Week ending Friday, Dec. 28, 2012:

• UPI: Saber-tooth tiger had plenty of food
• Science Daily: Affordable Care Act’s impact on uncompensated care
• Fox News: ‘Walking robot’ allows paralyzed man to move again
• ABC News: Genetically engineered salmon nears FDA approval
• Nashville Ledger: Taking customer complaints to a new career
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt’s music school prefers quality over quantity
• The Press Association (U.K.): Extinct cat species ‘was well fed’
• Christian Science Monitor: Italians, backed by the Catholic Church, aim to stop Sunday shopping
• WebMD: Rates of childhood obesity fall slightly
• WebMD: Fungal meningitis patients: a long road to recovery
• Times-News (Tri-Cities, Tenn.): Libraries to get cheaper, faster book loan service
• The Tennessean: Business boost: Entrepreneur Center helps startups with growth potential
• The Tennessean: Trevecca will give out bikes to students who give up their cars
• NPR: Killer’s DNA won’t explain his crime
• CBS News: Giving those with limited time a gift of memories
• UPI: Striving for season of anticipatory hope
• ABC News: Young adults tweet #YOLO when they don’t study, get drunk or drive too fast
• ABC News: Deep inside your belly button
• Futurity: Lasting impact from alcohol exposure in utero
• MetroWest Daily News (Mass.): Marijuana law answers sought
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam: Goals met in first two years
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: Tennessee wine-in-grocery-stores advocates say chances for passage better
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Help foster kids get an education
• The Tennessean: Nashville tops health care, other business lists
• City Paper: Gun advocates still pushing for expanded access to firearms
• The Economist: Keeping it in the family
• Public Radio International: Marketplace: Google close to settlement with FTC
• Associated Press: Right bike, right helmet urged as gifts bought
• NBC News: Vitals: Lucky phone call alerted CDC to fungal meningitis outbreak
• ABC News: How can professional Santas avoid the flu?
• Education Week: Evaluating principals through test scores: Harder than you’d think
• EE Times: Ten electronics visionaries to watch
• The Record (Canada): No cost-saving with new vehicle emission standard
• MedPage Today: Dying to prevent polio
• The Tennessee: Opinion: Murdered Sandy Hook teachers were heroes
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt leader Pinson to address chamber

Week ending Friday, Dec. 21

• ABC News: Patients who Google hemorrhoids may want to avoid doctor
• CATO at Liberty: Blog: Obama, Barbara Walters, and Marijuana Users
• Alternet: Will Obama go after medical pot in Washington and Colorado?
• Daily News Journal: T-shirt gets man ejected from mall
• The Tennessean: Several Nashvillians land on Forbes 30 under 30 list
• Nashville Business Journal: Vandy leads merch sales at local store, Predators trail behind
• Nashville City Paper: Vanderbilt’s James Franklin is a finalist for a national honor
• Los Angeles Times: Predicting violent behavior: not guesswork, but far from certain
• Education Week: Evaluating Principals Through Test Scores: Harder Than You’d Think
• The Tennessean: TN lawmakers set to forge ahead on guns-in-trunks bill
• Inside Higher Ed: Are MOOCs becoming mechanisms for international competition in global higher ed?
• Forbes: Is The Era Of OxyContin Abuse Over?
• FloridaToday.com: Christmas in the workplace: Happy, er, Merry, uh …
• The Huffington Post: Brady campaign sues Armslist in killer’s online gun purchase
• Nashville Public Radio (WPLN): TN Senators Speak Up as GOP Reps Keep Options Open
• The Tennessean: When talking with kids about school shooting, be honest
• American Journalism Review: Editorial: A big-city approach to rural journalism
• The Tennessean: Voters want legislators to find compromise, jobs
• The Tennessean: Nashville’s wind and solar project on Love Circle brings mixed reactions in early stages
• The Tennessean: Tennesseans want compromise, solutions
• Nooga.com: Chip Saltsman departing as chief of staff for Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

Week ending Friday, Dec. 14

• Bloomberg Businessweek: Bradford stepping down as dean at Owen
• The Tennessean
• Nashville Business Journal
• Associated Press: Dozens sue pharmacy, but compensation uncertain

• NPR
• The Tennessean
• Fox News Latino
• Plain Dealer: Parker Hannifin developing robotic exoskeleton to help paralyzed people walk (video)
• American Scientist: The crocodile’s sensitive side
• The Economist (United Kingdom): The scam busters
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt poll: Tennesseans happy with Governor Bill Haslam
• CNBC: Why the rush to fixed income may be dangerous
• Washington Post: Who Gates is funding — the latest education grants
• Yahoo! News: Fast-acting depression drug eases symptoms in hours
• OandP: Vanderbilt developing a multigrasp myoelectric hand
• Los Angeles Times: Top Cayman Islands official arrested over alleged theft
• HealthCanal.com: U of M researchers find early reading, executive function skills key for homeless/highly mobile children to succeed
• Nashville Post: QSource, ICA partner on health record exchange test
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt puppeteer on ‘Tonight Show’ CNN: Memphis, most obese U.S. city, moving from fat to fit
• ABC News Radio: Food label omissions can cause allergic reactions
• Examiner: Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund donations awarded
• The Sacramento Bee: Cumberland Emerging Technologies expands life sciences center
• Zee News (India): Eggnog made with booze kills salmonella bacteria
• Modern Medicine: Group purchasing and similar programs allow dermatologists to do more with less
• News-Medical.net: Immune dysfunction pinpointed in developmental disorder
• National Science Foundation: Measuring excitement for carbon nanotubes
• New York Times: Opinion: The Lure of the Writer’s Cabin
• Health Imaging: Strut your stuff + show added value to make it in ACO model
• Alaska Dispatch: What’s next for weed? Total legalization?
• Nooga.com: Rep. Scott DesJarlais shows less than $16,000 in campaign cash after difficult race
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos keeps top 5 compensation ranking
• The Tennessean: Editorial: America on the brink
• The Tennessean: Smyrna woman’s lawsuit over hot water spill echoes McDonald’s coffee case

Week ending Friday, Dec. 7

• Chronicle of Higher Education: Report describes disturbing racial inequities in six powerful sports conferences
• Neurology Today: Secondary epidural abscesses emerge in meningitis outbreak
• French Tribune (France): Diversity the best way for mammals to adapt to environmental changes
• L’Express (France): USA: Fumer un joint dans son salon est désormais légal à Seattle
• The Tennessean: Second side dish at Vanderbilt becomes meal at Second Harvest
• Nashville Scene: Nashville’s classical scene enters a golden age 
• HuffPost Live: Video: Sentenced to church
• Associated Press: Father: Sick girl safe and being treated in Mexico
• CBS News: Video: Early flu season closes three schools in Tennessee
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann named to key House committee
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Most see U.S. educational system as world leader
• Chapter 16: Opinion: Plantation drive-by
• McMinnville (Tenn.) Southern Standard: Teets treats kids to sun’s solar flares
• Nashville Post: Nashville Entrepreneur Center, VU to partner in course
• National Public Radio: All Things Considered: Vanderbilt has a banner year on the gridiron
• Public Radio International: Marketplace: Shrunken Nobel Prizes to depend more on hedge funds
• Associated Press: Police seek sick girl taken from hospital
• Associated Press: Gov. Haslam rebukes critics of Muslim aide
• Education Week: Study: More churn at the top in large districts
• ABC News: Kate Middleton’s torturous illness not grave, can be associated with twins
• CBS News: “Anti-energy” drink Marley’s Mellow Mood sold to students in N.J., blamed for “zombiefest” reaction
• Huffington Post: Opinion: No amendment allowed: A constitutional problem we’re stuck with
• Denver Post: Colorado revenue boost from marijuana legalization uncertain
• Rock River (Ill.) Times: Opinion: Celebrating the First Amendment: Why ‘land of the free’ is more than a lyric
• The Tennessean: Nashville schools face sweeping changes
• ArtsNash: Classical review: Blair pianists premiere Richard Danielpour’s ‘Twelve Etudes’
•  USA Today: Most teens with mental disorders take no medication
• ABC News: Winter Allergies Can Be Mistaken for Colds
• MedicineNet.com: Anti-HIV Drugs May Curb Transmission to Uninfected Partner: Study
• The Tennessean: ‘Cy Agent’ Bo McKinnis wins trust of baseball’s best pitchers
• WPLN: Vanderbilt fans hope bowls become old hat
• The Tennessean
• City Paper
• BBC News: Who, What, Why: Is public nudity a form of free speech?
• MSNBC: Video: MSNBC’s Alex Witt talks to Willie Geist about his incredible year
• Yahoo! News: Take Part: Tracking a killer
• ABC News: Toddler dies of flu just two years before new vaccine rules
•  CBS Marketwatch: What would wipe out the flu?
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Who’s afraid of black sexuality?
• Huffington Post: Employers hire people they want to be friends with, study finds
• Associated Press: Prospects brighten for wine in Tennessee groceries
• HealthDay News: Anti-HIV drugs may curb transmission to uninfected partner: study
• Bloomberg Businessweek: MBA holiday gift guide
• St. Louis Beacon: Take Five: John Seigenthaler has experienced the First Amendment from both sides
• The Tennessean: Opinion: ‘Cliff’ looming for biomedical research
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: Cases moved from state to federal court
• The Tennessean: Franklin moves to restrict newspaper vendors, other street sale
• Nooga.com: Seat on Appropriations Committee could boost Rep. Chuck Fleischmann’s profile
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt, Metro partner on math, science program
• The Tennessean: Teen gives 2,100 DVDs to Vanderbilt children’s hospital
• The Tennessean: Danielpour premieres ‘Piano Etudes’ at Blair

Week ending Friday, Nov. 30

• Inside Higher Ed: A $10,000 platform
• The Tennessean: BioMimetic sale signals some uncertainty at Cool Springs site
• WPLN: The Choice: A school fight over middle class families
• Pawntique: Blog: Vanderbilt University studies pawn industry and its customers
• Science Codex: New insights into mosquitoes’ role as involuntary bioterrorists
• NBC Nightly News: Arafat exhumation could raise more questions than answers
• Scientific American: SciCurious blog: Thoughts about depression under the sheets
• Education Week: Ten prominent universities band together to expand virtual education
• TPM: Supreme Court expected to dive into gay marriage battle
• WPLN: Closures intrinsic to charter-school system
• Chapter 16: No imaginary fences.
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Irresponsible cuts to research will curtail innovation
• Chronicle of Higher Education: No more Indiana Jones warehouses
• ABC News: Flu kills quickly, taking lives of healthy children
• Fast Company: Co.Exist: This light, affordable exoskeleton could help the paralyzed walk again
• ABC News: Cannabis oil pills helped child go into cancer remission, mom says
• io9: College application fees are a barrier to getting an education
• The Tennessean: Business community still bullish on health care
• The Tennessean: Sen. Corker backs off no-tax-hike pledge
• ABC News Radio: Beyond the flu shot: Five tips to boost your immunity
• The Tennessean: Sen. Corker backs off no-tax-hike pledge
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt doctor spotlights New Medicine built on self-care
• Futurity: On sale! But does inexpensive mean cheap?
• Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court decides this week whether to rule on gay marriage
• ABC News: Black Friday: Germiest places at the mall
• CNN.com: FDA approves new kind of flu shot
• Associated Press: Wamp eyes future DesJarlais challenge
• Boston Review: Opinion: How not to talk about Gaza
• IowaWatch: Path to polarization: A nation in turmoil, and trouble
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Selling Tennessee around the world
• The Tennessean: Device to let paraplegics walk being developed by Vanderbilt engineers
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: Lawmakers question drug purchasing groups
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: Exposed patients say their cases ignored
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: FDA finds more contaminants in NECC meds
• Associated Press: ADHD medications help curb criminal behavior
• Associated Press: Battle over coastal Xmas display goes to LA court
• York (Penn.) Daily Record: Racist tweet linked to York County student raises question of free speech vs. school discipline
• The Piedmont (Ga.) Journal: School system tweaking teacher evaluations
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Weston Wamp has eye on DesJarlais district
• The Tennessean: TN Professor of the Year empowers his students

Week ending Friday, Nov. 23

• ABC News: Twelve flu myths, debunked
• New York Times: The Choice: Student applying to college learns his biggest advocate has cancer
• New York Times: Nashville gambles on lure of new convention center
• Philadelphia Inquirer: A new approach to urban health
• Nashville Scene: Musician, heal thyself
• Bloomberg News: For-Profits Losing to Better-Rated, Cheaper State Schools
• Sci-Tech Today: Science Confirms Haste Really Does Make Waste
• Inside Higher Ed: A White House Departure
• Nashville Business Journal: Predators rallied businesses to boost team finances, but league lockout means few returns
• The Tennessean: Williamson Medical Center pediatric site needs state OK
• Bloomberg Businessweek: 2012 Best U.S. Business Schools
• Associated Press: New frontier for scaling up online classes: credit
• FOX News: Opinion: Teens targeted for offensive anti-Obama messages
• Diplomatic Courier: Global South Summit: Research partnerships critical to filling funding gaps
• Statesboro (Ga.) Herald: Local woman’s racist Facebook post goes viral
• WPLN (Nashville Public Radio): VU researchers calling lawmakers on support of science
• The Tennessean: Around Nashville … er, Brentwood … neighborhoods have an identity crisis
• The Tennessean: Even without Democrats’ support, Mark Clayton had some success
• The Tennessean: Retired Vanderbilt professor avoids jail for child porn
• Nashville Post: Focusing on the fairer half

Week ending Friday, Nov. 16

• USA Today: Online initiative to offer college courses for credit
• Washington Post: Opinion: Why do so few black politicians run — and win — statewide?
• The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Vanderbilt University honors a former assistant dean and civil rights leader
• Innovations Report: ORNL pushes the boundaries of electron microscopy to unlock the potential of graphene
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Let’s build on progress of Affordable Care Act
• Williamson Herald: Brentwood lawsuit pitted safety vs. First Amendment
• ABC News: Good Morning America: Meningitis outbreak: how two docs helped unravel a medical mystery
• Christian Science Monitor: State laws legalizing marijuana put Obama in a bind: What are his options?
• Smart Company (Australia): The top 10 free online courses
• Boston Herald: Scandals could derail Deval Patrick
• The Tennessean: Backlash building against Black Friday starting day early
• The Tennessean: Global South Summit touts innovation
• Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: Vanderbilt creates hiring task force to attract veterans and military spouses
• Nashville Scene: Leaves of deGrasse: Neil deGrasse Tyson shares 10 things everyone should know about the universe at Langford Auditorium
• National Public Radio: Shots: I, robot: Paraplegics get an assist
• Wired: For gamers with autism, online worlds a cycle of attraction and fear
• Time: Does a low price mean good value or bad quality?
• Reason.org: The hardest part about setting up Obamacare’s health exchanges
• IndustryWeek: Nurturing innovation…wherever it may appear
• OutdoorHub: Despite their thick skins, alligators and crocodiles are surprisingly touchy
• The Tennessean: Voucher formula isn’t nailed down by task force
• Nashville Scene: Tonight: Neil deGrasse Tyson at Vanderbilt’s Langford Auditorium
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt nursing dean plans smaller role
• New York Times: Sickle cell transplants could see wider use
• The Durango Herald: Will new term be Biden’s ticket to a presidency bid?
• Outdoor Life: Study: Crocodile mouths are more sensitive than human fingertips
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt researcher makes SARS discovery that could lead to vaccine
• Los Angeles Times: Crocodile jaws are more sensitive than human fingertips
• Digital Journal
• Slate News Channel (video)
• Futurity
• Latinos Post
• UPI: Study: Haste does make waste
• Gannett: Will new term be Biden’s ticket to a presidency bid?
• The Daily Beast: Opinion: Were the Romney and Obama TV ads a total waste?
• Associated Press: GOP groups taking stock after $380 million loss
• Yahoo News: Tentacled snakes born at National Zoo
• Ria Novosti (Russia): Marijuana tourists may flock to U.S. western states
• Americas Quarterly: Assessing the impact of the new middle class on politics and democracy
• Iowa City Press-Citizen: Is party polarization starting to take over politics?
•  Hindustan Times
• Columbus (Ind.) Republic: Parents, what’s your method of discipline?
• Nooga.com: Past obstacles, attacks no match for Rep. Scott DesJarlais
• The Tennessean: Program boosts health industry
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Nashville could be leader in clean air
• Nashville Business Journal: Program to promote tech entrepreneurship

Week ending Friday, Nov. 9

• National Geographic: Croc jaws more sensitive than human fingertips
• Associated Press: GOP groups taking stock after $380 Million loss
• Wall Street Journal: Pot measures’ passage puts states in quandary
• The Christian Science Monitor: Why Israel is red and American Jews are blue
• Defining Ideas: The best teachers in the world
• GMA Network: Bionic-legged man climbs 103-story Chicago tower
• Iowa Watch: Path to polarization: The party isn’t for you, America
• Science Daily: Burn doctors treat more patients during cold-weather months, urge caution with home heating
• dLife: Metformin offers cardio benefits over sulfonylureas in diabetes
• Baltimore Times: High blood pressure, anemia puts children with sickle cell disease at risk for silent strokes
• The Humboldt Beacon: Five ways Hurricane Sandy could affect the elections
• The Tennessean: Seigenthaler honored with humanitarian award
• The Tennessean: Election gives some answers for health plan
• MSNBC: Behind the scenes at the NBC decision desk
• National Public Radio: How Obama took the battleground states
• BBC: Crocs have super-sensitive jaws
• LiveScience: Why quick thinking leads to bad decisions
• Bloomberg: Legal pot in Colorado, Washington won with $7.7 million
• Inside Higher Ed: How open are MOOCs?
• Huffington Post: Opinion: Why Obama won is so clear, the day after
• La Razon (Spain): ¿Cambio demográfico?.
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Clean energy can provide boost to economic growth
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Parents can help in fight against bullying
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: 42-day mark gives patients hope
• National Public Radio: The good, bad, and ugly of this year’s campaign ads
• Fox News Live: Video: History’s lesson for the presidential election
• Boston Globe: Economy kept Obama afloat, blocked Romney win
• Washington Times: Romney’s bid brings Mormons to political forefront
• The Scientist: Opinion: Science in the courtroom
• The Week: Opinion: Why President Obama (or Romney) must tackle Alzheimer’s
• Environment and Energy Daily: Energy became surprise issue in bitter presidential race
• Business Insider: The 20 smartest colleges in America
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: Tennessee governor opens state budget hearings
• Associated Press: State GOP poised for first super majority
• Associated Press: Three to address visions of the future
• The Tennessean: Advancing intelligence: Universal Robotics’ technology helps machines learn like humans
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt selling $144M in bonds
• Chapter16.org: Growing up in silence and shame
• Discover Magazine: Man climbs 103 stories with a mind-controlled prosthetic leg
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Warming Up to MOOCs
• PBS.org: Just a number? The science and history of IQ, Part 2
• Hindustan Times: Obama’s anti-outsourcing ads could clinch his re-election
• Nashville Post: VU offers mobile app
• The Tennessean: Meningitis Q&A: Aspergillus can sometimes take a month to appear
• The Atlantic: Cities: The surreal evolution of Nashville in pop culture, from Altman to ABC
• Scientific American: Where are the gifted minorities?
• ScotusBlog: Academic highlight: Looking at Padilla and its impact
• Women’s Health: Drink this to cut cancer risk
• The Tennessean: Around Nashville, how you vote has a lot to do with where you live
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Romney’s plan will only stunt growth
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: TN health workers sensed danger
• The Tennessean: ALS walk chairwoman inspires supporters

Week ending Friday, Oct. 26

• National Public Radio: What Romney’s run means for Mormonism
• Bloomberg: Super-PACs kept Romney-Obama even in $1 billion ad race
• Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Ohio’s deluge of spin
• New York Times: Assessing the impact of health care reform on new businesses in Massachusetts
• Inside Higher Ed: Colleges extend admissions deadlines, post-Sandy
• Associated Press: Efforts seek better campus behavior
• HealthDay: Health issues add to risk of vitamin D deficiency
• Baltimore Sun: City fire department implements new social media policy
• Nature: Global vaccination coverage improves, but rotavirus gap is wide
• Science: Ethics across borders
• Futurity: For eight million U.S. households, pawn shops pay
• Family Circle: Down time: Teens and depression
• The Jewish Week: Birthright’s effect still strong years after trip
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt Opera gets contemporary
• Nooga.com: Rep. Scott DesJarlais wife speaks; Democrats, doctors condemn
• Nashville Post: LaunchTN board includes trio of locals
• Reuters: In presidential campaign ads, political science meets excess
• Huffington Post: Subways, tunnels resume partial operation following Hurricane Sandy closures
• National Journal: FEMA won’t need fresh cash, for now
• Gizmag: Vanderbilt University steps into the exoskeleton market
• The Tennessean: Working to find balance between career, family life
• Nashville Parent: Pregnancy at 20, 30 or 40
• Nashville Parent: Keep the holidays manageable for your special-needs child
• Fox Business News: Video: Do you have to support your boss’ politics?
• The Scotsman: Superstorm Sandy: Election could be delayed as campaign blown off course
• EFE: Paul Ryan, un férreo conservador con una hoja de ruta para reducir el deficit
• New York Times: Opinion: Sandy the soothsayer
• Belfast Telegraph: Obama v. Romney: Two candidates, $660m raised, endless adverts. But is it worth it?
• ABA Journal: Brain trials: Neuroscience is taking a stand in the courtroom
• Futurity: ‘Segway with legs’ lets people with paralysis walk
• Boston Globe: Report: Variations in quality of care a ‘hidden’ curriculum for new doctors at teaching hospitals
• Diverse: Black culture center directors battling apathy on campus
• Ebony Magazine: Sudden cardiac arrest: Higher in blacks
• Indianapolis Star: Offends some, but Obama effigy within legal bounds
• Nashville Post: VU cancer center links up with Memphis health system
• Nashville Post: VU Credit Union to reopen
• The Tennessean: Rascal Flatts visit, play for children’s hospital in Nashville
• The Province (Vancouver): Plant compounds tied to less stomach cancer in women: study
• Equities.com: Parker signs licensing agreement with Vanderbilt for exoskeleton technology and targets commercial launch in 2014
• The Durango Herald (Colorado): Potential revenue boost from legal marijuana hard to call
• Pensions & Investments: Vanderbilt endowment earns 1.3% for year
• The Tennessean: Nashville General Hospital supporters want inpatient care to continue
• Nashville Parent: Kid art supports Children’s Hospital
• Reuters: Hurricane Sandy blows U.S. election off course

• Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast
• Slate
• Toronto Star: U.S. congressional elections still have the power to make the country implode
• Associated Press: Ramsey: GOP super majority in Tennessee Senate would bring challenges
• Washington Post: Opinion: Pollsters’ moment of truth
• Reuters: Plant compounds tied to less stomach cancer in women
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Scholarly publishing’s gender gap
• Boston Globe: Outbreak baffled doctors until they saw common cause

• Washington Post
• Denver Post: Colorado revenue boost from marijuana legalization uncertain
• Morning Sentinel (Maine): Know the signs—they say a lot about candidates, causes
• PolitiFact: George Flinn blames Steve Cohen for Shelby unemployment rate 
• The Tennessean: Climate change on political ‘back burner’
• The Tennessean: Nashville’s Somalis embrace election
• The Tennessean: Youth violence soars in months after DCS shuts two detention centers
• The Tennessean: Student loans threaten a generation with ‘debtors prison’
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt professor’s sentencing in child porn case delayed again
• Chapter16: When all hell broke loose

Week ending Friday, Oct. 19

• NBC’s Today Show interviewed  Douglas L. Christiansen, vice provost for enrollment, dean of admissions and assistant professor of public policy and higher education. (Video)
• CNN World: Opinion: About that genocide indictment proposal…
• CNN Money: How Washington politics threatens my job
• Associated Press: Unprecedented ‘black mold’ meningitis a challenge
• Bloomberg BusinessWeek: Tumbling gasoline prices diminish issue for Obama critics
• Boston Herald: Pharmacy board records still not released
• The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Pre-k paying off, experts say
• Cincinnati News: Students behind Miami U. rape poster could face felony charges
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: Opinion: Free speech isn’t always pretty speech
• MamaPop: Blog: Pregnancy in film examined in new book “Knock me up, Knock me Down”
• Lawyers: Blog: Court says lap dancing isn’t an art form
• Nashville Ledger: VU, Legal Aid partner to offer assistance
• Kiplinger: Best values in private colleges
• Reuters: Tennessee doctor credited with cracking meningitis outbreak mystery
• CNN: Debate’s agreement-fest makes it tough for undecideds to choose
• USA Today: Economists see less pain, slow gains in 2013
• Los Angeles Times: CDC to moms-to-be: Get a Tdap vaccine, protect your baby
• Hechinger Report: Constant teacher training keeps poor Jewish school performing
• Education Week: IES to seed new methods for studying schools
• Town Hall: Ann Coulter: Obama: Half-black but all Democrat
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: Trimming the fat: Obesity rates decline in Shelby County and Tennessee, conferees told
• Memphis Business Journal: How much debt do Tennessee graduates carry?
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Sen. Lamar Alexander backs taxes for Chickamauga LockNational Public Radio: Radio ads still relevant in presidential campaigns
• Forbes: Lessons for China from Russia’s ancien régime
• USA Today: Opinion: When faith and football don’t mix
• Reuters: Green tea drinkers show lower cancer risks: study
• United Press International: Diabetes drug could treat addiction
• National Public Radio: Meningitis from tainted drugs puts patients, doctors in quandary
• The Tennessean: Insiders offer look into the world of political attack ads
• The Tennessean: Infant heart transplant recipient returns to hospital
• Nashville Parent: The mama effect: What makes babies really smart
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt’s new engineering dean ready to tackle big societal problems
• The Tennesssean: Vanderbilt team details TN meningitis death
• Associated Press: Earlier puberty seen in boys, just like in girls
• Associated Press: Meningitis victims face long, uncertain recovery
• Associated Press: Enough already: voters hit with ads, calls, more
• Christian Science Monitor: Pimples at the polls: Argentina tries to lower voting age to 16
• Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle: Scarsdale’s Luke Moretti is making remarkable recovery, aiding other spinal-cord patients
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Drug review amendments need changes
• The Tennessean: Ryan Underwood: Vanderbilt innovation guru joins online learning revolution
• The Tennessean: Schools need athletic trainers
• The Tennessean: College students say voter ID law isn’t fair to them
• The Tennessean: Retired Vanderbilt professor is ‘ethnic separatist’ candidate
• My Health News Daily: Anxiety over meningitis diagnosis can cause false symptoms
• Scientific American: Schizophrenia muddles one’s sense of control
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: Fungus found in compounding firm’s vials
• The Tennessean: Family clings to faith, hope for baby girl with rare illness
• Chapter16: A recognition of the world’s mystery

Week ending Friday, Oct. 19

• Associated Press: Mean season: Negativity in Election 2012
• Associated Press: Big turnout forecast as Tennessee early voting begins
• New York Times: New scrutiny of company that made tainted drug
• Hindustan Times: Obama bounces back in second prez debate
• Government Health IT: Health eVillages targets remote areas with mobile tech
• Inside Higher Ed: Her side of the story
• Nooga.com: Eric Stewart releases polling memo, declares 4th District race in “dead heat”
• Fortune: Health care reform: Freedom for disgruntled workers?
• The New Yorker: This week in fiction: Tony Earley
• Chicago Tribune: Opinion: This column is awesome. A poll told me so.
• Reuters: New call for probe of meningitis-linked company on addictive drugs
• Men’s Health: What your teeth say about your brain
• Baptist Standard: Colonial Baptists used Bible to rally support for revolution
• The Tennessean: White House baby with new heart comes home
• Chronicle of Higher Education: ‘Marijuana at the Mansion’: Gordon Gee’s ex-wife tells of life with Teflon president
• NBC News: No GED? Some undocumented immigrants hit barriers in quest for legal status
• CNN: Wife ‘heartbroken’ at death blamed on meningitis
• ABC News: Jewish groups challenge law on circumcision ritual
• The Chronicle: The rise of the double major
• Business Insider: The 50 Best Law Schools in America
• Scientific American: A new robo surgeon requires just one incision [preview]
• Turkish Weekly: Battle burning over legalizing marijuana in 3 U.S. states
• TimesFreePress.com: Judge to rule on competency of killer, request for new lawyers
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: TN revokes compounding pharmacist’s license
• Nashville Scene: Poet Anis Mojgani to speak at Vanderbilt this Friday, Oct. 19
• Bloomberg News: Opinion: Barrage of negative ads may haunt president-elect
•  New York Times.
• CNN: VP candidates lay groundwork for top of ticket on Tuesday
• Reuters: Q+A-What experts worry about in the U.S. meningitis outbreak
• Associated Press: Political ads bombard viewers, but to what effect?
• USA Today: Patients have few ways to learn source of medications
• National Journal: Do debate fact-checkers matter? Not so much
• WebMD Health News: Fungal meningitis question and answer 
• The Monkey Cage: Blog: Yellow may be the new blue: What voters think of the “big bird” ad
• New York Times: Opinion: Acknowledge the limits of prediction
• The Tennessean: ‘Living Sounds’ for young composers
• Nashville City Paper: Tennessee voters attract little attention from candidates driven by Electoral College
• The Virginian-Pilot: Who really pulls the strings on America’s economy?
• Style Blue Print: Faces of Nashville: Colin Dayan

Week ending Friday, Oct. 12

• ABC News: Tracking malaria with cell phones
• The Chronicle of Higher Education: College issues loom larger in candidates’ campaign ads
• Hindustan Times (India): VP debate that the world will watch
• Nashville Scene: In Junot Diaz’s new story collection, unfaithful men stumble through lives of leave-taking and loss
• Scientific American: How serious is the fungal meningitis outbreak?
• The Tennessean: DCHS group starts campaign against texting and driving
• Yahoo! Noticias: Paul Ryan, un político en ascenso aferrado al conservadurismo fiscal
• The Tennessean: Obama biographer saw familiar traits play out in debate
• Wall Street Journal: Doctors are off balance as patients show atypical meningitis reactions
• CNN.com: Meningitis outbreak highlights failed oversight efforts
• National Public Radio: Two Americans share Nobel Prize in chemistry
• Talking Points Memo: Affirmative action takes a beating before the Supreme Court
• Space Daily: Sweeping X-ray imaging survey of dying stars is ‘uncharted territory’
• Nature: Mental health: Under a cloud.
• National Law Journal: Ex-administrator at Vanderbilt Law gets 22 years for theft, statutory rape
• Nooga.com: Rep. Scott DesJarlais remains silent amid allegations he pressured mistress to have abortion
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak: Harmful meds are sole weapon in fight
• The Tennessean: Camilla Benbow: Gifted children often don’t get the challenge they need.
• Nashville Post: VU’s Sarratt, Rand Hall back in business
• CBSNews.com: Doctor calls for more regulation amid deadly meningitis outbreak
• ABC News: Romney’s Mormon generation gap
• The Rock Hill (S.C.) Herald: Cracker Barrel responds to Biglari
• Huffington Post: From despair to repair: preparing college students to navigate racial conflicts on campus
• Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): Romney faces both ways on foreign policy
• Health Day: CT scans of kids in ER with stomach pain skyrocket
• Futurity: Stock price fixation hurting US economy
• La Razon (Bolivia): Hoy presentan el octavo estudio sobre cultura política en el país
• Christian Science Monitor: Will black voters give Obama what he needs in Southern swing states?
• Associated Press: Outbreak spotlights risks from custom-mixed drugs
•  ABC.com
• USA Today: Steroid-related meningitis cases rise to 47
• Associated Press: 13,000 got suspect steroid shots; risk uncertain
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak worries patients still in risk period
• CNN.com: Numbers overload: Polling data hype sways voters
• The Globe and Mail (Canada): PBS not laughing at Obama’s Big Bird political ad
• Fast Company: Creating an all-natural solar panel from… spinach?
• ABC News: Nitrogen cocktail explodes in British teen, stirring up debate
• Indianapolis Star: IU plans tuition freeze for upperclassmen on graduation track
• Nashville Post: Cracker Barrel regrets Bradford bio confusion, says Owen dean ‘beyond reproach’
• The Tennessean: Former Vanderbilt first lady releases book on scandal
• The City Paper: Two men plead guilty to defrauding Vanderbilt out of $530K, statutory rape
• CNN
• Voice of America
• Huffington Post
• NPR’s Shots blog
• ABC News
• Reuters
• Washington Post: Hidden rival of charter school growth
• The New Republic: What the super-rich really think
• HealthDay News: Same part of brain recognizes faces and objects, study finds
•  Globe and Mail
• Real Simple: The facts about emotional eating
• The Tennessean: Meningitis outbreak alerts criticized
• The Tennessean: Op-Ed: Campaigns ignore serious climate issues
• City Paper: Constance Gee recalls her time spent as Vanderbilt’s first lady of controversy
• Style Blueprint: Faces of Nashville: Melanie Balcomb

Week ending Friday, Oct. 6

• ABC News: Rare fungal meningitis outbreak grows: 5 dead, 30 sick
• CNN: What’s next: Can Obama recover or will Romney run up the score?
• Politico: President Obama’s Christmas jobs bonus
• Nashville Business Journal: Top 6 tips for preventing investor fraud
• The Atlantic Cities: Yes, this ad is offensive. But free speech rides public transit, too
• Associated Press: Rare meningitis cases at 26 in 5 states, 4 deaths
• Los Angeles Times: Obama, Romney square off with contrasting strategies
• Voice of America: Experts suggest ways Obama, Romney can sway voters
• Washington Post: The Mel Gibson/Tom Hanks experiment: What a new study says about our response to celebrity opinion
• Associated Press: Justice Department holds summit on investor fraud
• New York Times: Well: Vigilance about the dangers of delirium
• Spiegel (Germany): Hirn reagiert auf Fahrzeuge wie auf Gesichter
• Inter Press Service: U.S.: Living with hate in a free market of ideas
• The Tennessean: Debate didn’t change campaign much, political analysts say
• The Tennessean: Study up on school choices
• The Tennessean: Occupy Nashville movement sparked change that continues
• Nashville Scene: Nashville confidential
• New York Times: Meningitis cases are linked to steroid injections in spine
• Pettit is mentioned in a related story in the Tennessean
• Schaffner answers questions about aspergillus in a related Q&A
• NPR.com: Shots: When new diseases emerge, experts are faster on the uptake
• CNN.com: Concussions impact soccer players equally despite gender, study finds
• Public Radio International: Marketplace: Former health care executive pushes critical film
• InformationWeek: IT staff shortages may short circuit meaningful use
• Seattle Times: Study: Pregnant rats pass down effects of dioxin exposure — to great-grandchildren
• Orlando Sentinel: Opinion: Make school readiness tests worthwhile
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Heart Walk raises funds, awareness
• The Tennessean: Three Tennessee women sue Wal-Mart
• The New York Times: High stress can make insulin cells regress
• The Tennessean: CDC investigates meningitis mystery at Nashville hospital
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt, Williamson medical centers plan new Monroe Carell Jr. children’s wing in Franklin
• Out & About: White House liaison for LGBT issues speaks at Vanderbilt
• The Tennessean: Parents, students must be empowered to aid schools
• Politico: Opinion: Ending the negativity about negative ads
• Bloomberg: Republicans seeking Medicare edge put parents in TV ads
• Associated Press: Students, experts recoil at alcohol enema case
• Associated Press: This year’s flu vaccine guards against new strains
• Associated Press: Man in charge of Vanderbilt’s training table shares tips for ‘Eating to Win’ in new book
• Christian Science Monitor: Obama and Romney fight for religious groups’ votes
• Sports Illustrated: Just a national football powerhouse
• Diverse: Social science research group deems race-conscious admissions most effective path to diversity
• United Press International: Early menopause, heart attack risk linked
• Washington Monthly: 2012 college rankings
• San Francisco Chronicle: Opinion: What Romney, Obama need to do in debate
• Futurity: Dwindling swing voters won’t sway election
• Meridien (Conn.) News Journal: Do lawn signs change anybody’s vote?
• Associated Press: Vanderbilt makes Warren recordings available
• The News Star: First Amendment explored
• Charleston (W.Va.) Metro News: Attorney weighs in on prayer removal
• Catholic Online: Teenagers imitating stunts they see on YouTube wind up injured, dead
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: The new atheism and UT football
• The Tennessean: TN Democrats not the only ones in South with candidate problems
• The Tennessean: Training for Alzheimer’s caregivers doesn’t go far enough, advocates say

Week ending Friday, Sept. 28

• Inside Higher Ed: Affirmative on affirmative action
• Knoxville News Sentinel: State Sen. Yager nixes probe into voting irregularities
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt scientists think big to fix tiny hearts
• CNN.com: Out of context, out of bounds? Not in 2012
• The Daily Beast: Ohio is last stand for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign
• Wall Street Journal: Ideas Market: Cause of death: Medical error and overtreatment
• Newsday (Westchester County, N.Y.): Ardsley’s David Schuman wins ‘Jeopardy!’ appearance
• Psych Central: Study finds little proof medications help young people with autism
• The Daily Beast: Opinion: Steve Cohen on the three biggest college admissions lies
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt sanctions two teams for hazing
• CNN: In the final days of the 2012 campaign, it’s all about the slivers of voters
• Autoweek: National plug in day electrifies 65 cities
• Bloomberg: GMAT testing volume: flat in the U.S., up in Asia
• Fox News: Best colleges for food in America
• The Tennessean: Busy endoscopy clinic seeks to expand in Williamson County
• McClatchy News Service: Romney looks to this week’s bus trip to re-spark campaign
• Huffington Post: Univision candidate forum ratings may change network and future elections
• Huffington Post: Study: Fox News turned congresspeople more conservative
• Health Day News: Research lacking on drugs for older children with autism, study finds
• Associated Press: Psychiatric group: parental alienation no disorder
• LiveScience: Fossil forest may sprout again as the Arctic warms
• Los Angeles Times: Louis Simpson dies at 89; Pulitzer-winning poet
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Normal brains, waning with age
• StateImpact: Why history has some economists arguing for more spending on higher education
• El Observador (Uruguay): Situación económica influye en reclamo de mano dura policial
• Current World Archaeology (Great Britain): Flying high
• Religion News Service: Spiritual Politics: Mormons critiquing Romneynomics
• Associated Press: Vanderbilt to begin offering free online courses
• Portland (Maine) Press-Herald: Negative ads land punches
• The Tennessean: Leaf electric limo leads Plug In Day parade to Vanderbilt
• The Tennessean: Cellphone GPS tracking helps police, raises issues
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Expanding Medicaid good for TN health
• The Tennessean: Unitarian faith growing stronger in Middle TN
• The Tennessean: Nashville church group joins search for Holly Bobo
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt, drug company team up to treat Parkinson’s
• The Tennessean: General Hospital likely to shrink as patient load dwindles
• City Paper: Vanderbilt project measures political ad effectiveness

Week ending Friday, Sept. 21

• National Public Radio: Is putting politics on display bad for business?
• CBS News: Why is Mitt Romney losing his edge on the economy?
• Salon.com: Study: “47 percent” not hurting Mitt
• Washington Post: Mitt Romney’s hard-hearted twist on the Mormon work ethic
• CNN: Opinion:  Who was the least successful foreign policy president?
• Associated Press: MD Anderson center launches all-out push against 8 cancers
• ABC News: Death after surgery may be more common than we think
• Education Week: Teacher-prep rulemaking: Is consensus in jeopardy?
• Albuquerque Journal: Opinion: FOSNA philosophy just anti-Semitism
• Chattanooga Times Free Press: Tennessee GOP sidesteps Romney remarks
• Nashville Scene: Tonight: Great Performances Opens With Kyle Abraham’s “Live! The Realest MC” at Vanderbilt’s Ingram Hall
• U.S. News and World Report: Tennessee college road trip: Vanderbilt University
• CNN.com: Who was the best foreign policy president?
• Bloomberg: Self-loathing lawmakers running against U.S. Congress
• Associated Press: Seventeen more top universities offer free cyber courses
• U.S. News and World Report: Busted: Eight myths about flu season
• ABC News: Non-medical vaccination opt-outs on the rise
• Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press: Hampton juror asks judge to lower 128-year prison sentence
• ABA Journal: Kyle McEntee challenges law schools to come clean
• Buzzfeed: Study: Spread of Fox News made members of congress more conservative
• Nashville Post: Another boring ad, declares Vanderbilt
• Nashville Scene: Great Performances opens a smaller season, but still makes an impact
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt University ready to offer free courses online
• El Economista (Mexico): La importancia de las primeras experiencias como inversionistas
• Boston Globe: Many fallacies mark Romney’s depiction of the 47 percent
• Discover Magazine: Women pay attention to birds; men focus on cars
• Education Week: Longer hours, less experience for charter teachers, analysis finds
• Birmingham (Ala.) News: Luckie and Co.’s Vanderbilt University sports ads may raise school profile
• Government Executive: The fed who took a risk and saved lives
• PC Magazine: Internet archive launches TV news search database
• Sojourners Magazine: Opinion: The myth of Mitt Romney’s evangelical problem
• The Tennessean: Nashville General Hospital’s inpatient services may end
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt offers youth sports safety clinic
• Nashville Post: Minimal invasion, maximum success?
• New York Times: Op-Ed: Look How Far We’ve Come Apart
• Live Science: Where The Eyes Go: Men Spot Cars, Women Go for Birds
• City Paper: Vanderbilt hopes to make quick work of indoor practice facility
• Religion News: Analysis: The myth of Mitt Romney’s evangelical problem
• Gannett News Service: Tennessee Republicans among recipients of Koch donations
• BusinessDay (Nigeria): Opinion: Nigeria’s power boost and the rains
• Portland (Me.) Press Herald: Political signs sure worked for Ben Griffin
• San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Tribune: Undecideds: the few and the hunted
• Motley Fool: Socially responsible investments: how do they stack up?
• Des Moines (Iowa) Register: Police, rescuers study use of small-scale drone aircraft
• Variety: Rascals dig deep for Nashville children’s hospital
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt University posts historic Robert Penn Warren tapes

•  Robert Penn Warren went from segregationist to civil rights defender.
• The Tennessean: Same-sex couples face legal hassles
• The Tennessean: HCA shareholders allege Bain Capital bid-rigging
• The Tennessean: Great Performances mirror national trend

• Frist show examines three decades of Carrie Mae Weems.
• Nashville Post: Ratings slide

Week ending Friday, Sept. 14

• Time: Whooping cough vaccine wanes over time
• National Public Radio: What’s at stake for teachers
• National Public Radio: The First Amendment: Why the Muhammad film is protected speech
• WAMC: Academic Minute: Mammal survival and deep time
• Corriere Della Sera (Italy): Formiche: un “supernaso” è il segreto del loro successo evolutivo
• ABC News: NYC approves ritual circumcision consent form
• Deseret News (Utah): Religious differences push need for better understanding of Eastern religions
• Modern Healthcare: Mixed views aired on insurance exchange guidance
• MinnPost (Minnesota): Bills’ Minnesota currency proposal: Change we can believe in?
• Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.): Finally, this is ‘Jeopardy!’: Perseverance gets Ardsley man on show
• KCET: Departures blog: ‘América Tropical’: The making, unmaking, and remaking of a national treasure
• Grist: What Obama would do on climate in a second term: Carol Browner explains
• City Paper: Federal suit involving online advertising, sex trafficking raises questions on constitutionality
• McClatchy News Service: Romney blasts at Obama signal a new kind of campaign
• ABC News: Whooping cough vaccine protection short-lived, study warns
• U.S. News and World Report: No waiting at the ER
• The Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.): Editorial: Art programs worth growing
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt University ranked No. 17 by U.S. News
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Children’s hospital thrives, thanks to treasured Friends
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Quality Pre-K is more than just academic content
• Nashville Post: 2012 Green Heroes
• U.S. News and World Report: Best Colleges
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt, Belmont, Lipscomb make U.S. News and World Report rankings
• Los Angeles Times (Opinion): McManus: Who’s still undecided?
• Washington Post: Democrats, Republicans and independents are hearing very different economic news
• Reason: Tattoos are protected by First Amendment, says AZ Court
• WPLN: Global warming to stress Tennessee:  Vandy, ORNL experts
• The Tennessean: Film on hell shown today at Belcourt examines Christian views
• The Tennessean: Tennessee’s overweight, obesity rate drops two consecutive years
• The Tennessean: Nashville philanthropist Alyne Massey dies at 85
• CBS News: Video: Climate may be behind increase in bug-borne illness
• Futurity: Ants take in smells with hi-def sniffers
• Grist: New solar cell draws power from spinach
• Science Daily: Benefits of Progestogens to Reduce Risk of Early Childbirth
• BBC News: Cave bacteria could help develop future antibiotics
• Public Radio International: Living on Earth: Spinach power

• Earth Techling
• New York Times: Building ties by opening up
• New York Times: Cancer study points to tighter pairing of drugs and patients
• New York Times: Unpredictable danger looms close to the heart
• USA Today: Widow turns tragedy into a cause for gun rights
• Slate: Pourquoi la campagne des présidentielles américaines n’a lieu que dans 15 etats
• Bibliobs: Ces Noirs qui voulaient être blancs…
• New Scientist: Mother’s milk no match for virus that triggers asthma
• The Boston Globe: Are Obama’s jobs goals attainable? Perhaps
• Forbes: Opinion: Executive power steering: How U.S. presidents altered the course of the auto industry
• Canada.com: The feminine mesquite: Eva Longoria to open women’s steakhouse
• Yale Daily News: State Dept. suggests immunity for Zedillo
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Former graduate student sues Vanderbilt over grant-payback requirement
• The Tennessean: Electoral College question worth a (nonpartisan) look
• The Tennessean: Patients who don’t follow doctors’ orders jeopardize spot on waiting lists

Week ending Friday, Sept. 7:

• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt engineering dean aims to expand reach
• Agence France Presse: Obama, Romney face different challenges in debates
• Reuters: AIDS science leaping ahead, but will the money follow?
• Wired: We don’t need no stinking warrant: The disturbing, unchecked rise of the administrative subpoena
• Discovery News: Popeye fuel powers silicon chip
• Colombo (Sri Lanka) Page: U.S. National Science Foundation funds to Sri Lanka’s Mahaweli River Watershed project
• Education Week: Analysis probes the shape of the teacher-salary schedule
• Christian Broadcast Network: Vanderbilt University reinstates chaplain position
• New York Times: Opinion: The living death of solitary confinement
• EFE: Barack Obama, ante el reto de ilusionar de nuevo
• Grist: Climate and energy get no love on day one of Democratic convention
• Drug Discovery News: Tiny brain, huge potential
• Tom’s Hardware: Spinach can give silicon a power boost
• ITBusinessEdge: Set clear social media boundaries to avoid brand damage
• The Memphis Commercial Appeal: Tennessee state debt totals $5.9 billion
• The Tennessean: War may make young soldiers old
• The Tennessean: Charter school in Nashville’s affluent west side still serves mostly poor
• The Tennessean: Funeral planning gets personal for younger generation
• The Tennessean: 100 Oaks Mall under contract for sale
• ABC News: OTUS blog: Democrats highlight convention partly open to public
• Slate (France): A quel sondage ou prévision se fier pour suivre les élections américaines?
• ABC Science (Australia): ‘Popeye’ solar cells on the way
• Nerdwallet: Expert FAQ: Do we need campaign finance reform?
• Miami Herald: Taming stress to fight cancer recurrence
• City Beat (San Diego, Calif.): GOP ambitions behind the Mitt Romney façade
• Nashville Parent: Prepared parents, safe kids
• New York Times: Farm use of antibiotics defies scrutiny
• CNN.com: Upstaged: Why everyone is talking about Eastwood, not Romney
• BBC News: Michelle Obama: Her four-year evolution
• The Scotsman (U.K.): Playing hardball: The challenges facing Barack Obama
• EFE: La economía, el mayor enemigo de Obama en su campaña por la reelección
• Yahoo! Noticias (Argentina): Atención en el súper, Unilever lo puede estar observando
• Associated Press: State Democrats call for diversity training for lawmakers
• U.S. News and World Report: An all-out assault on autism
• Diverse: A holistic quandary
• Voice of America: Nell Freudenberger on her book ‘The Newlyweds’; pioneer music from the ‘Little House’ series
• Arizona Republic: Injured military members find physical, mental benefits in adaptive athletics
• ABA Journal: ‘Like’ is unliked: Clicking on a Facebook item is not free speech, judge rules
• The Big Think: Solitary confinement is torture because it breaks down the mind
• The Auburn (Ala.) Plainsman: Jule Collins hosting new exhibit, film screening
• Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal: State: Halifax lacked proper controls for infection
• The Tennessean: Al Gore’s place in history secure, but Democratic ties looser
• The Tennessean: Gore calls for ending electoral vote system
• The Tennessean: Election officials confront a primary mess
• WPLN News: VU fundraising totals rise amid threats from disenchanted donors
• ABC News: Medical opt-out rates for vaccines vary by state
• ABC News: Campers question Yosemite response to hantavirus
• Weekly Herald (Huntersville, N.C.): Charter schools offer teachers freedom, restrictions
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt’s game-day expenses: $1.9 million
• Nashville Business Journal: Sales data shows Vanderbilt merch getting more popular
• Nashville Business Journal: More female attorneys take general counsel role in companies
• The Tennessean: The power of song: How the civil rights movement was lifted by music
• Nashville Parent: The power of pretend play
• Wall Street Journal: College football grid of shame
• Science Now: Tiny mechanical scale weighs molecules one at a time
• Tampa Bay Times: PolitiFact: Rick Santorum says that when his grandfather arrived in the U.S., “there were no government benefits for immigrants”
• Everyday Health: Deadly hantavirus worries Yosemite hikers and officials
• WebMD: People with severe psoriasis at twice the risk of new-onset diabetes
• Christian Post: Dems eyeing rape, abortion protests as game changer to woo independents
• The Tennessean: Opinion: When reading gets tough, the tough get reading
• The Tennessean: Nashville venues lack technology to help fans with hearing loss
• Nashville Post: ‘Princeton Review’ rates VU high for sustainability
• Memphis Flyer: Column: About last night (and the next morning): The RNC launches with conversion stories and conservative values
• CNBC: Paulson faces scrutiny from Bank of America and other investors
• Science: In mock case, biological evidence reduces sentences
• HealthDay News: Race may affect quality of prostate cancer surgical care
• Associated Press: Vanderbilt Medical Center stressing healthy snacks
• Associated Press: Cardinal George to undergo chemotherapy for cancer
• Lansing (Mich.) Journal: Common mosquito myths squashed
• The Tennessean: Tennesseans’ place on national stage has diminished
• Venture Nashville Connections: From Cicero to Church Street: Startup Contigo Financial challenges payday lending
• CNN.com: Evidence weak that vocational programs help autistic young adults
• Los Angeles Times: Race and the presidential race
• ABA Journal: The superlong commute: recession has workers opting for travel over relocation
• Techonomy: “Bring your own device” movement turns classroom disruption into pedagogy
• Boston Globe: Obituary: Dover couple and son killed in car crash in New York state
• Bellingham (Wa.) Herald: Energy Secretary Steven Chu to visit Tri-Cities
• Time: How Bain shaped Romney
• National Public Radio: Tell Me More: Will Dreamers help or hurt the economy?
• Slate: Testing political ads online: Do people have to like an ad for it to work?
• Slate: Why can’t a cop photograph a naked sorceress?
• Arizona Republic: GOP to gather, support Romney
• Forth Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram: West Nile’s effects can sometimes last a lifetime
• Rochester (Minn.) Post-Bulletin: Why pre-natal surgery makes sense, for some, for spina bifida
• Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch: Looking for life in all the right places
• Starkville (Miss.) Daily News: MSU hosts workshop on naval peacemaking
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: Opinion: In teaching, experience should count
• The Tennessean: GOP aims to show diversity at convention
• The Tennessean: Abortion platform plank divides TN’s GOP delegation
• The Tennessean: Ms. Cheap: It’s never too late to learn

Week ending Friday, Aug. 24:

• USA Today: Poll: As conventions open, a more negative view of politics
• Christian Science Monitor: Can Paul Ryan educate voters about Medicare reform?
• FOX News: More than 2,200 hospitals face penalties under ObamaCare rules
• Kabul Press (Afghanistan): NATO Training Policies in Afghanistan Spur “Af-Fragging” Incidents
• RedOrbit.com: Study Shows Racial Disparities In Prostate Cancer Care
• The Tennessean: MTA will add expanded bus routes, faster service
• Los Angeles Times: Romney scores with ad on Obama’s character
• Boston Globe: Abortion, gay marriage put party platforms in spotlight
• Univision News: Latino college enrollment reaches record high
• ABC News: How to prevent West Nile (Video)
• Bloomberg Businessweek: The many dangers posed by burned-out doctors
• Associated Press: Lawsuit over HPD Facebook comments could set legal precedent
• Santa Monica (Calif.) Daily News: BBB says ‘No’ to nonprofit advertiser
• Jewish Voice: Facebook bans Hezbollah pages
• Columbia (S.C.) Free Times: S.C. educators grapple with No Child Left Behind waiver
• Orlando Sentinel: Opinion: Here’s a test that could save your life
• The Tennessean: Tech-savvy tots love their apps
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Webster has a few choice words for music pirates
• Nashville Business Journal: How do Nashville’s hospitals rate?
• Nashville Scene: House of Pleasures highlights Sarratt’s ‘International Lens’ free screening schedule
• Associated Press: Romney opening up a little about his religion
• Reuters: Thyroid cancer risk persists decades after Japan atomic bombs: study
• Aljazeera: Narcocorridos: Mexico’s ‘gangster rap’
• The Conversation (Australia): Creativity, not pay keeps us motivated over the long haul
• Education Next: The compensation question
• Reason Magazine: Opinion: Energy regulators think you’re crazy
• The Missourian (Columbia, Mo.): SEC Road Trip: Vanderbilt teeters between Southern charm and bright lights of Music City
• The Tennessean: East Nashville neighborhood seeks $30 million grant to break out of poverty
• The Tennessean: Belmont University celebrates new law building
• The Wall Street Journal: Burning Question: Do Germs Spread on Airport Security Lines?
• Futurity: 8 motivators that keep you focused on goals
• Yahoo! Health: DIY Fixes for Common Ailments
• New York Daily News: Gulp! Mexico tells citizens to swallow their gum
• FoxNews.com: Drinking milk not linked to early puberty
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Williamson Medical Center explore closer ties
• CNN.com: Romney’s tricky trail: Chief executive to executive in chief
• USA Today: Lawmakers weigh boosting school-age vaccines
• WebMD: New West Nile Threat: Kidney Disease
• The Christian Science Monitor
• The Tennessean: Hospitals work to make menus match message
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Boost pre-K access statewide
• The Tennessean: Letter to the Editor: Modifying driving habits will reduce fatalities
• Nashville Parent: The Mama Effect: What makes babies really smart
• The Tennessean: ‘In Laud of Claude’ celebrates Debussy

Week ending Friday, Aug. 17:

• New York Times: Study of judges finds evidence from brain scans led to lighter sentences
• New Zealand Herald: Attack ads on rise as campaign gets dirty
• Politico: Opinion: Democratizing the political ad watch
• The Salt Lake Tribune: Researchers: Judges who consider genetic data go easier on psychopaths
• The Atlantic: Some constitutional amendments are more equal than others
• Nashville Scene: Innovations 2012: Little Wing
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt freshmen to move in Saturday
• Washington Post: Opinion: President Obama, Mitt Romney running a most poisonous campaign
• Business Insurance: Diversity, inclusion go hand in hand with corporate culture
• Radio Survivor: Paperwork filed with FCC to transfer former WRVU to Nashville Public Radio
• Truthout: A totally moral man: The life of nonviolent organizer Rev. James Lawson
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Vanderbilt University senior’s film aims to keep students safer
• The Tennessean: One germ liable for 30,000 deaths
• The Tennessean: Former Nashville councilmembers recall early days of Metro
• The Tennessean: Wish of a Lifetime helps make dreams come true for seniors
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Tennessee grocery stores should be allowed to sell wine
• Nashville Parent: Just plain nutty
• Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle: Clarksville DA’s Office collecting teacups for women’s recovery program
• The Hill: Obama super-PAC ad is rare backfire
• Rolling Stone: Political ads: Overpriced, inefficient—and essential
• NBC Nightly News: West Nile virus on the rise
• Hechinger Report: Opinion: New way of testing rookie teachers could be a game changer
• Forbes: America’s top colleges
• Times Higher Education (U.K.): Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings revealed
• Government Health IT: Q&A: An economist who wants to pay out-of-pocket for healthcare
• Chemistry World: What’s law got to do with it?
• One News Now: School chaplain could help Vandy Christian groups
• The Tennessean: Mt. Juliet teen breast cancer survivor will run to help others
• Cookeville (Tenn.) Herald-Citizen: CRMC, Vanderbilt Center announce pact
• Sky News (Australia): Obama’s re-election chances in jeopardy
• Public Radio International: Marketplace: Does ‘it’s the budget, stupid’ resonate with voters?
• The Atlantic: All the president’s mystery men (and women)
• Indianapolis Star: New flu virus, apparently linked to swine, has officials wary
• Delaware Online: Device mimics brain, spares mice in quest for new drug therapies
• Deseret News (Utah): Camp teaches babysitters to be prepared
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt, other hospitals will lose millions in Medicare money
• Christian Science Monitor: Could ‘liking’ something on Facebook get you fired?
• CNN.com: Is Romney’s campaign stalled?
• Los Angeles Times: Both parties unfazed as ads fail fact-check
• NBC.com: Bottom Line: Nike takes marketing gold with neon-yellow shoes
• NBC.com: Vitals: Surviving sepsis: New device speeds ID of dangerous bacteria
• New York Times: C.D.C. reports sudden rise in mild cases of swine flu
• ABC News: Injured Olympians turn to tape: the sticky science of Kinesio
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Five professors join Vanderbilt’s bid to bridge health and society
• Fox News: Archaeologists explore Peruvian ruins with semi-autonomous drones
• MedPage Today: No spike in heat deaths despite record temps
• Inside Higher Ed: Opinion: Real teacher ed reform
• Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Olympics on TV feed gold-medal need for storytelling
• Futurity: ‘Snip’ gene linked to brain tumor survival
• Science Daily: New view of body’s infection response
• The Tennessean: TN weighs more pre-K funding as others debate program’s worth
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: How did Fleischmann beat ‘two big names’?
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Tennessee lawmakers worry about independent expenditures
• Nashville Business Journal: Should health reform be repealed? Some of Nashville’s best doctors respond

Week ending Friday, Aug. 10:

• USA Today: Device to mimic brain to test drug therapies
• ABC News: Discovery may hold key for universal flu vaccine
• The Tennessean: New Vanderbilt chaplain a good choice
• Huffington Post: Public art and argument
• Nashville Scene: If Tennessee opts out of the Affordable Care Act, voters may have good reason to feel sick
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center opens Springfield clinic
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt offers olive branch, hires chaplain
• Kiplinger: Best values in private colleges
• Futurity: Less is more when star Olympians endorse
• U.S. News and World Report: Opinion: Why the Obama-Romney race is only going to become nastier
• Christian Century: The Bible plus
• El Financiero (Mexico City): Experimentan programa para reducir obesidad en niños latinos
• Boston Review: Opinion: Response: The muddled majority
• ABC News: Brain-eating amoeba eyed in death of Minnesota child
• South Dakota Argus-Leader: Avera study tries to link DNA, drugs
• Waste Management World: Campus publications becoming more sustainable
• The Tennessean: Newspaper thief at Vanderbilt caught on video
• National Public Radio: On Point: Grassroots or big money?
• ABC News: HPV vaccination: Sooner is better, study says
• Gizmag: UAV could map archeological sites in a fraction of the time currently required
• Bloomberg: Recession generation opts to rent, not buy, houses to cars
• Education Week: ‘Hybrid’ home schools gain traction
• Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.): Mike Tyson Broadway show target of threatening tweet
• Washington Times: Lieberman rips Romney and Obama for high negativity in the campaign
• The Tennessean: HCA stock bounces back
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt’s Stallworth names interim medical director
• The New Republic: Romney camp is confident, but his ads say otherwise
• ABC News: The Note: Tennessee Democratic Party disavows conspiracy theorist candidate
• BBC Mundo: Un avión no tripulado puede revolucionar la arqueología
• Self Magazine: Find happiness in unexpected places
• Science Daily: Proteins may point way to new prostate cancer drug targets
• Madison (Wisc.) Record: ABA panel discusses class action lawsuits and their bad repuation
• The Tennessean: Cracker Barrel board chairman to step down
• The Tennessean: HCA stock slips 6 percent
• BBC News: High flying technology to map Peru ruins
• Bloomberg: Solyndra report ending U.S. House probe fuels campaign rhetoric
• The New Yorker: Daily Comment: Searching for the undecided voter
• Associated Press: Maggart loses state House GOP primary to NRA pick
• Bloomberg Businessweek: Econochat: The assembled Allan Meltzer and Paul Krugman
• New York Times: Slideshow: An automaker migrates to Tennessee
• Arizona Republic: District 6 race: David Schweikert says ‘I like the fight’ in D.C.
• Law.com: Law school — still a dodgy investment, analysis suggests
• ABA Journal: A personalized issue: First Amendment lawyer fights for his right to a vanity plate
• Indianapolis Public Radio: Why Indianapolis is the only city where the mayor authorizes charter schools
• Omaha World-Herald: Hospital delirium: not as negligible as previously thought
• Hutchinson (Kan.) News: Resident’s ties with Olympians go back several years
• Macomb (Mich.) Patch: Will campaign signs influence Macomb Township’s votes on Aug. 7?
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Demand soars for foreign tech workers
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Role of public education is key
• The Tennessean: With Debra Maggart’s defeat, gun-rights groups show power
• The Tennessean: TN Democrats in disarray after Senate primary

Week ending Friday, Aug. 3:

• Daily Mail (UK): The drone that could find the city of gold: Scientists test new archeological plane over Peru
• The Tennessean: Demand soars for foreign tech workers
• The New Yorker: Searching for the undecided voter
• Environmental Expert: Energy Department announces new technical review to assess black cells at Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant
• Nashville Post: Vanderbilt’s Stallworth names interim medical director
• Libération (France): Mitt Romney et Barack Obama, entre coups bas et spots cracra
• Brisbane Times: Cancer treatment ‘hijacking’ a fallacy: urologists
• Univision Salud: Milagrosa recuperación de joven atacada por bacteria carnívora
• Aurora (Colo.) Sentinel: Too quiet: Experts say Aurora massacre gag order being misread
• PhysOrg: Test flight over Peru ruins could revolutionize archaeological mapping
• Spry: American Idol’s Casey on IBD
• Yahoo Health: How Ecstasy use may harm the brain
• The Sun (U.K.): Why being a slob can be good for you
• WKNO (Memphis, Tenn.): Robert Penn Warren online archive humanizes leaders of the Civil Rights movement
• Nashville Post: Legal Aid partnering with student-run VU clinic
• Christian Science Monitor: Mitt Romney’s foreign trip ends. Good thing for him these are the dog days.
• ABC News: Whooping cough vaccine too weak to protect against disease?
• MinnPost (Minnesota): Private-sector physicians run clinical trials mostly for the money, study finds
• Governing: Medical marijuana: Do states know how to regulate it?
• The Columbian (Vancouver, Wa.): Vancouver woman’s self-defense strategy goes to college
• Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville, Fla.): Editorial: Mentoring works for teachers, too
• NSF Current: Better Than Braille: App helps blind students learn complex math
• The Tennessean: Brentwood’s Swiftwick socks blocked from Olympic mention
• Nashville Business Journal: The big investments and small returns of Olympic athletes
• Nashville Business Journal: Nation’s doctor shortage worsens amid health reform
• New York Times: Campaign Stops: Meet the undecided
• Los Angeles Times: Opinion: Romney commercial shows campaign ads don’t have to be nasty
• Deseret News (Utah): Opinion: Politicians accentuate the negative, and it seems to work
• Religion Today: New poll examines minorities’ views on social issues
• MedPage Today: Generic HIV drugs could save big money
• The Tennessean: Schools hope earlier start aids students
• City Paper: The Backpage: Where the money is at private universities
• Associated Press: House candidates embrace role as sacrificial lambs
• Washington Post: Eight questions
• Los Angeles Times: Opinion: In politics, accentuate the negative
• Wall Street Journal: More law schools haggle on scholarships
• Popular Science: A sliver of human brain on a chip, and other organ simulators
• The Guardian (U.K.): The judge who fell asleep
• New York Times: Opinion: Is algebra necessary?
• Religion News Service: New poll examines minorities’ views on social issues
• UPI: High blood sugar linked to wound infection
• Science News: Ecstasy may cause memory problems
• Futurity: Tiny electronics take big hits from radiation
• Huffington Post: Ten times it’s OK to break health rules
• ScienceLine: A HOT topic in transit
• Babyzone: Child spacing: How close is too close?
• Alexandria (La.) Town Talk: Group’s stance revives debate on atheism as religion
• Chattanooga Times-Free Press: Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District full of surprises
• WPLN: Tick-borne illnesses up this year
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Health insurance aids employers
• The Tennessean: Greater Nashville, including Murfreesboro, No. 3 for teens killed in car crashes
• City Paper: State Tea Partiers focus anti-Islamic sentiment on highly accomplished native Tennessean

Week ending Friday, July 27:

• The Washington Post: New poll examines minorities’ views on social issues
• Scientific American: Japanese cuisine fungus domesticated for metabolic traits
• ScienceNews.org: Ecstasy may cause memory problems
• Fort Campbell Courier (Kentucky): Vanderbilt’s Dyer Observatory offers glimpse into skies above
• Nashville Ledger: Local authors tackle post-college job hunt
• CNN: Are Obama’s negative ads getting bang for the buck?
•  CNN story: GOP strategists: Bain attack ads are this year’s Swift Boat campaign
• Los Angeles Times
• AdAge
• BET
• Ebony: Program increases black, Latino Ph.D.s
• Inside Higher Ed: No shortcut
• ABC News: Stunning recovery for first child to get stem cell trachea
• The Tennessean: Fans hold Nashville Predators’ future in wallets after huge Shea Weber deal
• NBC Latino: Vanderbilt University program ‘bridges’ Latinos to Ph.D. degrees
• The Grio
• MSNBC: Cosmic Log: Federal agencies kick off $132 million effort to create ‘human on a chip’
• Popular Science
• Press Association
• New York Times: Well: Strength training as a family affair
• The New Republic: Opinion: The Obama campaign’s attack-ad edge, revealed
• Chicago Tribune
• The Dish
• Atlantic Wire
• USA Today: Group’s stance revives debate on atheism as religion
• Christian Science Monitor: Teach Twice shares stories with the world
• CNN: Colorado voters talk about partisanship
• Inside Higher Ed: A new breed of law degree
• Governing: Marijuana legalization could set up state-federal showdown
• KCET (Southern California): Departures: A mural installation isn’t a weapon of mass reproduction
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Haslam: Getting ‘best people’ to work for Tennessee is what matters
• Marshall County Tribune: Boiling oil attack ‘worse than murder’
• Nashville Public Television: A Word on Words: David Hudson Jr. (Audio)
• The Tennessean: Tax holiday nears, effect ‘zero’ to some
• The Tennessean: Clinically Home attracts its first client
• Bloomberg: Ad-rating project will assess campaign TV spots by asking voters
• Also: U.S. News and World Report
• Huffington Post
• Washington Examiner
• Inside Higher Ed: Academic Minute: Brain chemistry and work ethic (Audio)
• Chronicle of Higher Education: What the future might hold for financial aid
• Real Simple: Six motion-sickness remedies
• Wichita Falls (Texas) Times Record-News: Professor offers words of support
• TG Daily: Radiation damages electronics more than thought
• The Tennessean: Secular humanism vs. religion debate grows in TN
• The Tennessean: Metro Nashville Schools sees influx of teacher applicants after salary hike
• Williamson Herald: LifeFlight van logs more than 55,000 miles in its first year
• Washington Post: Opinion: Can Romney reconcile his wealth and his faith?
• Washington Post: Going to the movies is a break from reality. Until reality starts shooting.
• Science Daily: Radiation damage bigger problem in microelectronics than previously thought
• UPI: Vitamin E lowers risk of liver cancer
• Iowa City Press-Citizen: More volunteers could boost speed of discoveries
• Memphis Commercial Appeal: Memphis urban ministries transform Vandy students
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Opinion: Hospitals should commit to LGBT care
• Knoxville News-Sentinel: Editorial: Bigotry should have no place in Tennessee politics
• • Also: Maddow Blog
  • Memphis Commercial Appeal
• The Tennessean: TN universities lag in turning innovations into jobs
• The Tennessean: Mentors, incubators help hatch new businesses
• The Tennessean: Entrepreneurs find new life outside the corporation
• The Tennessean: For Nashville Predators, clock is ticking on Shea Weber
• The Tennessean: Nashville Banner sportswriter Fred Russell left rich legacy for today’s journalists
• The Tennessean: Shelbyville two-time lung recipient to play in Transplant Games
• The Tennessean: Businesses back a unified chamber of commerce
• Williamson Herald: Guy Brown enhances, extends partnership with Vanderbilt University

Week ending Friday, July 20:

• Science Channel: Through the Wormhole
• The Tennessean: Nashville-area colleges see dormitory building boom
• Nashville Business Journal: Republicans in the TN Legislature: How many is enough?
• Tennessee Bar Association: Vanderbilt Adds Prof to Law Faculty
• The Tennessean: TN congressmen say missing word in health law may give states an out
• The Tennessean: Tax-free holiday may be a wash
• Spry Living: Hernias: What Women Need to Know
• The Nashville Ledger: Belcourt Theatre names new executive director
• Chronicle of Higher Education: Opinion: Why the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act still matters
• HealthDay News: Ahead of AIDS conference, new reasons for hope
• ABC News: Young woman’s death sheds light on dangers of PCA pumps
• Melbourne (Australia) Herald-Sun: Cancer fear factor fight
• Science Blog: Vitamin E may lower liver cancer risk
• TPM: In Tennessee, a rising star targeted by anti-Muslim smears
• The Tennessean: Most Americans oppose unlimited corporate campaign spending
•  Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Nashville’s new school calendar may heat up learning
• The Tennessean: Gail Kerr: Hate-filled GOP fringe bullies its own
• The Pulse (Chattanooga): A**, kicked
• Elizabethton (Tenn.) Star: Opinion: For every Tennessean to have health care, there must be nurse practitioners
• Nashville Parent: Child choice
• New York Times: Trial judge to appeals court: Review me
• U.S. News and World Report: Energy efficiency regulations set dangerous precedent
• The Tennessean: Most Americans oppose unlimited corporate campaign spending
• Nashville Business Journal: Two Nashville hospitals recognized as ‘most wired’
• The Tennessean: State holds first hearing on Affordable Care Act benefits
• The Tennessean: Hospitals work to find way to share health data
• Nashville Parent: Return of the whooping cough
• Washington Post: U-Va. takes major step in online education
• New York Times: Universities Reshaping Education on the Web
• Huffington Post: Mitt Romney’s Higher Education Overhaul In Massachusetts Fizzled
• The Philly Post: The Vanderbilt Athletic Model Could Save Penn State
• The Tennessean: Dr. Stanley Bernard, longtime Nashville surgeon, dies at 88
• Nashville Business Journal: Vanderbilt University’s $45 million research grant renewed
• EMS World: Social Media Policy Coming to Baltimore Responders
• The Tennessean: Health insurance hearings to give public a say on new rules
• The Tennessean: Feds investigate TN hospital chains’ billing practices
• The Tennessean: Tennessee women see rise in lung cancer deaths

Week ending Friday, July 13:

• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt names David Williams athletic director
• Also: The City Paper
• The Tennessean: David Williams’ promotion to AD is right move at right time for Vanderbilt
• MSNBC: Vandy cancer treatment utilizes lead from recovered bullets
• BusinessWeek: MBA Admissions Interviews Gone Bad—Really Bad
• BBC News: Island tool finds show early settlers’ diversity
• Business Insider: HPV Vaccine Protects Unvaccinated Young Women Through ‘Herd Immunity’
• The Tennessean: Thistle Farms to open cafe
• Nashville Scene: A pro-Murfreesboro Mosque filmmaker does a radical about-face
• USA Today: Three waves of Native American immigration
• Wall Street Journal: The eyes have it: marketers now track shoppers’ retinas
• Shape: 10 times it’s okay to break the rules
• Paragould Local Press: Obamacare survives, but political playing field has changed
• The Tennessean: Feds probe Vanderbilt’s Medicare billing practices
• Williamson Herald: Candidates square off at Westhaven forum
• MyHealthNewsDaily: Swine flu vaccine safe for pregnant women and babies
• The Hill: Opinion: Personalized medicine
• The Tennessean: Most Middle Tennesseans can’t take bus to work
• Nashville Scene: Opinion: Vandy law professor responsible for ACA’s “opt out” mechanism
• Style Blueprint: Sizzling summer reading
• Nashville Parent: Heart savers: The case for AEDs
• Los Angeles: Op-ed: Attack ad politics
• MyHealthNewsDaily: HPV vaccinations lower infection rate even among unvaccinated women

• Also: CBS News
• MSNBC: Record year for whooping cough? Get the shots, health experts say
• The Root: Black women most religious: surprised?

• Also: Christian Post
• The Grio
• CNN: Sweet success: Building an empire from chocolate
• Men’s Health: How belly fat attacks
• The Tennessean: Liver transplant waits will grow under new federal rule
• Nashville Business Journal: Tennessee ranks 42nd in student loan debt
• New York Times: Brawling over health care moves to rules on exchanges
• Washington Post: Black women are among country’s most religious groups
• Reuters: SEC mulls raising trading increments for small caps
• Futurity: In tool trade, chimps reveal a quirky bias
• Real Clear Politics: Opinion: Obama’s hyphenated America
• South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Try these hot weather smartphone apps
• Nooga.com: In wake of jobs report, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann peddles jobs plan
• The Tennessean: TN hospitals drastically improve at preventing infections
• The Tennessean: Church organs stay in tune with tradition

Week ending Friday, July 6:

• New York Times: Stakes for jobs figures rise as voters’ views start to solidify
• Washington Post: Opinion: Destroying the soul
• Also: The Atlantic
  
• NBC Nightly News: Students fight addiction at ‘Recovery High’
• Huffington Post: Vanderbilt University law professor’s brief cited in Supreme Court ruling on Affordable Care Act
• Pittsburgh Tribune: Obama’s CMU stop to target W. Pa. youth
• PhysOrg: Endowment effect in chimpanzees can be turned on and off: study
• Also: Science Blog
• Science Daily
• Spry Magazine: Reducing breast cancer risks
• Aviation Week: DARPA’s FANG: Design it, build it, make it quick
• Radio Survivor: WRVU supporters file petition to deny college radio station’s license renewal
• The Tennessean: ‘Employment Idol’ feels pinch of job cuts
• Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer: Editorial: Let’s take advantage of health care law
• Associated Press: Scalia’s critics fault justice over politics
• Reuters: Over-the-counter pain drugs not tied to miscarriage
• Science Daily: Young rapidly spinning star flaunts its x-ray spots in McNeil’s Nebula
• Psychology Today: Braniacs and billionaires
• Business Insurance: Class action lawsuits banned in more consumer contracts
• Christian Post: Opinion: What does American freedom mean to a Christian?
• CIO.com: Don’t mean to bore you, but a yawn detector is in the works
• Minnesota Public Radio: New classical tracks: American composer Richard Danielpour
• Psych Central: Tagging tiny proteins to probe roots of depression
• WPLN: Vandy physicists part of celebration for potential Higgs boson
• WPLN: A new chance to listen to a pivotal moment
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Health-care law benefits TN businesses, consumers
• The Tennessean: Opinion: Children can learn outside the classroom
• New York Times: The Mormon lens on American history
• Bloomberg: Gasoline’s drop toward $3 provides Obama a lift
• WebMD: Half of heart patients make medication errors
• Salt Lake Tribune: Mormons’ love-hate relationship with America
• Also: Religion News Service
• Nature: Soapbox Science: My graduate school mentor
• ABA Journal: Opinion: Occupy the courts: The nationwide movement has left a mixed bag of legal results
• The Daily Californian (Berkeley, Calif.): Opinion: Affordable Care Act is about patient protection, not partisan protection
• Men’s Health: Six scary-sounding health problems you can ignore
• Nashville Parent: Teen pregnancy in Tennessee
• The Tennessean: Vanderbilt discloses deals with old friends
• Clarksville (Tenn.) Online: Eighth Clarksville Writers’ Conference 2012: Renaissance woman Alice Randall describes Ada’s Rules
• Reforma (Mexico City): Tolerancia democrática, a la baja
• China Daily: First Chinese in orbit reminisces
• Associated Press: Early full-term babies may face later school woes
• Real Clear Politics: Obamacare survives, but political playing field has changed
• The Tennessean: Health-care ruling gives GOP shot in the arm
• The Tennessean: In Nashville, housing options push working class to the edge
• Out and About: Critical condition