EDWARDS PLANS PRESIDENTIAL BID
NPR's All Things Considered, Jan. 2 -- Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for president in 2004. He's the only Southern Democrat in the race so far, and Duke University political scientist David Paletz says that can help him. ... Full story

THE LATEST 'GUINEA' PIGS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Dec. 30 -- Infigen, a Wisconsin  biotech company, recently received a $150,000 grant to work with scientists at Duke University Medical Center to develop a genetically engineered pig that can be used for research into ataxia telangiectasia, a rare childhood neurodegenerative disease. ...Full story

SEARCHING FOR A HOLLYWOOD ENDING
(Toronto) Globe & Mail, Dec. 31 -- More than nine billion people were killed in the 25 most-watched movies in North America, but Hollywood studios are blocking a documentary about it.  Duke University law professor David Lange, an expert on intellectual property, comments on the controversy. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: WAKE UP, CLONING'S DAY HAS COME
Los Angeles Times, Jan. 2 -- The publisher of Skeptic magazine says Duke theologian Stanley Hauerwas is promoting the "Playing God Myth" when it comes to cloning. ... Full story
--Also, Tallahassee Democrat: Scientists Fear Backlash After Cloning Claim
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Manila (Philippines) Bulletin: Editorial: All About Eve
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(Memphis) Commercial Appeal: Editorial: Breathing New Life Into Cloning Debate
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(Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) Sun-Sentinel: Cloning Claims Spawn Skepticism and Outrage
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TO PARENTS, CHRISTMAS MIRACLE
Los Angeles Times, Dec. 26 -- The greatest gift for John and Alicia Bennett this Christmas didn't come in a box under the tree. Instead it was the sight of their 3-year-old son, bald from chemotherapy, jumping on a mini-trampoline, exactly one month after receiving an experimental stem-cell transplant at Duke University Medical Center. ... Full story

FORMER HEAD OF N.C. BAR ASSOCIATION, DUKE TRUSTEE DIES AT AGE 102
WRAL.com, Dec. 29 -- Richard Thigpen, a former North Carolina Bar Association president who served as a Duke trustee for 20 years, has died at the age of 102. ...Full story

WHEN GOOD FRIENDS HAVE BAD FIGHTS
Chicago Tribune, Jan. 1 -- What provokes spats between girlfriends? Some of it has less to do with the actual events than with an individual's personality, according to Dr. Redford Williams, a professor of psychiatry and the director of behavioral research at Duke University Medical Center. (Free registration required.)... Full story

DOCTOR, GOP ACTIVIST DIES
Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jan. 1 -- Duke alumnus Lewis H. Williams didn't win a seat in Congress, but his 1962 bid in Virginia's 3rd District was a resounding success for the Republican Party. ...Full story

DUKE GRAD STEPS DOWN AS LAB DIRECTOR
Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan. 3 -- Outgoing Los Alamos National Laboratory director John Browne earned his doctorate in physics from Duke University. ... Full story

AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. ROBERT J. LEFKOWITZ
in-cites.com, December 2002 -- A Q&A with Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Duke University, about his highly-cited work in biochemistry. ...Full story

POETRY, WRITING, RELATIONSHIPS INTERTWINE IN NOVEL 'CONSTANCE'
Knoxville News, Dec. 29 -- The story behind the publication of Duke alumna Catherine Cantrell's "Constance" is the stuff of publishing fairy tales. ... Full story

DISCO REDUX: SOUTH FLORIDA ROOTS MUSIC GAINS RESPECT
Miami Herald, Dec. 28 -- Disco is undergoing a historical reevaluation. Duke University next year will publish the first academic chronicle of the music, Tim Lawrence's "Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-79." ... Full story

TROUBLING FACTS SURFACE ON SEX OF S.C. TURTLES
The (Columbia, S.C.) State, Dec. 26 -- Maybe it's something in South Carolina's water. Biologists at Duke University are studying loggerhead turtles, including about 250 from Kiawah Island and the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, and have found troubling information so far. ...Full story

MECKLENBURG'S INDESTRUCTIBLE DA
Charlotte Observer, Jan. 3 -- As Mecklenburg County's district attorney, Duke law grad Peter Gilchrist wields his immense power with a blend of compassion, toughness and at times a vengeance. ... Full story

STUDENTS CLICK ON CHEAT.COM TO MAKE GRADE
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dec. 29 -- In a survey of college students conducted in the 2001-02 academic year for Duke University's Center for Academic Integrity, 41 percent said cribbing written assignments was common. (Free article link has expired; Web site provided.) ...Web site

PRAYERS
NPR's All Things Considered, Dec. 26 -- Duke psychiatry professor Harold G. Koenig discussed his research on prayer and health. (Audio clip) ...Full story