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Engaging With Health Care: How A 'Going Healthy' Movement Can Save America

Erica Jain | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

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Erica Jain

A "going healthy" movement would synergize an individual's relationship with the health care system -- empowering individuals to take control of their health instead of delegating issues to governments.

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More Questions About the US Chamber's Membership Number Claim

Pete Altman | Posted 10.24.2009 | Green

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Pete Altman

With more voices saying clearly that US Chamber of Commerce does not represent them, the Chamber's membership numbers are looking more and more questionable.

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US Chamber's Influence and Credibility on the Decline

Pete Altman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green

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Pete Altman

One reason for the Chamber's decline may be the result of what the Chamber's positioning communicates to businesses and lawmakers alike.

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The US Chamber's Continuing Climate Credibility Crisis

Pete Altman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green

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Pete Altman

If the media briefing late last week was supposed to make things better for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in the face of an onslaught of major defections over its climate extremism, it didn't.

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Climate Controversy Damages Chamber's Reputation

Pete Altman | Posted 10.13.2009 | Green

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Pete Altman

The Chamber's tone-deaf response to the situation is contributing to reputation damage that is hurting the organization's credibility.

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Creating a Culture of Innocence: Lessons from Hofstra and Duke

Alafair Burke | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Duke Lacrosse, Duke, Hofstra, Prosecutors, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Hofstra Rape, Politics News
Alafair Burke

Because of selective information processing, beliefs in a defendant's guilt are naturally sticky. Cognitive science suggests prosecutors might unintentionally distort their analysis of new evidence.

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J. Stephen Simon, The Exceptional Oil Man

Taylor Marsh | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Business, ExxonMobil Corporation, Al Gore Climate Change, Esso Italiano, Duke, J. Stephen Simon, Al Gore, Robert Redford, Northwestern, Business News
Taylor Marsh

ExxonMobil has many enemies on the activist side, but J. Stephen Simon was one of the most honorable, decent, dedicated American patriots you'll ever find. Yes, even an oil man can be a patriot.

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Frank Lombard, Duke Univ. Official, Charged In Child Sex Case

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 07.28.2009 | Home

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(AP) WASHINGTON - A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex. Frank Lombard, the schoo...

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I Am (not) Good Enough: Three Ways to Battle This Feeling

Carolyn Rubenstein | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living

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Carolyn Rubenstein

How incredible it is that in a split second, we can shift our mindset from negative to positive. I work to overcome the feeling of being "not good enough" by using the following strategies.

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Rudy Giuliani's Son Lands In Rough In Lawsuit Against Duke University

New York Times | ALISON LEIGH COWAN | Posted 06.21.2009 | Local

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A federal magistrate judge with a taste for sports metaphors has found that Andrew Giuliani's lawsuit against Duke University for letting a coach push...

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Duke beats Florida St. 79-69, wins ACC tournament

news.yahoo.com | PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer | Posted 04.15.2009 | Home

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Roundballer In Chief: Lessons from the Mario Cuomo Basketball League

Andrew Stengel | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Stengel

I have some advice for those who played basketball with then-candidate Obama: the game will change once the oath of office is administered. I know because I was on Gov. Cuomo's team.

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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Woman That Accused Duke Lacrosse Players Of Rape Pens Memoir About Case

AP | MARLON A. WALKER and AARON BEARD | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

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DURHAM, N.C. — The woman who prosecutors determined falsely accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape maintains in a new memoir that she was a...

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Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

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Dozens Of Duke Lacrosse Players Sue University, City Over Rape Case

AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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RALEIGH, N.C. — More than three dozen current and former Duke lacrosse players filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming they suffered emotional distres...

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Duke University Under Fire For Hosting Traveling Sex Show

ABC News | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Duke University has come under fire from some students and conservative commentators this week for hosting a performance that involved strippers and b...

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