of low lemur intelligence on its head. ... Full story

NEW HEART ARRHYTHMIA SYNDROME IDENTIFIED Indianapolis Star, June 6 -- An international team led by researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have defined a previously undescribed inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndrome that can lead to sudden death and can strike young, seemingly healthy people. ...Full story

CHRISTIANS PREACH BIBLE-INSPIRED DIET New York Times, June 7 -- Elisabetta Politi, nutrition manager at Duke University's Diet and Fitness Center, hopes people don't take any of several Bible-based eating plans too seriously. (AP article also carried by the Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune and USA Today among others.) ... Full story

Q&A: THE FUTURE OF OUTSOURCING Charlotte Business Journal, June 4 -- Duke sociology professor Gary Gereffi discussed the impact of the outsourcing trend on the North Carolina economy. (Free registration required.) ... Full story