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More teens sharing more sensitive info on social media
Parents, pay attention. Your teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than ever before, and you might want to know what they're sharing. Some quick numbers parents need to know: + 91 percent. That's how many teens post photos of themselves, up from 79 percent in 2006. + 71 percent. That's how many teens post their school names, up from 49 ...
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Woman killed in Raleigh crash
Raleigh, N.C. - A woman was killed Wednesday morning in a wreck involving a school bus and a car, Raleigh police said.Officers closed Atlantic Avenue between Spring Forest and Millbrook roads in north Raleigh for about four hours following the wreck. The woman, who was in the car, was not immediately identified. Police said she was in her 20s. No students were on the bus at the time of the ...
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Land Application Permit Public Meeting
The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission will conduct a public meeting on Thursday June 13, 2013 at 7:00 pm (registration opens at 6:30 pm) concerning the proposed modification of Water Quality Permit No. WQ0001730, Land Application of Residuals at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant. The city has spent over ten years investigating, sampling and modeling groundwater beneath ...
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Citrix’s downtown Raleigh building could add two floors
Citrix Systems office building in downtown Raleigh could be happening sooner rather than later. The developers of the building project have filed a new site plan for "phase 2" that, if approved, would allow for construction of an additional two floors of office space, or 39,346 square feet that would be built atop the 126,646-square-foot building currently under construction at 120 S. ...
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Redfin The Triangle is the slowest-moving housing market
a new report by Redfin that tracked the speed of homes sales in April highlighting the fastest- and slowest-moving markets across the country. The Triangle housing market ranked as the slowest-moving market among the 22 real estate markets measured ...
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City of Raleigh moves to buy 12 downtown parcels
Raleigh's city government says it has set aside $3.73 million to acquire 12 contiguous parcels covering 1.7 acres downtown for economic development. The land is next to a former Salvation Army property that is also being bought by the city. The 12 parcels are located at 330 E. Hargett St.; 210, 214, 218, 224, 226 and 228 S. Bloodworth St.; and 317, 319, 323, 325, and 327 E. Martin St. In ...
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Biogens new MS drug could be manufactured in RTP
A Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) spokesperson confirms that "steps" are being taken to support commercial manufacturing of Plegridy in Research Triangle Park, should the new multiple sclerosis treatment be approved. RTP is already a Biogen hotbed when it comes to its MS portfolio, as both Avonex and Tysabri are already manufactured here. Additionally, there has been talk of Biogen's ...
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Police tie north Raleigh murder to burglary attempt
Raleigh, N.C. - Three people have been arrested in the death last week of a 30-year-old Elizabethtown mother of two who recently moved to Raleigh and was found covered in blood inside her apartment last week, Raleigh police said Wednesday.Ronald Lee Anthony, 23, of 1800 Bloodworth St., Raleigh, Travion Devonte Smith, 20, of Raleigh, and Sarah Rene Redden, 18, of 3209 Scotch Pine Trail, Wake ...
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New credit line to fund growth of lab on a chip
says it has gained a new credit facility from Square 1 Bank, of Durham, with plans to use the cash to fund its growth and product development. Terms were not immediately released. You'll recall that ...
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Business Insider Wilmington among best future housing markets
the latest CoreLogic Case-Shiller report , BI ranks the top 15 by the projected annualized change in home prices between Q4 2012 and Q4 2017. Wilmington ranks No. 13 on the list, with annualized expected growth of 7.1 percent over the next five years. The analysis also notes that current home prices in the Wilmington metro area are down by 25.6 percent from their Q2 2007 peak. To provide ...
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Oil company says ex-employee stole trade secrets
Two oil companies are in litigation in the North Carolina Business Court. An Asheboro-area oil company is suing a former employee in Fuquay-Varina, claiming that he and a competing oil company conspired to steal customer lists and other private information. Pugh Oil Co. alleges that Jeff Zimmer copied vast quantities of information from its computers on March 19, while he was still an employee, ...
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NRC to inspect Duke North Carolina Harris nuclear reactor
Wed May 22, 2013 1:00pm EDT May 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that it was launching a special inspection at Duke Energy Corp's Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina over a "quarter-inch flaw" on the plant's reactor vessel head. Duke shut the 900-megawatt (MW) plant on May 15 when further analysis of ultrasonic data gathered ...
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Federal inspectors launch investigation after North Carolina nuclear plant shutdown
RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the on-site NRC inspectors ...
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Testing gaps plague N.C.s new electronic Medicaid claims paying system
Sufficient testing has not been done to ensure the state's new computerized Medicaid claims paying system, NCTracks, will be ready for primetime when the go-live switch is thrown July 1, says North Carolina ...
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Salix reports successful Phase 3 for colitis candidate
Salix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SLXP) says it successfully completed trials to evaluate the efficacy and treatment for active mild to moderate ulcerative proctitis (UP) or ulcerative proctosigmoiditis (UPS). Salix reported that in each of the two Phase 3 studies, "a statistically significant proportion of subjects treated with budesonide foam (the Salix treatment) achieved clinical ...
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The List The Triangle’s largest graphic design firms
In its simplest form, graphic design is using any visual medium - be it a poster, a newspaper advertisement or a business logo - to convey a message. We see all sorts of designs in our daily lives, from candy wrappers to T-shirts. There are a number of firms in the Triangle that do this type of work on a daily basis. These firms work with a myriad of clients, including public companies such ...
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Glaxo to get up to $200M for bioterrorism research
GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) is teaming with the U.S. to fight bioterrorism. The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Research Triangle Park, is collaborating with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a deal to develop antibiotics to treat resistant infections and bioterrorist threats. The agreement ...
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Review of Gluten-Free Dining Options at Twisted Fork in Raleigh
Twisted Fork, located at 3751 Sumner Boulevard, is a restaurant at north Raleigh's Triangle Town Center. While the Twisted Fork's entrees primarily are pasta, the restaurant does have a number of ...
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Raleigh to get new fire station
Raleigh City Council has awarded a contract capped at $2.7 million to Chapel Hill-based Resolute Building Inc. to construct Fire Station 29 at 12117 Leesville Rd. Work is scheduled to begin this summer with completion in approximately 10 months, according to the city. The 10,000-square-foot station will house Raleigh's Engine Company 29. The design calls for three apparatus bays, ...
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Raleighs outgoing City Manager wants to add 40 workers
J. Russell Allen wants to increase spending by nearly 5 percent to $705 million in a new fiscal 2014 budget that gives existing workers a 3 percent merit bump and adds 40 new employees to the payroll. Allen presented his proposals to City Council Council on Tuesday. On April 17, the Raleigh City Council ...
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CIS to triple its office space in Morrisville
When life science consulting firm Compliance Implementation Services moves into its new office next year in the new Perimeter Two office building in Morrisville, the move will represent a nearly tripling of the company's operations in the Triangle. Compliance Implementation Services, or CIS, was one of three companies that ...
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N.C.s Medicaid shortfall increased by $85 million
Aldona Wos blamed the previous administration's forecasting models, which apparently did not properly calculate how much Medicaid would cost the state. The shortfall for this year will now come to an estimated $333 million. On May 2, state ...
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Seven subjects China does not want Duke to teach
Chinese leadership has reportedly listed seven topics that may not be discussed in university classrooms there. This calls into question the academic freedom ...
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In Durham women rule says NerdWallet
Bull City has netted another number one ranking, this time as the number one best city for women in the workforce. Specifically, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro ranked number one in the "medium cities" category in the ...
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N.C. DOT grants $6.2M to project aimed at reducing air pollution
N.C. Department of Transportation is granting $6.2 million for a project that aims to reduce air pollution in the Triangle by promoting vehicles that run on electricity, propane and natural gas. The Clean Fuel Advanced Technology project was launched in 2006 and is led by the N.C. Solar Center at N.C. State University. It focuses on improving air quality in 24 North Carolina counties, including ...
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Raleigh high speed rail causing concern
The South East High Speed Rail Corridor is envisioned to provide better mass transit transport options between the major cities of the South East in the US. Raleigh as a state capital is an important part of the project, but some residents have voiced concerns about the railways routing in the city.
The Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor is a massive infrastructure project identified by the federal government as necessary to facilitate the long-term needs of transport in the southeast of the United States, but many in Raleigh are concerned about the part Raleigh will play in the government’s plans and how the city will be effected. Read more
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