August 25, 2004

ABU GHRAIB PROBES SHIFT PUBLIC FOCUS USA Today, Aug. 25 -- For President Bush, "the timing (of two examinations of the prisoner abuses late last year at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison) couldn't be worse, right before the Republican convention," says Duke law professor Scott Silliman. Full story --Also, (London) Guardian: Pentagon Blamed Over Jail 'Sadism' (Silliman) Full story

KERRY TAKES AIM AT 'FEAR AND SMEAR' CAMPAIGN (Toronto) Globe and Mail, Aug. 25 -- Emphasizing John Kerry's Vietnam exploits is an attempt to connect the somewhat aloof, patrician politician with U.S. voters, according to Peter Feaver, a Duke political scientist. Full story --Also, Financial Times: Ads Force Kerry to Fight New Vietnam War Battles (Feaver) Full story

FEARS OF PARENTS KEEP CHILDREN FROM VACCINES NPR's Morning Edition, Aug. 25 -- Dr. Samuel Katz, Davison Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at Duke, discusses new research focused on the more than 2 million U.S. preschoolers who aren't getting recommended vaccinations. Full story

DUKE GETS UNIQUE GRANT TO RESEARCH AIDS IN TANZANIA (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 25 -- A unique $4 million federal grant to Duke University Medical Center researchers may be parlayed into a new level of health care research in the AIDS-ravaged east African nation of Tanzania. . Full story

THE CASE VS. R. KELLY: TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY MSNBC News, Aug. 25 -- Duke professor and cultural critic Mark Anthony Neal says buyers of R&B star R. Kelly's albums have been ignoring evidence of "a very dark side of his personality." Full story

OP-ED: ADRIFT ON BAY HAP RIVER Orlando Sentinel, Aug. 25 -- Instead of debating President Bush's record, "we are adrift with Kerry on the Bay Hap River," says Divinity School professor David C. Steinmetz. (Free registration required.) Full story

ATHLETIC PROWESS, FALLIBLE JUDGING Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 25 -- Embarrassing errors by Olympic judges should bring changes in the rules, says Duke law professor Paul Haagen. Full story\

FDA FINDS PROZAC LEAST RISKY FOR TEENS Wall Street Journal, Aug. 25 -- John S. March, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center and lead author of a new NIH study, discusses "first-line" Prozac. (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to mailto:eduke@duke.edu.) Full story

NCCU, DUKE HOST BREAKFAST TALK TODAY (Durham) Herald-Sun, Aug. 25 -- Duke and N.C. Central universities hosted a "community breakfast" Wednesday to highlight the schools' partnership with the Durham Public Schools. Full story