Duke in the News: June 5, 2007

JUDGES AT GUANTANAMO THROW OUT 2 CASES New York Times, June 5 -- Madeline Morris, a Duke law professor, discusses rulings that stand to complicate efforts by the United States to try suspected al-Qaida and Taliban figures in military courts. (AP story also appeared in the Denver Post and more than 320 other news outlets.) ... Full story

WHITE HOUSE HOPEFULS PUZZLE OUT PLANS FOR EARLY PRIMARY BLITZ CQ Politics, June 4 -- John Aldrich, a political scientist at Duke, says presidential politics may all be about brute force this season: who has the most money and people to throw at crowded, multistate primaries. ... Full story

GENE TESTS MAY BOOST LUNG CANCER CARE Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 2 -- Duke researchers say they've developed new tests that can determine the precise genetic pathways that lead to lung cancer. (HealthDay News story also appeared on Washington Post website and in more than 85 other news outlets.) ... Full story

ISRAEL MUSEUM DISPLAYS RARE MANUSCRIPT New York Times, June 4 -- A rare Old Testament manuscript some 1,300 years old is finally on display for the first time, after making its way from a secret room in a Cairo synagogue to the hands of an American collector who turned it over to the Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections Library at Duke. (AP story also appeared on CBSNews.com and in more than 160 other news outlets.) ... Full story

BACK TO THE 'GARDEN' (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 3 -- Martha Clarke's re-imagined dance-theater piece, with its themes demonic and divine, will open the American Dance Festival on the Duke campus this week. (with audio slide show) ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: ADF Special Programs Mark 30th Year ... Full story American Dance Festival News: The 2007 Season Marks 30 Years in North Carolina ... Full story

TEL AVIV IS NYU's NEWEST STUDY-ABROAD SITE New York Sun, June 5 -- A report, considered the official census of American students studying abroad, details a shift toward study in emerging markets around the world. Duke, which has 12 sites abroad and 140 pre-approved programs through other universities, is slated to open a site in Istanbul, Turkey, next spring. ... Full story

KIDS PLAN ANOTHER SOCCER GOAL FOR CHILDREN IN IRAQ Chester (N.J.) Observer-Tribune, June 3 -- Duke alumnus and Army Ranger Jared Miranda says an elementary school's soccer gifts are helping to form bonds and built trust with Iraqis both young and old. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Charles Clotfelter, a professor of public policy and an expert on lottery economics at Duke's Terry Sanford Institute, will be among the guests today on North Carolina Public Radio's "The State of Things," talking about the first year of the controversial North Carolina Lottery. ... Details/listen