Duke in the News: Oct. 27, 2005

GENETIC CATALOG MAY AID SEARCH FOR ROOTS OF DISEASE New York Times, Oct. 27 -- David Goldstein, a geneticist at Duke, discusses how a massive catalog of human genetic variation could potentially speed the search for the genetic roots of many common diseases. ... Full story --Also, Nature: Genomics -- Understanding Human Diversity (Goldstein and Gianpiero L. Cavalleri of Duke's Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy; link for Duke computer users; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story (Japan) Mainichi Daily News, AP: New Map of DNA Variations Will Speed Search for Disease Genes ... Full story Chicago Tribune: Finding Root of Disease In Reach (Goldstein and Cavalleri) ... Full story (Toronto) Globe and Mail: 'HapMap' a Milestone in Genetic Research (Goldstein and Cavalleri) ... Full story

USA BASKETBALL GIVES REINS TO COACH K USA Today, Oct. 27 -- Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is the first college coach to lead a senior men's national Olympic team since NBA players first appeared at Barcelona. ... Full story --Also, New York Times: Krzyzewski Called to Duty -- Avenge the U.S. at the Olympics Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Coach K -- USA Basketball Role Won't Hurt Duke Job ... Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Coach K to Lead Team USA ... Full story

PADILLA ASKS HIGH COURT TO INTERVENE New York Times, AP, Oct. 27 -- Scott Silliman, a former Air Force attorney and Duke law professor, says he believes the U.S. Supreme Court is going to have to take the case of "dirty bomb" suspect Jose Padilla. ... Full story

HURRICANES FAIL TO DAMPEN COASTAL BUILDING BOOM NPR's All Things Considered, Oct. 25 -- Andrew Coburn, a coastal geologist at Duke, comments on a Gulf Coast building boom that has put more and more property at risk to hurricanes. ... Listen

STUDY: WALKING AS GOOD AS JOGGING New York Times, AP, Oct. 26 -- There's no need to run. Just going for a brisk walk may be enough to help keep your heart healthy, a Duke study of 133 middle-aged overweight sedentary men and women suggests. ... Full story

CBS NEWS HEAD QUITS; JOB GOES TO SPORTS CHIEF Wall Street Journal, Oct. 27 -- In the clearest sign yet that CBS intends to transform its news division, the network named its top sports executive, Duke alumnus Sean McManus, to head the troubled unit. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) Full story for subscribers --Also, USA Today: McManus Named Chief of CBS News ... Full story CBS News: Sean McManus Profile ... Full story

'ASSASSIN'S GATE' AUTHOR ACCUSES BUSH OF HUBRIS AND FOLLY Herald-Sun, Oct. 27 -- The gap between the "war of ideas" being waged in Iraq and those ideas' consequences is as wide as the 8,000 miles that separate Washington and Baghdad, journalist George Packer told a Duke University audience Wednesday night. ... Full story

UNEQUAL JUSTICE: AUTHOR UNCOVERS SAD WWII STORY (St. Paul) Pioneer Press, Oct. 25 -- When Duke professor and author Alice Kaplan was growing up in Minneapolis, she liked to read through papers in the library of her father,  who had been a Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor. ... Full story