It didn’t take long for the Times to catch up with hometown hero Fernando Perez, a season-long highlight (see video) for the Durham Bulls who is now on the Tampa Bay post-season roster. Writer Alan Schwarz describes the New Jersey native and Columbia University grad as a Hermann Hesse fan who has “wit as quick […]
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Obama opens up new field office in … Fuquay-Varina
If the political campaign is like a football game, Obama’s ground attack is ramming the ball straight up the middle in the fourth quarter. The N&O’s Under the Dome has more on the significance of Obama’s new field office. UPDATE: The New York Times has a new story on Obama’s push into Republican strongholds here.
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Wiseguy dies in Butner
Reasons to read the obits in The New York Times: Anthony Spero, a consigliere in the Bonanno crime family, died Monday in the Federal Medical Center in Butner, which is part of the federal correctional facility there. Spero, who was 79 years old, was serving his sentence in Florida but was moved to North Carolina […]
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Ex-Bulls join Tampaâs post-season roster; Rays win Game 1 behind two Longoria homers
The Tampa Bay Rays got off to a fast start in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Chicago White Sox, behind two record-setting home runs by rookie phenom Evan Longoria. The Rays prevailed, 6-4. Longoria, who began this season in Durham (albeit briefly), became the first rookie to hit two home […]
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Ex-Bulls join Tampaâs post-season roster; Rays win Game 1 behind two Longoria homers
The Tampa Bay Rays got off to a fast start in Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Chicago White Sox, behind two record-setting home runs by rookie phenom Evan Longoria. The Rays prevailed, 6-4. Longoria, who began this season in Durham (albeit briefly), became the first rookie to hit two home […]
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The ultimate inside man at Wachovia loses $12.5 million
Man, if the brand-new CEO of a company invests $16 million in his new employer’s stock, that’s got to be a vote of confidence, right? Well, Bob Steel started his job in July, after Ken Thompson was run off after the purchase of Golden West he engineered in 2006 proved to be catastrophic. Steel signaled […]
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’Hawks’ Nuñez finalist for USL-1 honor
Martin Nuñez, the RailHawks’ flashy, diminutive 21-year-old midfielder, is a finalist for USL-1’s rookie of the year award, the team announced this afternoon. Nuñez is a finalist along with Osvaldo Alonso of the Charleston Battery and Vicente Arze of the Vancouver Whitecaps. All league award winners will be announced at the USL First Division Championship […]
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No jumping from buildings in Raleigh, out of respect for Wachovia
We all know Raleigh’s been working hard at jazzing up its downtown life. So, it was another leap step in the right direction when the party animals at the new RBC Plaza announced a BASE jump to punctuate today’s opening ceremony.
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Blundering Blindness, intermittently successful Flashes
Blindness opens Friday in select theaters The movies have a poor track record with filming high-quality literature: More often than not, the screenwriters are so hobbled by the need to pay fealty to their source novels, and the directors are so enamored of their superstar casts, that we get boring, tasteful pictures like Cold Mountain […]
