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International Coverage

Scalp and neck skin cancers are deadliest
Homemakers Magazine (Canada)
People with melanoma on their scalps and necks are twice as likely to die from it than those who discover skin cancer on other parts of their body, according to a new study. ..."We don't know why they are the most dangerous," says Dr. Nancy Thomas, the study's senior author, associate professor of dermatology at the University of North Carolina and member of the UNC Lineburger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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National Coverage

7 Ways to Avoid the 'I'm in Love!' Weight Gain
U.S. News & World Report
There's a reason why the last season of The Biggest Loser included couples; when two people meet and fall in love, they often change their eating and exercise habits, and not always for the better. ...Sharing an environment can clearly influence eating and exercise habits, says Penny Gordon-Larsen, a nutrition researcher at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and an author of the dating/cohabitation/marriage study.

NNA Appoints Community Journalism 'Point Man'
Editor & Publisher
The National Newspaper Association today announced that it has appointed University of North Carolina professor Jock Lauterer as its point person on community journalism. Lauterer is currently a lecturer in community journalism and news writing at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is also the director of the school’s Carolina Community Media Project, an outreach program that has contacts with 192 small-town newspapers in North Carolina.

Regional Coverage

Dist. 300 to see steady growth, new study shows
The Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Ill.)
While District 300 has grown annually by an average of 400 to 500 students in recent years, the housing slump will reduce annual growth to about 200 to 300 students for the next decade, according to the report by University of North Carolina professor John Kasarda.

China selects Shelton for business
The Connecticut Post
In what could be the first example of a Chinese government agency starting a business in America, a division of China's Ministry of Health has started a publishing house in Shelton. This weekend, Shelton Mayor Mark Lauretti will welcome to his city PMPH-USA, the American division of the ministry's publishing arm, People's Medical Publishing House. ...Saturday's event will also include speeches by PMPH-USA landlord Robert Scinto and author Dr. Judith Tintinalli, professor and chairwoman emeritus of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of North Carolina.

State and Local Coverage

UNC professor to lead community journalism efforts
The Carrboro Citizen
The National Newspaper Association (NNA) has named University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Jock Lauterer its point person on community journalism for the trade association’s nationwide membership primarily of non-daily newspapers. Lauterer is a lecturer in community journalism and news writing at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where he directs the Carolina Community Media Project, the school’s outreach program to 192 small North Carolina newspapers.

Bill tougher on pickup riders
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Riding loose in the back of a pickup truck may once have been a rite of Southern childhood, but legislators are working to relegate the practice to the past. ..."The way the law is written now, you could technically have an infant riding in a parent's arms in the back of a pickup," said Dr. Suzanna Martin, a UNC-Chapel Hill pediatrician who was among the children's advocates and pediatricians addressing the committee.

Concord compares favorably to regional neighbors
The Independent Tribune (Kannapolis)
As a drought remains in effect across North Carolina, many jurisdictions are looking to their water rates as a means of encouraging conservation. A program now available through the University of North Carolina’s School of Government allows cities to compare water rates and conservation pricing to that of surrounding cities, and to those cities’ demographics.

Issues and Trends

Will black athletes play role in Obama campaign?
USA Today
Politics are rarely discussed in baseball dugouts or football locker rooms, but that may change during this presidential election. ...Sports has had a steady presence during Obama's campaign. He played a pickup basketball game with the University of North Carolina men's team.

NC Senate mulling education changes to House budget
The Associated Press
The House didn't do enough to improve education in North Carolina during uncertain economic times, Senate leaders said Thursday as they received the other chamber's budget proposal, which received strong bipartisan support. ...The House gave $14 million to teach several thousand additional students entering the University of North Carolina system this fall, but Easley and UNC officials said $20 million more were needed.

Abandoning 49ers football is too costly (Opinion-Editorial Column)
The Charlotte Observer
A staff member tells Charlotte Chancellor Phil Dubois Thursday morning that his tie is Tar Heel blue. "I guess I was thinking of other schools that don't have football," Dubois says. But North Carolina has a coach and a stadium. It has alumni who return to campus and students who stay. It has a quarterback, a middle linebacker and a means to entice customers onto its turf.

Bowles retreats on UNC System HR push
The Triangle Business Journal
University of North Carolina System President Erskine Bowles has backed off - for now - his push for a state law that would allow universities flexibility in making human resources decisions.

Priorities to be addressed
The Daily Journal (Rockingham)
After establishing an agenda last year for this two-year session, the Democratic majority in the House has followed it up with a one-page action plan for this short session. ...This year, we will change the law to allow tuition-free education at a North Carolina community college or University of North Carolina system school for dependent children of veterans who are killed while serving our country.

State probation system lacking resources, director says
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh)
The head of the state's troubled probation system told the Governor's Crime Commission Thursday that system is not broken, just lacking resources. ...Problems with the state's probation system came to light in March after Demario James Atwater, 21, and Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr., 17, were charged with killing Eve Carson, the student body president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.