• Stream the full album and read our review. Alina Simone’s spartan living room mirrors the life of a nomad who must travel light: The wooden floor is bare. A narrow bookcase contains tomes about Soviet gulags. On a low bench rests an iPod sound system. A dining table is crowded with a laptop and […]
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Sierra Club says Raleigh is cool
No, Raleigh isn’t being invaded by hipsters, but it is the 23rd municipality in North Carolina to be named a “Cool City” by the Sierra Club. To qualify for the designation, local governments must pass the U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement; the Raleigh City Council did so in early August. Under that agreement, Raleigh commits […]
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State seeks custody of 700 animals
Dozens of dogs have died of thirst, exposure or disease at a Hendersonville no-kill animal shelter, All Creatures Great and Small, according to affidavits from former employees and volunteers (PDF, 1.7 MB). At a Sept. 18 civil hearing, the N.C. Attorney General’s office will ask a judge to force operators Kim Kappler and Bob and […]
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War without end: We can’t allow it
U.S. Rep. Brad Miller recently visited a soldier from his district at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and during the congressman’s stay, he heard the man, whose left arm had been amputated and his left leg cobbled together with pins as the result of an IED explosion, whisper to his nurse the word “eleven.” “I […]
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The Duke lacrosse case: Gimme some truth
Mike Nifong goes to jail Friday. And on Saturday, having spent 24 hours behind bars on contempt of court charges, the former Durham district attorney will be released in time to catch Booker T. and the MG’s that night at the Bull Durham Blues Festival. The cost to taxpayers of Nifong’s sleepover is roughly $77. […]
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How green is your campus?
Colleges and universities from Maine to California have initiated green programs such as instituting freshman car policies to decrease traffic congestion, using integrated pest management instead of pesticides in dorms, and implementing conservation programs in computer labs to reduce unnecessary print jobs. Leaders at several universities in North CarolinaUNC-Chapel Hill, Guilford College and Appalachian Statehave […]
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Good riddance, Gonzales
Alberto Gonzales has left the building. Someone rescue the Constitution from the paper shredder. Although Gonzales seems to have forgotten his actions as White House counsel and attorney general, the rest of us don’t suffer from such convenient amnesia. He advised the Bush administration to deny legal counsel to Guantanamo Bay detainees, most of whom […]
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Recycling: DIY, eight miles high
On several recent American Airlines and U.S. Air flights, Chapel Hill resident Joy Javits disembarked from the plane hauling garbage bags of cans and newspapers that would have otherwise gone into the trash. “When the flight attendants came down the aisle, I asked the them if I could recycle the cans, newspapers and bottles that […]
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Hit the highway
Littering is so 1972. Yet, people still toss their cups, cheeseburger wrappers and “trucker bombs” along the road (if you’re unfamiliar with the latter, look it up on the Net). Even using prison labor to collect trash, there’s more garbage on North Carolina highways than can be picked up. And this is where you can […]
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Dole’s bad foreign policy
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole is parachuting into North Carolina this week, touching down in several citiesincluding Raleigh on Aug. 23to enlighten local law enforcement about how they, too, can transform from mild-mannered deputies in snoozy hamlets into de facto border agents charged with defending America. And they don’t even have to dash into a phone […]