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22 hrs ago | HolyCoast.com

The Other Duke Rape Case

When you hear the phrase "Duke Rape Case" you probably think of the lacrosse team that was wrongly accused by the local D.A. and terribly smeared by members of the Duke faculty.

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Related Topix: Durham County, NC, Durham, NC

Yesterday | The Asheville Citizen-Times

Ancient ferns took to the trees

Duke University researchers have taken a closer look at fern fossils and fern genomes to construct a new family tree.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

Free Republic

Lombard Demonstrates Why Gays Should Not be Allowed to Adopt

The on-line rape of his 5-year-old adopted son by Duke University's openly-gay, Frank Lombard, is no anomaly.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX

Augusta Chronicle

Adams sees UGA among 5 best schools

Friday, July 3, 2009 7:13 a.m. The five best universities in the country are Stanford, the University of Chicago, MIT, Cal Tech and the University of Georgia - at least according to UGA President Michael Adams.

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Related Topix: University of Chicago, Atlanta, GA, University of Georgia, UC Berkeley, University of Virginia

KSL-TV Salt Lake City

4 decades later, freedom rider returns to Miss.

Corey Carter could hear snippets of music in his head _ a calm and subtle melody that hadn't found its shape.

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Related Topix: Jackson Metro, Jackson, MS, University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, State Prisons, Prison

John In Carolina

Five News Stories Before Nifonga s Copier a oeDiscoverya

On Apr. 14, 2007, three days after NC AG Roy Cooper declared three Duke students innocent of charges brought against them by then Durham DA Mike Nifong, Raleigh News & Observer investigative reporter Joe Neff told readers: Mike Nifong found out about the case that now threatens his career March 23, 2006, when he stopped by the office copier and ...

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Related Topix: Durham, NC

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Science Daily

Dolphins Get A Lift From Delta Wing Technology

Their finlike flippers seem perfectly adapted for maximum aquatic agility. However, no one had ever analysed how the animals' flippers interact with water; the hydrodynamic lift that they generate, the drag that they experience or their hydrodynamic efficiency.

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Related Topix: United States Naval Academy

Myrtle Beach Online

NC police officer shot responding to burglary

Police officials in North Carolina say an officer is in stable condition after being shot during a call to a burglary in progress in Durham.

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News Observer

Affidavit details child sex charges

A federal affidavit submitted by a Washington, D.C., detective tells a chilling story of the abuse of a 5-year-old adopted boy.

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Related Topix: Durham, NC, Raleigh Metro, Durham County, NC

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WCBSTV.com

FDA Panel Sounds Alarm On Painkiller Doses

Jul 1, 2009 6:39 am US/Eastern CBS News Interactive: Healthwatch ADELPHI, Md. 1 of 1 Government experts say the maximum daily dose listed on Tylenol and dozens of other painkillers should be reduced to help curb deadly overdoses.

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Related Topix: Tylenol, Tempra, Acetaminophen (generic), Medicine, Medication, Drugs, Vicodin, Acetaminophen/Hydrocodone (generic), Percocet, Acetaminophen/Oxycodone (generic)

Freerepublic.com

Gay Adoption Horror:Duke University Official Molested Adopted African American Son Pimped Son to Cop

Associate director of Duke University's Center for Health Policy, Frank Lombard, was recently arrested by the FBI and charged with offering up his adopted 5-year-old African American son for sex to an undercover cop.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, North Carolina

Box Turtle Bulletin

Christopher Waldrop commented on Anti-Gay Extremists Cite Gay Pedophile As Typical Of All Gays

Ft. Worth Police Used "Restraint" Update on Chad Gibson's Condition Prologue: Why I Went To "Love Won Out" Part 1: What's Love Got To Do With It? Part 2: Parents Struggle With "No Exceptions" Part 3: A Whole New Dialect Part 4: It Depends On How The Meaning of the Word "Change" Changes Part 5: A Candid Explanation For "Change" Part 6: The Science ...

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Raleigh Metro, Durham, NC

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Christian Science Monitor

For black America, Jackson was an icon who transcended race

Many African-Americans look past the controversies and cosmetic surgery to his achievements as a barrier-breaking musical star.

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Related Topix: African-American, Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Durham, NC

NewsBusters.org

Gay Duke U. Official Attempts to Sell Black 5-Year-Old Son for Sex: MSM Out to Lunch.

Frank Lombard is an associate director at Duke University's Global Health Institute and a homosexual who was charged last week with the molestation of his adopted 5-year-old black son and actively trying to sell him for sex on the internet.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Gay/Lesbian, North Carolina

Free Republic

Neighbors close in after sex charges

Sitting in a Durham County jail cell, Frank M. Lombard, the Duke University researcher accused of offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex, awaits a trip to Washington, D.C., this week to face federal criminal charges.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Durham County, NC, Durham, NC, Gay/Lesbian

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Post Chronicle

Banks On Tighter Leash After High Court Ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court decision to let states enforce their consumer protection laws against federally chartered banks will give regulators greater power to police lending abuses in an industry already under intense pressure to reform.

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Related Topix: US News, US Supreme Court, Home, Mortgage

Holtville Tribune

Duke University Associate Director of the Center for Health Policy Charged with Sexual Child Abuse

Frank M. Lombard, 42, has been charged with attempt to persuade a person he did not realize was an task force officer from the Metropolitan Police Department to travel to North Carolina to have sex with Lombard's 5-year-old adopted child, announced MPD Chief Cathy L. Lanier and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge of the Federal ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Raleigh Metro

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Free Republic

Media nervous on new Duke U. rape case

A new and even more scandalous rape allegation has surfaced at Duke University. Yet the usual media and campus PC crowd are keeping mighty quiet.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

CNN

Michael Jackson broke down racial barriers

Michael Jackson was an international superstar, and many in the black community herald him for breaking down racial barriers in the music industry.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, African-American, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, The Monkees, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Music

WNCN-TV Raleigh

WakeMed Cary Hospital Names New Executive Director of Nursing

WakeMed Health & Hospitals welcomes Gail Sturtevant, RN, MSN, NEA-BC to the new position of executive director of nursing for WakeMed Cary Hospital.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, Cary, NC, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro

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