CANADIAN TEEN IN MIDDLE OF MAJOR CHALLENGE TO WARTIME POWERS
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Nov. 9 -- Scott Silliman, the U.S. air force's top lawyer during the 1991 Persian Gulf War and now a Duke law professor, said the Supreme Court's review "will shape the power of the presidency in a fundamental way."
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-- Also, London (Canada) Free Press: Khadr at Hub of Challenge to Bush's Power
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FLOW OF CHINESE TEXTILES TO SLOW WITH EXPORT DEAL
Chicago Tribune, Nov. 9 -- A Chinese agreement to limit its exports of low-cost textiles to the U.S may not be enough to make the U.S. industry competitive in a labor-intensive industry, said Arie Lewin, a professor at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. U.S. trade officials need to focus on the regional effect of free trade deals, he said.
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MAMMOGRAM MADE MORE COMFORTABLE
South Bend (Ind.) Tribune, Nov. 9 -- Getting a mammogram isn't something most women mark in their calendars with a little happy face. A Duke study shows half of women describe moderate to extreme discomfort during mammograms -- pain that scares some away from getting the procedure.
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STATE DISMISSES DRINKING CASES
(Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer, Nov. 9 -- Prosecutors dropped a stack of cases against underage drinkers arrested at a house party near the Duke University campus. Several students cited at the party challenged the raid in court, claiming that state Alcohol Law Enforcement agents violated their rights; a judge last week agreed.
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-- Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Judge Tosses Duke Party Citations

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CRITICS CALL FOR RETREAT FROM COAST
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Nov. 9 -- Andrew Coburn, associate director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Duke, said the federal government needs to formulate a "national strategic coastal retreat policy."
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VOTERS SOLIDLY BACK ALL 8 BOND ITEMS
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Nov. 9 -- Durham voters overwhelmingly approved a $110 million bond referendum Tuesday. Cynthia Brodhead, the wife of Duke President Richard H. Brodhead, served as a co-chair of the committee urging the bonds' passage.
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-- Also, Herald-Sun: Bonds Approved; Best Ousted (Duke employee Mike Woodard elected)

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DUKE ER SEES CHANGES
News & Observer, Nov. 9 -- Duke University Health System has ended its contract with the private emergency physician group that staffs its Raleigh hospital, opting instead to ask the doctors to become Duke employees.
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DUKE FOREST 'GATHERING' TO BE HELD

Herald-Sun, Nov. 9 -- The Office of the Duke Forest will hold an annual "gathering" on Thursday to highlight activities during the past year and new research planned in the 7,900-acre forest.

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