The Barack Obama campaign mobilized thousands of volunteers who helped him win North Carolina, but a new analysis by Democracy North Carolina found that five of the 10 counties with the most intense voter activism favored John McCain. Of the top 10 counties on the Voter Activism Index, five sided with Obama: Chatham, Wake, Forsyth, […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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Indy’s Maximov fares well at American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
Indy contributing writer Mark Maximov squeaked into the top 10 percent of finishers at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, placing 64th in a field of 684. When compared to other players in his skill levelDivision Bhe placed 35th. And when competing against players in the Southern Division, Maximov finished an impressive third. During the three-day […]
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Mountain top removal bill to be intro’d today
A bill that would prohibit energy companies
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Public meeting slated to air PCB cleanup concerns
When Ward Transformer began its toxic legacy in the northwestern crook of Wake County in 1964, the Interstate 540 loop wasn’t even a twinkle in a transportation planner’s eye, Raleigh-Durham Airport had not yet gone international, and the famous Angus Barn steakhouse was rebuilding after a fire burned it to the ground. Forty-five years later, […]
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Live: Willie, the Wheel and their boys
Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel Durham Performing Arts Center Friday, Feb. 20 Row I, Seats 307 and 309 Drunk man wearing boat shoes with no socks: [to leather-clad faux Harley chick sitting two seats from him.] Your hair is so black! What’s your ethnicity? Faux Harley chick: Ethnicity? I don’t know … Southern? […]
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CH’s Peoples Channel to help Durham public access
Durham County officials have authorized $55,000 to partially fund the public access channel and the Durham City Council could vote to match those funds next month, according to the Durham Committee for Community Media. The money was already allocated to the channel in a previous contract with Time Warner Cable, but the funds needed to […]
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Calling fans of the Gipper
The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, whose goal is to name at least one landmark in every one of the nation’s 3,067 counties after the 40th president, recently denounced North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue for failing to proclaim Feb. 6, his birthday, “Ronald Reagan Day.” The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project is an outgrowth of the conservative […]
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Winning work
Stop the presses, there’s good media news to report: The Indy won nine N.C. Press Association awards and five N.C. Press Photographers Association awards. The NCPA awards are: Staff writer Matt Saldaña earned first place in investigative reporting for his exposé of spiritual leader and Human Kindness Foundation co-founder Bo Lozoff. Lozoff had engaged in […]
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In the legislature: Sex, death and fre spch
Euthanasia and sodomy laws, defense contractors and heat-packin’ district attorneys: For funand yes, it is a warped sense of funwe often peruse the General Assembly’s list of introduced bills to find notable legislation, including proposed measures flying under the radar. You can find the text of these bills in PDFs below and at ncleg.net. Humane […]
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Where are Durham’s billboards? Find them on the Indy’s map
What do Bojangles’, the U.S. Marines, and the Dixie Gun and Knife Show have in common? Their respective messages of chicken, honor and the Second Amendment are emblazoned on many of Durham County’s billboards. The Indy drove all over hell’s half-acre to conduct its own billboard survey, and found roughly 110. (We’re checking for duplicates; […]
