Duke in the News: June 14, 2007

NATIONAL ANTI-ABORTION CONVENTION STARTS TODAY IN KC Kansas City Star, AP, June 14 -- David Rohde, a Duke political scientist, takes a closer look at the politics of abortion as hundreds of anti-abortion activists open a national convention in the heartland. ... Full story

LAB CHIEF EXPLAINS DNA REPORT IN DUKE CASE The New York Times, June 14 -- The prosecutor in the Duke lacrosse case had nothing to do with a laboratory's decision to not say in a report that tests had found DNA from at least four unknown men, the lab director said. ... Full story

WHAT EVERY BOY NEEDS TO KNOW NPR's Talk of the Nation, June 13 -- Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke, joins a discussion of fatherhood tied to a new best-selling guide for dads and their sons, "The Dangerous Book for Boys." ... Full story

WALL STREET TO GET GUIDELINES ON E-MAIL The New York Times, June 14 -- James D. Cox, a professor of corporate and securities law at Duke, says a proposal addressing concerns about the spread of confidential information through unsecure devices is a small but important step. ... Full story

DOWNLOADS PUT DUKIES IN THE DOCK (Raleigh) News & Observer, June 14 -- The recording industry filed copyright theft lawsuits Wednesday against 28 Duke students for illegally downloading music. ... Full story

TRASH HAULERS FOR THE SICK BRAIN Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13 -- Duke scientists collaborated on a study, in today's issue of the British journal Nature, that examines a new approach to diseases that ravage the nervous system and that are marked by a toxic buildup of faulty proteins, overwhelming our cells' natural ability to take out the trash. (Story also appeared today in the Raleigh News & Observer.) ... Full story

EDITORIAL: THE WORLD BEYOND Rutland (Vt.) Herald, June 14 -- Duke student Andy Cunningham's words to graduates of his hometown high school this week, the newspaper says, "helped to drive home the point that the most profound education can sometimes happen by shaking yourself loose from your comfortable surroundings for a glimpse of how others live." ... Full story