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Published: May 03, 2006 12:30 AM
Modified: May 03, 2006 05:07 AM

Nifong prevails in DA race
The Durham district attorney bests Freda Black and Keith Bishop in a primary that rocketed to national prominence

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Nifong will move to the November ballot. No Republicans filed for the office, so unless someone petitions to run as an unaffiliated candidate or launches a successful write-in campaign, Nifong will be the district attorney for a four-year term.

http://www.newsobserver.com/630/story/435392.html



Nifong edges Black for DA


By John Stevenson : The Herald-Sun

May 2, 2006 : 11:56 pm ET

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Because Tuesday's election was only a partisan primary, it's not yet 100 percent certain that Nifong will win in November, even though there are no Republicans running. There are two possible -- but highly improbable -- ways someone could challenge him.

One would be to file as an unaffiliated candidate, which would require getting the signatures of about 6,400 registered voters by June 30. The other would be to register as a write-in candidate, in which case the person's name would not appear on the ballot. But that would require only 100 signatures.

But under a "sore loser" clause in the law, neither Black nor Bishop could file as an unaffiliated or write-in candidate.

http://www.herald-sun.com/durham/4-730902.html



Duke Professor Strongly Criticizes Lacrosse Probe

POSTED: 10:46 pm EDT May 2, 2006

http://www.wral.com/news/9150795/detail.html

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"It's nothing, but it's as close as you can get to nothing," Baker said.

And this guy's an English Professor???

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This guy was all over television right after the allegations surfaced declaring the entire team guilty.

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Baker, commenting on the report, said it seems to be full of contradictions.

"It says they are model academic citizens -- they've been on the honor roll," Baker said. "But there as been underage drinking. There has been bad behavior."

Underage drinking? Is this professor thinking we're all too dumb to recognize that underage drinking is prevalent on every campus...even by non athletes? I think he doesn't realize how much this situation is hurting his University. He's now discrediting his fellow professors' investigation.