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Freedom Summer

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: College Students, Leadership, Nc, Mental Health, Social Action, Children, Books, Achievement Gap, Child Nutrition, Low-Income Children, Summer Learning, Parent, Freedom Schools, Civic Engagement, Nutrition, Health, Charlotte, Academic Enrichment, Reading, CDF Freedom Schools, Education News
Marian Wright Edelman

The program provides summer and after-school enrichment that helps children fall in love with reading, increases their self-esteem, and generates more positive attitudes toward learning.

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WATCH: Thousand Plus Protest NC Baptist Pastor Who Called For Gays To Be Put Behind Electric Fence

Reuters | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Newton, Catawba Valley Citizens Against Hate. ACLU, Slideexpand, Religious Tolerance, Nc, Love Not Hate, Same-Sex Marriage, Video, Protest, Reuters, Same Sex Marriage, Pastor Charles Worley, Providence Road Baptist Church, North Carolina Amendment One, Gay Marriage, North Carolina, Religion News

By John Peragine NEWTON, N.C., May 27 (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people on Sunday protested a small-town North Carolina Baptist minis...

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Burt's Bees Are Busy on the Sustainability Front

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Landfills, Nc, Pollution, Consumer Products, Water Usage, John Replogle, Clorox, Electricity, Corporations, LEED Certified, Greenwashing, Burt's Bees, Durham, Waste, Sustainability, Trash, Consumers, Carbon-Free, Green News
Bill Chameides

Crossposted with www.thegreengrok.com.A report from the headquarters of Burt's Bees. If you think about it, Burt's Bees -- maker of lip balms, skin cr...

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Sparks Specializes in Sad Songs

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Nicholas Sparks, Nc, Divorce, Songwriting, Teen Angst, Fiction, Wilimington, Book Reviews, Books News
Jackie K. Cooper

There are moments in this story that are so affecting that you have to stop reading until you can see the pages through your tears. Is this contrived? Is this manipulative? Maybe it is, but it is also the true heart of the story.

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Larry Whitfield Sentenced: Man Blamed For Scaring Grandmother To Death After Running From Bank Robbery

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Whitfield Prison, Charlotte, Gastonia, Crime, Gastonia Bank Robbery, Wcnc, Bank Robbery, Scare to Death, Scared to Death, North Carolina, Larry Whitfield, Nc, Mary Parnell, Grandma, Video, Home News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-...

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Shaniya Davis Still Missing: 5-Year-Old Girl's Mother Antoinette Nicole Davis Charged

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Daughter, Girl, Crime, Little Girl, Sold for Sex, North Carolina, Antoinette Nicole Davis, Mario Andrette Mcneill, Sexual Abuse, Pimped, Nc, Human Trafficking, Child Prostitution, Fayetteville North Caroline, Child Abuse, Shaniya Davis, Sold, Home News

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Authorities acted on a tip Sunday and searched a wide area in south-central North Carolina trying to find a 5-year-old girl...

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Raymond Cook: Doctor Kills Ballerina Elena Shapiro In DUI Crash: Police (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elena Bright Shapiro, Second Degree Murder, Crime, Dancer Killed, Dwi, Wake Forest, Elena Shapiro, Dead, Dui, Ballerina Killed, Nc, Charged With Murder, Plastic Surgeon, Drunk Driving, Raymond Cook, Killed, Video, Dancer, Carolina Ballet, Ballerina, Cosmetic Surgeon, Alcohol, Elina Shapiro, Doctor, Drunk Doctor, UNC Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Home News

Elena Bright Shapiro was a 20-year-old ballerina with a promising career ahead of her. She died Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, when the car she was driving w...

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Taxes and Bail-Outs: Hypocrisy Revealed

Yuna Shin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Keith Olberman, NC Annexation Law, Michele Bachmann, Nc, Taxes, Wilmington, Rick Perry, North Carolina, Annexation, Wect, Politics News
Yuna Shin

As the drama of "tea parties" unfolds, some things remain certain. Some Americans just don't like to pay taxes. No matter how the taxes are used, even the word "taxes" is an anathema to some.

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