Marines Take Risks With Deadly Trust-Building Game
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lance Cpl. Patrick Malone was relaxing on his bunk at an Iraqi combat base when a direct superior interrupted his late-night mov...
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No Blacklisters Please: Decency in P3 Contracting
Michael Likosky | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics
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The United Kingdom Information Commissioner recently named Balfour Beatty and LAZ Parking Company's parent, Vinci, as having funded a secret 15-year long blacklisting operation.
Tropical Storm Danny Headed Toward New York, New Jersey
AP | KEVIN MAURER | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York
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CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — Coastal residents looked ahead Friday to a late-summer weekend with fewer beach-loving tourists as Tropical Storm Danny k...
Obama's Beach Books -- and Yours
Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living
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The thing about beach books -- or even "beach books" -- isn't the total tonnage of the entire pile. It's the glow of the glorious possibilities.
R.C. Soles, North Carolina Lawmaker, Allegedly Shoots Intruder
Miami Herald | Mark Johnson | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
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State Sen. R.C. Soles apparently shot one of two would-be intruders at his home just outside Tabor City, N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for ...
Bermuda, U.S. Coast Warned As Hurricane Bill Stays Offshore
AP | CHRIS GILLETTE | Posted 09.21.2009 | Home
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HAMILTON, Bermuda — Hurricane Bill slammed punishing waves into Bermuda's coastal seawalls as it spun Friday over the open Atlantic, spreading b...
Our Insane Summer: Is There a Way Out? Plus an Open Letter to the Secretary of Education [UPDATED]
John Milewski | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
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As we enter the back-to-school phase of the calendar, I want to share some good news and offer some unsolicited advice to our nation's education top cop.
Rocky Mount North Carolina On Edge As 9 Women Vanish
AP | ALYSIA PATTERSON | Posted 09.14.2009 | Home
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ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. — They spent their nights jumping in and out of strange cars, trolling otherwise empty streets lined with decaying storefronts...
Sotomayor, Obama, and the Looming Republican Race Problem
William Bradley | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
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The "Manchurian Candidate" fantasy is alive and well in Republican ranks. And is it a long-term problem that they are largely opposed to the first black president and first brown Supreme Court justice?...You bet.
Is Richard Burr a Birther Like His Base?
Senate Guru | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
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If Richard Burr agrees with the birthers, then he is a crackpot, too. If Richard Burr agrees with common sense, he risks alienating his birther base.
Edwards Ex-Mistress Rielle Hunter Appears At Federal Courthouse
AP | ALYSIA PATTERSON | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The ex-mistress of John Edwards spent much of Thursday in a federal courthouse in Raleigh where a grand jury was meeting, at a t...
It's a Small World for Obama as Health Care Joke Resurfaces
Christina Bellantoni | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
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File this under "You can't make this stuff up": a 13-month old joke about health care resurfaced today when President Obama held a town hall meeting in Raleigh.
Daniel Boyd's Family Denied Entry By Israel In 2007
AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 08.29.2009 | World
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RALEIGH, N.C. — Israel denied entry two years ago to members of a North Carolina family that includes three men accused of plotting to execute t...
GOP Prosecutor Targets Dems On Obama's Watch
AP | MIKE BAKER | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
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BEAUFORT, N.C. — Having swapped his hip-holstered Blackberry for fishing pliers, the U.S. attorney for eastern North Carolina watches closely fr...
Patrick Tracy Burris, South Carolina Serial Killer Suspect, Killed At Scene Of Burglary, Police Say
AP | MITCH WEISS | Posted 08.06.2009 | Home
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GAFFNEY, S.C. — The serial killer who terrorized a South Carolina community by shooting five people to death before police killed him Monday was...
Road Trip: Searching for Levels of BBQ Greatness
Mary Ann West | Posted 07.26.2009 | Style
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With the 4-1-4 college calendar, most students envision an interim semester in Europe or other exotic locations. But in a free-falling economy, four arts students chose to chase the perfect BBQ.
American Schools Need Common Standards
Jim Rex | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
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The No Child Left Behind Act allows each state to define for itself what "academically proficient" means, thus dramatic differences appear from one state to the next.
Slim Jim Plant Explosion In North Carolina: 3 Missing, 41 Hurt
AP | ALYSIA PATTERSON | Posted 07.10.2009 | Home
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GARNER, N.C. — Two workers died when an explosion tore through a Slim Jim meat products plant in North Carolina Tuesday, punching holes in the b...
Ron Paul "Liberty Dollars": Counterfeiters Indicted
The Hill | Posted 07.06.2009 | Politics
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A federal grand jury brought indictments Friday against the maker of an obscure currency supported by some libertarians....
Make Your Own Signature BBQ Sauce: A Taxonomy of America's Regional BBQ Sauces
Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 06.21.2009 | Style
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Barbecue has evolved along disparate paths around the nation, led down these trails by the racial and ethnic immigrants who settled there. Indeed, barbecue sauce is a cultural phenomenon.
Court Says No to $33 Million Tax Rebate for Wal-Mart
Al Norman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business
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This phony money-shuffling is part of Wal-Mart's "hidden tax" on the rest of us who pay our taxes without the counsel of corporate tax accountants.
The Best Damn Sports Mom, Period.
Chris Kyle | Posted 06.10.2009 | Entertainment
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My mom is an unusual sports fan. She doesn't use the word hate and she's never booed a single team or person in her life.
Advancing Education: A Governor's Lesson
Michael F. Easley | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics
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We can't afford to see college as an option or a luxury for some; it has to be our goal for all.
Swine Flu 1999: We Were Warned
David Kirby | Posted 06.03.2009 | Green
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It now appears that six of the eight genetic components in the currently circulating virus are direct descendants of a swine flu virus that first emerged in North Carolina a decade ago.
Stupid Republican Tricks
Senate Guru | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics
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We worry that some Republicans are too influenced by greed or fear or hatred. However, some Republicans are just mind-numbingly stupid.
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