After finishing a plate of hot dogs and brownies, Hugh Webster addressed a small gathering of 30 supporters at a campaign fundraiser in East Raleigh. Wearing an olive-green safari shirt, khaki shorts and a bolo tie engraved with a buffalo, the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress walked to the center of the room. In a […]
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For its second album, Annuals found coming back home best
Listen up! If you cannot see the music player below, download the free Flash Player. ⇒ Read our review of Such Fun Holed up in their unfinished practice space beside a metal machine shop on Raleigh’s Capital Boulevard, the six members of the band Annuals are deciding which songs to cram into a 30-minute set. […]
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Obama: Denying college access to illegal immigrants is un-American
On a recent interview with WUNC, Barack Obama was asked to weigh in on the N.C. Community College System’s decision to extend its ban on illegal immigrants attending degree-granting programs. Here’s what he had to say, after the jump: The first thing is, we shouldn’t have illegal immigrants hereby tightening up border security, cracking down […]
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Obama eclipses McCain, Hagan leaps ahead in latest PPP poll
In the latest North Carolina poll from Raleigh-based Public Policy Polling, Barack Obama has taken a 2-point lead over John McCain, within the 3-point margin of error. Meanwhile, Kay Hagan has leaped ahead of Elizabeth Dole, 46-38. Last week, Rasmussen also placed Obama ahead, 49-47. In last week’s N.C. poll, PPP had Obama and McCain […]
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Financial crisis preventing Durham and Wake from selling bonds
Today, the N&O reports on Durham County’s recent failure to sell $30 million in bonds, and Wake County’s decision to delay the sale of over $450 million in bonds, due to a lack of faith in the credit market. Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin is quoted as saying he plans to split up the sale […]
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On CBS, answers elude Palin
This video of Katie Couric grilling Sarah Palin last night on CBS Evening News is worth watching: When asked about the proposed $700 billion federal bailout of financial institutions, Palin claims that “Americans are waiting to see what John McCain will do on this proposal,” but not Barack Obama. When pressed for an explanation, Palin […]
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Evasion ’08: Citing financial crisis, McCain moves to delay debate
Today, John McCain will announce that he is suspending his presidential campaign, in order to return to Washington to solve the financial crisis. In turn, he is calling on Barack Obama to delay their first presidential debate, scheduled for Friday at the University of Mississippi. McCain’s prepared remarks, reprinted on The Wall Street Journal‘s Washington […]
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A stigma, with distinction: New L.I.F.E. grads can keep their diplomas
Though their alma mater has been discredited, the 25 graduates of the New L.I.F.E. College Program, the unauthorized satellite campus to N.C. Central University, had their diplomas approved by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Herald-Sun reports (reg. required). The additional 100 students who had either begun classes, or sought to enroll at […]
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McCain’s campaign manager further linked to Freddie Mac
On Monday, The New York Times reported that Rick Davis, John McCain’s campaign manager, received nearly $2 million as president of the Homeownership Alliance, an advocacy coalition that successfully defeated regulatory challenges to mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, whose risky purchases contributed to a national mortgage crisis. In a Sunday interview on CNBC, […]
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Iraqi journalist Ahmed Fadaam
Ahmed Fadaam, an Iraqi artist and professor, began his award-winning journalism career in 2003 translating for Dick Gordon’s The Story on WUNC. He soon began translating, reporting and producing videos for Agence France-Presse, and reporting for The New York Times out of its Baghdad bureau. In 2006, he started recording firsthand recollections of the war […]
