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Duke in the News: May 3, 2006

Prosecutor in Duke Case Wins Election | Op-Ed: The LAPD Still Needs Policing | New Method Gauges Blood Needed for Bypass Surgery, and more!

 

PROSECUTOR IN DUKE CASE WINS ELECTION The New York Times, May 3 -- Michael B. Nifong, the Durham district attorney who has led the prosecution of rape allegations against members of the Duke men's lacrosse team, narrowly won election to a four-year term. ... Full story --Also, Houston Chronicle, AP: D.A. Wins Primary Amid Long Shadow of Duke Lacrosse Case ... Full story Charlotte Observer: Nifong -- Duke Case Will Go On ... Full story CBS News: D.A. Vows to Move Ahead With Duke Case (with video) ... Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Report -- Duke Missed Chances ... Full story (Durham) Herald-Sun: Lacrosse Panels Question Duke's Response to Alcohol Violations Full story (Raleigh) WRAL-TV: Duke Professor Strongly Criticizes Lacrosse Probe (with video) Full story ABC News: Duke Lacrosse Player -- There Was No Rape (with video) ... Full story The Chronicle of Higher Education: Opinion by William H. Chafe -- What Next at Duke? Full story Charlotte Observer: Editorial -- Bench Time at Duke ... Full story The Boston Globe: Op-Ed by Cathy Young -- The Rape Charge as Weapon ... Full story News & Observer: Column by Steve Ford -- A City Beyond the Stereotypes ... Full story Duke News: Duke and Men's Lacrosse (special website with background information) Full story

OP-ED: THE LAPD STILL NEEDS POLICING Los Angeles Times, May 3 -- Duke law professor Erwin Chemerinsky, writing with two other legal experts, discusses the failure of Los Angeles Police Department reform. ... Full story NEW METHOD GAUGES BLOOD NEEDED FOR BYPASS SURGERY Forbes, HealthDay News, May 2 -- Anesthesiologists can now use a simple formula developed at Duke to predict how much blood a patient will need for bypass surgery. Full story

GAMMA RAYS MAY TRIGGER LIGHTNING Australian Broadcasting Corporation's News in Science, May 3 -- Duke researcher Steven Cummer explores the mysterious connection between gamma rays and lightning. ... Full story

UNIVERSITIES, EMPLOYERS ON LOOKOUT FOR LIARS Des Moines Register, May 3 -- Tim Dodd, executive director for the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke, says application reviewers are analyzing documents more carefully. Full story

COLUMN: BENEFIT RIDE IS KID STUFF News & Observer, May 3 -- This weekend's Third Annual Ride for Kids will help Duke doctors and others who want to know why some kids get brain tumors and how to keep them from returning once they have been removed. ... Full story

EARTHY DELIGHTS News & Observer, May 3 -- "What would Jesus eat?" That's not exactly the question faculty and students asked themselves when coming up with a concept for the new dining hall at DukeDivinitySchool, but they did seek divine guidance. ... Full story

CARPENTER SAYS DEPRESSION CAUSED HER PAIN The Boston Globe, AP, May 2 -- Country singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter's discussion of the creative process with best-selling author Kaye Gibbons, held Sunday in Page Auditorium, was one of the most popular sessions at the 2006 N.C. Festival of the Book. Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Writers Discuss Southern Women Fiction ... Full story

ON THE AIR Former NFL star Joe Ehrmann talked on "The State of Things" call-in program about false masculinity in advance of his appearance at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium Wednesday night. Listen on the web or to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on WUNC Radio. ... Listen