DUKE ACCEPTS TOBACCO GRANT
(Raleigh) News & Observer, June 19 -- Duke University, a campus born of tobacco profits, will accept $15 million from cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to study ways to help smokers quit. ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Duke to Operate New Stop-Smoking Center
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NICOTINE AND MEMORY
CBS Radio's The Osgood File, June 17 -- Duke University psychologist and pharmacologist Ed Levin is studying a link between nicotine and memory retention. (See third item.) ... Full story
--Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Smoking Linked to Childhood Obesity (Levin)
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NEW TREND BEFORE GRAND JURIES: MEET THE ACCUSED
New York Times, June 20 -- Sara Sun Beale, a national expert on grand jury issues at Duke University School of Law, says the New York grand jury system should perhaps become a national model to screen weak cases out of the criminal justice system. ... Full story

OP-ED: THE BEST DEFENSE FOR TERROR
(Raleigh) News & Observer, June 21 -- Carl Nordgren, a visiting sociology lecturer at Duke, considers terrorists' threats to the Olympics. ... Full story

DUKE RESTORING KEY WETLANDS; NEIGHBORS WORRY ABOUT IMPACT ON TRAIL
(Durham) Herald-Sun, June 20 -- Sponsored by Duke, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Sandy Creek restoration project will cost about $1.5 million. But some people who use the popular Al Buehler Trail are wary of the project. ... Full story
--Also, Herald-Sun: Duke, Contractor Cited for Violation
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Duke News: Duke to Restore Severely Degraded Section of Durham Wetland
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Q&A: TEAM LOOKS NORTHWARD FOR ELECTION LESSONS
News & Observer, June 21 -- Doctoral student Tom Scotto went to Duke University five years ago as an "ardent Americanist" with plans to study American politics. But an "ex-Canadian football player and Canadian wrestler" turned him on to the United States' northern neighbor. ... Full story

BASEBALL STATS SAY: LET BARRY BONDS HIT
New York Times, June 19 -- Duke statistics professor Jerry Reiter's message to the Red Sox, to their manager, Terry Francona, and to the pitching staff, runs counter to the prevailing wisdom in baseball these days. ... Full story

CORRECTION
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 19 -- A story about a trademark case filed by Steak 'n Shake incorrectly described Duke University linguist Ronald Butters' testimony about an ad that he said was published prior to Steak 'n Shake's founding. The ad mentioned "steak hamburger." ... Full story

ON THE AIR
Alex Roland, a Duke history professor and former NASA historian, will talk on NPR's All Things Considered later today about today's first privately funded trip to space. ... Full story

For more information, contact: Stuart Wells | (919) 681-8066 | stuart.wells@duke.edu