Stopping in at the Mary Lou
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The Chronicle is chock-full of election content today, including a comprehensive election supplement, "Carolina state of mind." If you don't get a chance to pick up the paper, make sure to check out some of our articles online.
Long lines and occasional bursts of heavy rain didn't keep thousands of Obama fans from streaming into a rally at UNC-Charlotte Monday. The rain cleared by the time Obama took the stage, but not before soaking this Chronicle reporter and the two photographers in attendance. The campaign set up a tent to protect the traveling press (the reporters who jet around with the candidate) but left the local press out in the rain, leaving them to take shelter under the risers set up for the cameras.
Early voting ended today in N.C. In Durham County, and nearly 100,000 people voted early, 9,361 of them at Duke. Check out the chart above for early voting trends. CNN has a great summary on their website of early voting statistics from the 31 states that offer it.
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Sen. Barack Obama will be back in North Carolina Monday for a rally near Charlotte. This will be Obama's eighth rally in North Carolina. No word from the campaign yet on the exact location or time of the event. Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain will hold a rally in Tampa, Fl. the same day.
Today, 924 people voted early at Duke, the highest daily total since early voting opened Oct. 16. On that day, 861 people voted, but the number has generally ranged from 100 to 600 voters a day since. Overall, 79,222 people have voted early in Durham County.
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain held a rally in Fayetteville Tuesday, drawing 8,200 people to the Crown Center. He was preceded by country singer Hank Williams Jr., who sang a song he penned in support of McCain. Former Pennsylvania Governor and Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge, Sen. Richard Burr of N.C., Sen. Lindsey Graham of S.C. and Cindy McCain also appeared at the event.
Researchers at Duke are attempting to draw lessons from the highly publicized missteps of one of their own.
For some reason, I’ve come to associate a certain burning sensation in my quads, a sharp tiredness in my calves, with working on a good story. There’s usually ragged breathing, too, and maybe a few beads of sweat that I wipe from my forehead with the back of my hand.
Duke has denied it did anything wrong in its handling of rape accusations against members of the 2006 men’s lacrosse team.
A federal judge will allow three lawsuits filed by most of the members of the 2006 men’s lacrosse team to move forward against Duke and Durham.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The mentor of discredited Duke cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti provided the first public account of his thoughts and actions as the cancer research he developed with Potti and other scientists came under fire.
The potential for nuclear disaster and other repercussions of last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami have led Duke to restrict travel to all of Japan.
Three people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash at the intersection of Science Drive and Towerview Road Tuesday evening.
A North Carolina law firm is looking into clinical trials connected to discredited cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti.
Recently released documents show that federal researchers had more concerns than previously reported about the now-discredited cancer genomics research conducted by Dr. Anil Potti.
Duke researchers have withdrawn a second paper authored by former cancer researcher Dr. Anil Potti.
A Duke researcher is in the process of retracting a foundational cancer genomics paper, signaling a lack of confidence in some of its findings.
The Duke cancer researcher who has been under investigation for research misconduct since this summer has resigned.