Sixteen athletes, many of them pros, have agreed to donate their brains to science upon their death as part of a concussion study, reports the Associated Press, and printed in The News & Observer. Former Carolina soccer star Cindy Parlow is among those who’ve agreed to the study. Former New England Patriots linebaker Ted Johnson […]
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Dead deer dumped in Moeser’s yard; his job to get’em to the curb
Two deer that had apparently been shot to death were dumped in the yard of former UNC Chancellor James Moeser, reports the Daily Tar Heel. While it’s open season to hunt deer with a bow and arrow–happening now in Duke Forest–it is illegal to hunt deer with guns at this time of year, To Moeser’s […]
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Moore money: NC pension funds could be loaned for bailout
NC Treasurer Richard Moore tells the Triangle Business Journal that he’d loan some state pension funds to the bailout fund if the interest rates were high enough. He wouldn’t loan all of it, of course, but to give this some context, the state’s pension fund totals $72 billion–just 10 percent of the money the Wall […]
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No blank checks
The Indy‘s Bob Geary caught up today with progressive economist Dean Baker, who was in Raleigh to address the risky bailout plan proposed by the Bush administration. Read the story in Today’s News.
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Gimme an O, gimme an X, gimme a Y: Go-o-o oxycodone!
A Wake Christian Academy cheerleader was busted on felony charges of drug possession and intent to sell after state ABC officers searched her car and reportedly found hydrocodone and oxycontin. Although the girl is just 16, The News & Observer printed her name and mugshot. She was released on $10,000 bond. In addition to seizing […]
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Pioneering NC sportswriter Mary Gerber dies at 92
Cheryl Miller, Andrea Kremer and Hannah Storm can thank Mary Gerber who broke, with difficulty, the gender barriers for women sportswriters, and later, sportscasters. Gerber died Sunday in Winston-Salem at age 92, reports The New York Times. She covered high school and then the ACC before branching out to a wide variety of sports for […]
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Chapel Hill to downsize Halloween
The Town of Chapel Hill will no longer dress as a welcome mat for Halloween. The Town Council Monday night agreed that the annual celebration, which last year attracted 80,000 people, needs to be scaled down, albeit over several years, to 20,000 to 25,000. In addition to the thousands of UNC-CH and town residents who […]
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Note to convention center: spend $, run spellcheck
The Indy received an e-mail from a reader who reportedly shot a photo of a sign outside the elevator at the new $221 million Raleigh Convention Center, noting that all such signs contain this mistake. Maybe the letter “g” would have put the project over budget. Or perhaps droppin’ the g is merely reflective of […]
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Note to convention center: spend extra $ on spellcheck
The Indy received an email from someone who had photographed a sign near the elevators at the muRaleigh Convention Center.
