NC STATE BOUNCES DEFENDING ACC CHAMP DUKE IN OT

ESPN.com, AP -- The men's basketball team lost 85-80 in overtime to North Carolina State Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. "I don't know if our team's gotten tired, gotten worn down," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "I know they're still working hard, but that can happen at the end of the year. We've tried to take care of that over the last couple of days, but what we attempted to do obviously didn't translate into us doing a better job." (This story appeared in other media outlets.)
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--Also, The (Duke) Chronicle: ‘Pack it Up: Duke Done After 1 Full story

-- Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: State Can Celebrate Full story

(Durham) Herald-Sun: Pack Ends Run by Duke Full story

STUDIES MIXED ON NATIONAL CERTIFICATION FOR TEACHERS

Education Week, March 7 -- Research by public policy professors Helen F. Ladd, Charles Clotfelter and Jacob L. Vigdor found that North Carolina students in classes taught by nationally certified teachers learned significantly more over the course of a school year than students of teachers without that distinction. (Story available after free registration.) Full story

DUKE GRAD'S GIZMO LOBS A COLD ONE TO THE COUCH

Denver Post, AP, March 8 -- Duke engineering graduate John Cornwell spent about 150 hours and $400 in parts to modify a minifridge into a beer-tossing machine, which can launch 10 cans of beer from its magazine before needing a reload. (This story ran in 450 other news outlets.) Full story

 ALL SHALL HAVE PRIZES

The Economist, March 3 -- Matthew Leerberg, an '06 graduate of the Duke Law School, points out that philanthropic prizes are commonly based on recognition of past achievement or promote awareness of causes favored by the donor. Leerberg has written an article on how foundations can use prizes to solve social problems. 

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HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU SAY ‘LIE'?

Slate, March 7 -- In the wake of the Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial, Duke law professor Sara Sun Beale and Stuart Green of Louisiana State University help explain the difference between perjury, making false statements, and obstruction of justice. Full story

NEW DRUG THERAPY HOLDS HOPE FOR BRAIN-CANCER PATIENTS

WRAL.com, March 7 -- A clinical trial at Duke is giving hope to people with brain cancer. A type of chemotherapy called cpt-11, plus another drug called Avastin, is showing results, according to Dr. James Vredenburgh, a Duke oncologist. Full story

ON THE AIR

Charles Clotfelter of the Sanford Institute is scheduled to appear on WBUR-Boston's "On Point," Monday, March 12. The live program will air between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. The topic will be "Privatizing State Lotteries." The live audio and archived audio will be available at: http://www.onpointradio.org/