Joseph Carnevale, a university student in Raleigh, North Carolina, repurposed a bunch of traffic barrels to create a giant hitchhiking traffic barrel monster.The Internet absolutely loved it, but the police...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan is offering federal cash incentives to achieve one of his priorities: developing national standards for reading and math to replace a current hodgepodge of benchmarks in the states. Duncan said Sunday that the...
Former NBA players Jayson Williams was arrested after allegedly assaulting a man outside a North Carolina nightclub. Williams apparently got into an altercation with a man outside a club in Raleigh. Police reported that he punched the man in the face. He was charged with...
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By Michigan Mary So I have to admit, there is something about my new state that has really saddened me. When I first considered moving to North Carolina, one of the most compelling attributes was the state’s...
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Knowing what to recycle can be downright confusing at times.Most of us have the basics down - soda cans, milk jugs, newspaper. What about those in between items that just don’t fit into any of the prescribed...
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Recycling prices are crashing and that's putting municipal recycling at risk."The city of Anchorage is blaming the market for a decision to stop accepting glass for recycling. Donna Mears of the Solid Waste...
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A report on North Carolina's probation system suggests that public safety is at risk because the system has either neglected or lost track of thousands of criminals. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports...
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), vice-presidential hopeful for the Republican Party, backed by husband Todd Palin, speaks at a rally in Raleigh, N.C. at the State Fairgrounds on November, 1, 2008.
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Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) makes her way onto the stage, followed by her husband Todd, at the Raleigh State Fairgrounds, during her speech to rally Republicans to vote for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on November 1, 2008.
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Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK), vice-presidential hopeful for the Republican Party, speaks at a rally in Raleigh, N.C. at the State Fairgrounds on November, 1, 2008.
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An interesting exchange."McCain supporter Charles David Ficken descended upon an Obama rally in Raleigh, North Carolina with a 10-foot tall picture of Barack Obama in East African attire, shouting the United...
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McCain calls it socialism; I call it opportunity, and there's nothing more American than that.--Senator Barack Obama, Raleigh, NC, October 29, 2008 Today (10/29/08) I feel as if I've been to the promised land. I was one of 25,000 people who stood on Halifax Mall, the...
opinion by Miz Sheria | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 169 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Having just completed viewing the incredible fifth and final season of The Wire (which is, in my humble estimation, the best television show ever made), I'm feeling well-attuned to any and all news about the...
While more and more artists are taking umbrage at John McCain's use of their music for campaign purposes, Barack Obama is having the opposite effect.James Taylor is one of many musicians to officially endorse...
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