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Cells in blood may help cancers spread
Reuters (Wire Service)
Normal cells in the blood that play a role in healing wounds may also be creating the right conditions for cancer cells to spread, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday. ..."Cancer cells do not enter healthy tissue easily. We know that," Dr. Hendrik van Deventer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, whose research appears in the American Journal of Pathology, said in a telephone interview.
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National Coverage

Service shapes political opinion
The Associated Press
Brandon Ziegler served two tours in Iraq and wears a bracelet inscribed with the name of an Army buddy who never made it home. ...Richard Kohn, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who has studied the gap between military and civilian attitudes and culture, said that although members of the military, particularly the officer corps, in recent decades have favored Republicans, the enlisted force is much more politically balanced.

Opening Clogged Arteries Helps Women After Heart Attack
U.S. News & World Report
Contradicting some earlier reports, a new study finds that women who have heart attacks benefit as much as men from the artery-opening procedure called catheterization. ..."This is more evidence that we can't use a one-style-fits-all approach when it comes to treating patients with acute coronary syndrome," said Dr. Sidney C. Smith, director of the University of North Carolina Center for Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, who also helped update the guidelines.

Regional Coverage

Beyond Science Fiction
The Huffington Post (New York, N.Y.)
As you head for the beach with a canvas bag full of science fiction, the activities of one of the world's great inventors will top anything you or your favorite author can possibly conjure up. This year's winner of the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT award for invention, Dr. Joe DeSimone, (full disclosure -- the author is a shareholder and advisor to Liquidia, a company founded by DeSimone) has been designing nano-particles in his lab at the University of North Carolina that are 100 times smaller than a red blood cell and as smart as a microprocessor.
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-mit-prize-for-innovations-in-polymer-chemistry.html

Outdoor drama idea still kicking
The Star Beacon (Ashtabula, Ohio)
Plans for the proposed outdoor drama theater are still on the drawing board, as a committee takes major steps in developing the story and financial groundwork for the project, Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) president Tony Long said. ...The city began its love affair with outdoor dramas last year and met with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Institute of Outdoor Drama director Scott Parker to discuss ideas.

State and Local Coverage

Video highlights of Chancellor Thorp's first day in office TV coverage:

New UNC chancellor takes office
WRAL-TV (CBS/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)

Thorp takes over UNC-Chapel Hill
WTVD-TV (ABC/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)

New UNC chancellor starts work
News 14 Carolina (Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)

New Chancellor Takes Helm At UNC-Chapel Hill
WFMY-TV (Greensboro/High-Point/Winston-Salem)

Thorp Ready For New Challenges As UNC Chancellor
WNCN-TV (NBC/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville

New UNC-CH chancellor starts job
The Associated Press
The new chancellor at UNC Chapel Hill started his first day on the job yesterday with an early breakfast with students. Holden Thorp said he was inspired that students in Chapel Hill would turn out so early on a summer morning to welcome him to work. He admits, too, that he is still something of a student with a lot to learn about the entire university. ...On Thorp's first day, a Chapel Hill woman set up a scholarship that allows creative-writing students to study with active writers. Sallie Shuping Russell's gave $666,000 and a grant brought the total value to $1 million. The scholarship will allow active writers to hold a distinguished visiting professorship within the creative- writing program. Starting in the fall of 2009, five to six writers will participate in the course, "Living Writers."

Thorp set to shift from talk to action at UNC-CH
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
New UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Holden Thorp spent his first day in office getting to know student leaders over breakfast, convening his Cabinet and meeting with top faculty and staff leaders.

Thorp wows UNC students
The Herald-Sun (Durham)/The Chapel Hill Herald
New UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp started his tenure Tuesday by attending a more than hourlong meet-and-greet with student leaders at the Campus Y. "I can't imagine anything more validating than having a bunch of college students get up at 7:30 in the morning to come talk to me," Thorp said.
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Creative writing gets UNC boost
The Chapel Hill Herald
The first major private gift made during Holden Thorp's tenure as UNC chancellor will enable creative writing students to study with some of the nation's most notable writers. Made Tuesday, the first day of Thorp's administration, the gift from Sallie Shuping-Russell of Chapel Hill will fund an innovative new course featuring the work of active writers who will hold a distinguished visiting professorship within the Creative Writing Program.
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thorps-chancellorship-to-support-uncs-creative-writing-program.html

UNC gets $666,000 for writers' visits
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
A new writing course at UNC-Chapel Hill will bring half a dozen accomplished authors to campus each semester as visiting professors whose works the students will study. The writers will also give public readings. The "Living Writers" course was made possible by a gift announced Tuesday from investment firm manager Sallie Shuping-Russell of Chapel Hill.

Note: Other media covering Chancellor Thorp's first day in office included TV stories in the Charlotte (WSOC-TV), Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem (WXII-TV and WFMY-TV), Wilmington (WILM-TV) markets, as well as WUNC-FM (National Public Radio-Chapel Hill, Durham).

Destination to run Carolina Inn, Rizzo center
The News & Observer (Raleigh)
The Carolina Inn and Rizzo Conference Center are under new management. The Chapel Hill attractions are owned by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and until Tuesday, they were managed by Aramark Harrison Lodging.
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Sons of ice cream shop owner reflect on sit-in
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
The two sons of one of the Royal Ice Cream Company owners acknowledged their father's part in enforcing segregation that led to a historic protest more than 50 years ago, and said they wish it wouldn't have happened. ...Black customers who lived through segregation will always remember it a certain way, said Kelly Taylor, associate director of the Southern Oral History Program at UNC Chapel Hill.

Issues and Trends

Legislative leaders working on budget
The Associated Press
Efforts to resolve major sticking points that are preventing a budget deal for North Carolina state government reached the top leaders of each chamber Tuesday. ...He believes the House and Senate will keep to a tentative agreement to spend $34 million more on preparing for thousands of additional students at University of North Carolina system campuses this fall.

Vengeance should not rule the day (Editorial)
The Chapel Hill Herald
If the Eve Carson case ever comes to trial, it will surely test what we believe in and value as a community. If the two young men charged in the murder of the UNC student body president ever have to face a jury, we will learn not just about them, but about us as well.