Standing on the sideline at Wallace Wade stadium Saturday, I watched Miami’s Matt Bosher get off the best punt I have ever seen, a booming 76-yard kick in the third quarter that left the 32, 011 on hand for the game momentarily silent and the Blue Devil return men scrambling to catch up as the […]
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We’re #3! We’re #3!
Congratulations, Durhamites. You live in one of the top locales to ride out the nation’s ongoing economic crisis, or so says Businessweek. The magazine cited Durham’s jobless rate–just 5.4 percent–in placing the Bull City third on the list behind No. 1 Alexandria, Virginia and No. 2 Washington D.C.
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When stealing yard signs just won’t cut it
With the opening of the bear hunting season last week, it seems that North Carolinians not pleased by the prospect of an Obama presidency are finding increasingly creative (also read: deplorable) ways to express their opposition. The AP reports that a dead bear cub covered in Barack Obama campaign paraphernalia was found dumped on the […]
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Tires slashed outside Obama rally
As the election season winds down, it seems that some North Carolinians are expressing their non-support of the Democratic presidential candidate using that most enlightened and effective method, vandalism. The tires on nearly 30 parked vehicles were slashed Sunday while their owners attended a rally inside Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, reports the News & Observer. […]
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Glenn Gerding concedes to Page Vernon
Glenn Gerding ended his bid for district court judge this week, conceding to opponent Page Vernon who will now run unopposed for the open seat on the District 15b Court. “Page essentially won the seat in the primary,” says Gerding in his endorsement of Vernon. “I’m confident that Page will do a great job as […]
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Carolinas to get their very own Immigration Court
North Carolina’s largest city will be the site of the nation’s 57th immigration court, reports the Charlotte Observer. The Executive Office for Immigration Review court will begin hearing cases in Charlotte as soon as next month, saving immigrants detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in the Carolina’s from reporting to Atlanta (the site […]
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Mike Easley appears on MSNBC
More insight into North Carolina’s role in the upcoming presidential election; this bit from NC governor Mike Easley who last week weighed in on Barack Obama’s chances of winning the Tarheel state during an appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC. The Easley interview begins at the 3:45 mark. Hat tip to New Raleigh […]
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Holden Thorp on music, youth and airports
The Herald Sun today has a somewhat bloodless Q and A with recently installed UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp, which includes revelations such as the type of car he drives (Mazda Miata, black) and what songs he’s most adept at playing (“Chain of Fools,” “Margaritaville”). Thorp isn’t pushed on any substantive university related issues until late […]
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Hillsborough officials to weigh in on waste transfer station
Members of the Rogers Road community aren’t the only Orange County residents up in arms over the list of sites for the proposed county waste transfer station. The Herald-Sun reports that the Hillsborough Waste Transfer Station Advisory Committee will tonight present to the Town Board a list of recommendations to take to the County Board […]
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Durham Committee gives thumbs down to prepared foods tax
The Durham Committee On the Affairs of Black People (DCABP) this morning voted not to endorse the proposed 1 percent sales tax on prepared foods. The move came at the end of a four-hour meeting during which committee members decided the organizations endorsement of this elections slate of candidates. After impassioned presentations from advocates for […]
