Rick Eddins visited a man in prison just to watch him die. “I didn’t shed a tear,” the former state legislator told his colleagues on the House Select Committee on Capital Punishment. “I wasn’t behind glass. We were all sitting at one table. I was there until he drew his last breath.” Eddins, whose uncle […]
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UNC failed to verify employee documentation, audit says
Seventeen UNC Hospital employees resigned or were fired after an N.C. State Auditor’s analysis discovered they had invalid Social Security numbers. According to the auditor’s report released Jan. 29, several employees used numbers assigned to people who are dead, some had numbers that had never been issued by the Social Security Administration, and others had […]
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First rush of bills tackle tricky issues
While state lawmakers won’t get down to the real nitty-gritty until committee appointments are finalized in early to mid-February, a cavalcade of bills was introduced in the House and Senate this week, including the much-anticipated Renewable Portfolio Standard (see www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A43167). State Sen. Charles Albertson, a Democrat who represents three southeastern counties, is the primary sponsor […]
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The reissue of Chapel Hill’s Sneakers’ output
Listen! Listen to Sneakers’ “Condition Red” and “No Wonder” from the reissue Nonsequitur of Silence. If you cannot see the music player below, click here to download the free Flash Player. Chances are, from 1976 to 1978, when the clock radio woke you up, one of three hits was playing: “I Write the Songs” by […]
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The illness: Holes in the Latino safety net
See also: The progressive prescription | Expensive insurance for serious health problems | Big-money campaign contributions | Oil addiction | Holes in the Latino safety net | 10 more to watch | No ordinary day for ‘HK on J’ The 30 people who attended a Latino Legislative Assembly last month at El Centro Hispano in […]
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The illness: Oil addiction
See also: The progressive prescription | Expensive insurance for serious health problems | Big-money campaign contributions | Oil addiction | Holes in the Latino safety net | 10 more to watch | No ordinary day for ‘HK on J’ Flip the light switch. Boot the computer. Crank the thermostat. North Carolinians pull thousands of kilowatts […]
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The progressive prescription
See also: The progressive prescription | Expensive insurance for serious health problems | Big-money campaign contributions | Oil addiction | Holes in the Latino safety net | 10 more to watch | No ordinary day for ‘HK on J’ Last week, Utilities Commissioner Bobby Owens appeared to doze (or maybe he was resting his eyes) […]
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Tree task force may reconvene
The 21-page tree ordinance and its corresponding 37-page handbook are as dense as the Amazon jungle, but one aspect of it is clear-cut: Few people are pleased with the final product, which took a task force appointed by Mayor Charles Meeker three years to complete. At a Jan. 9 public hearing before Raleigh City Council, […]
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Purge the surge
Twenty-one thousand troops: To deploy that number of additional American soldiers to Iraq is akin to sending every citizen in Carrboro and Hillsborough to war. It’s equivalent to five Zebulons. Three Knightdales. Or more than one-and-a-half Duke Universities. President Bush’s troop escalation, or as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recast it before the Senate Armed […]
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John Edwards launches presidential campaign in Chapel Hill
“America needs to be patriotic about something besides the war,” said presidential candidate John Edwards, who launched his campaign in Chapel Hill’s Southern Village neighborhood. Thousands of supporters turned out for the Dec. 30 rally, where Edwards announced his presidential platform, including reducing the number of U.S. troops in Iraq, fighting poverty and establishing universal […]