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National Coverage

Actions don't match 'green' attitudes
USA Today
Just a slim majority of Americans consider global warming "a very serious problem," despite an avalanche of publicity on the issue, and many aren't even taking the "green" actions they support, a nationwide survey suggested today. ...Children often nudge parents to use less energy, says Katherine Shea, a pediatrician and adjunct public health professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "Kids just 'get it,' " she says, "and they have the science on their side."

Compound Cuts Cerebral Palsy in Preemies
The Associated Press
Doctors can cut the risk of cerebral palsy in half for very premature babies by giving their mothers magnesium sulfate just before they give birth, new research shows. The mineral compound, also known as Epsom salts, is already used to treat pregnancy-related high blood pressure and to stop early labor. Doctors should consider giving it to women about to deliver an extremely preterm infant, said one of the researchers, Dr. John Thorp of the University of North Carolina.
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Regional Coverage

Musician pitches in for Kenya
The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.)
So the timing was very bad when Sila Mutungi learned about serious political unrest in his native Kenya while preparing to go on camera several weeks ago at KPIX-TV in San Francisco. ...Funds from the concert will go to the Carolina for Kibera program run by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Harbin doctors recognized for patient care
The Rome News-Tribune (Georgia)
Two Harbin Clinic doctors have been recognized for the quality of care they provide patients with cardiovascular disease or who have had a stroke. ...“Quality patient care translates into lives saved,” said Sidney Smith, Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Past President and Past Chief Science Officer of the American Heart Association.

Super Bull
The Willamette Weekly (Portland, Ore.)
The average NFL player plays until he’s 27. Then, with bum knees and dilapidated joints, what next? ...A study reported in 2005 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found retired NFL players face a 37 percent higher risk of Alzheimer’s than other U.S. males of the same age.

State and Local Coverage

UNC helping 'Give Kids Smile'
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
UNC Chapel Hill School of Dentistry faculty members and residents will provide dental screenings, preventive care and restorative treatments as a part of the "Give Kids a Smile" national children's dental access day in Durham on Friday.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/health-and-medicine/unc-faculty-residents
-give-free-dental-care-to-durham-greensboro-kids-on-friday.html

Student's passion for helping environment rubs off on peers
The Chapel Hill Herald
"Theoretically, you can flush your toilet, walk to a plasma screen in the lobby and observe your floor's increase in water usage," said Jessilyn Kemp. ...This week is the climax of all of her efforts; Kemp is the lead student organizer at UNC for the nationwide environmental movement Focus the Nation.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/science-and-technology/unc-joins-national-
teach-in-to-support-solutions-to-global-warming.html
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Global economy to be discussed
The Chapel Hill Herald
Saskia Sassen of Columbia University will speak about sustainable human settlement and the global economy Monday at UNC. Her talk, "The Border in a Global Economy," will be free to the public at 8 p.m. in the FedEx Global Education Center, at the corner of McCauley and Pittsboro streets.

UNC establishes honor society
The Chapel Hill Herald
UNC has become the first college or university in the state to establish a chapter of Tau Sigma, a national honor society for transfer students.
UNC News Release:
http://uncnews.unc.edu/news/students/carolina-establishes-chapter-of-
transfer-student-honor-society.html

$278,923 in grants to fight homelessness
The Chapel Hill Herald
Five Orange County agencies have received a total of $278,923 in federal grants to fight homelessness. ...In Orange County, the Orange, Person Chatham Mental Health agency, the Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Authority, UNC's Horizons program, the Inter-Faith Council for Social Services and the Chrysalis Foundation for Mental Health received grants.

‘Rock stars’ stole spotlight, say Edwards backers
The Fayetteville Observer
John Edwards’ populist appeal brought poverty into the national debate and reinvigorated party loyalists in his home state of North Carolina, friends and Democrats say. ...Ferrel Guillory, a political observer and a lecturer in the school of journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Edwards might have been the right candidate at the wrong time. In politics, timing is everything, Guillory said.

Anti-annexation group sues Pinehurst
News 14 (Raleigh)
A group of Moore County residents and anti-annexation organizations is suing the Village of Pinehurst in hopes of stopping a forced annexation. ..."I think there's no question but North Carolina's cities enjoy a greater degree of annexation power that is the rule nationally," said David Lawrence, who has studied annexation issues at UNC Chapel Hill’s School of Government.

In a show produced by a local man, archaeologists say Spanish artifacts
in western N.C. predate 'Lost Colony'
The Daily Reflector (Greenville)
A public television show produced by a local man and airing tonight features archeological work that could change how North Carolinians view the early history of the state. ...About 250 attended the event, including the site's discoverer, Warren Wilson College professor and archeologist David Moore, and his colleagues Robin Beck with Southern Illinois University and Christopher Rodning with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Charles W. Chesnutt Stamp
"The State of Things" WUNC-FM (Chapel Hill)
Today, a pioneer of early African-American literature will be honored with a Black Heritage stamp released by the U.S. Postal Service. Charles W. Chesnutt, who grew up in Fayetteville, was a prolific writer and political activist in the movement for civil rights at the turn of the 19th century. UNC-Chapel Hill English professor William Andrews and UNC-Greensboro English Professor SallyAnn Ferguson join host Frank Stasio to talk about the life and literary career of this historical figure.
Note: “The State of Things” is a statewide public affairs program airing live at noon weekdays and rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays.

Accentuating the positive (Under the Dome)
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Pope Center for Higher Education Policy used to skewer college classes in its "Course of the Month" selection, which heaped scorn on classes with a multicultural, feminist or pop culture theme. ...That could provoke a ruckus among professors who have fought against proposed donations to UNC-Chapel Hill and N.C. State from the John William Pope Foundation, which tends to fund conservative causes.

Ties to recruiter questioned
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
Officials at UNC-Chapel Hill's business school found themselves answering conflict of interest questions Wednesday involving the school's admissions director. Sherry Wallace, director of MBA admissions for Kenan-Flagler, is one of three officials from U.S. universities who serve on an advisory board for a Japanese company that recruits students for business programs.

Issues and Trends

Edwards Bows Out of Presidential Race
The Associated Press
John Edwards bowed out of his second presidential bid saying he hoped the "two Americas" he speaks of so often, one for the haves and the other for the have-nots, could finally be united under a Democratic president. ...Since the Democratic defeat in 2004, Edwards has worked at the One America Committee, a political action committee he set up in 2001, and as director of an anti-poverty center at the University of North Carolina.

Nursing rallies at NCCU
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A year after being forced to limit its enrollment due to poor performance by its graduates on the state's professional licensure exam, N.C. Central University's nursing program has rebounded impressively. ...Durham Technical Community College's nursing grads posted a 93 percent passage rate; at UNC-Chapel Hill, 93 percent passed, and at the Watts School of Nursing in Durham, 96 percent passed.