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In Pictures Dinosaurs Invade Raleigh
I've always been fascinated with dinosuars. From learning about them in second grade with Miss Jenkins, to getting my head stuck in a railing trying to catch a better glimpse of an Ankylosaurs skeleton at a San Francisco museum - these terrible creatures have always captured my fancy. And now, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is hosting an exhibit called "Dinosaurs in ...
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Pedestrian sign means stop
Who doesn't know what the sign pictured with this blog means? It's a pedestrian warning sign, and it means motorists are required by law to stop and allow pedestrians to cross the street. Fat chance. It happens everyday. Pedestrians try to cross a street, a road or a highway at their own peril because motorists rarely stop - as, again, the law requires. This morning, while crossing ...
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Pack light when flying American and the airline will reward you
American Airlines (Pink Sheets: AAMRQ) will be rewarding me for this by letting me board the plane right after uniformed military, elite and first class passengers. The airline came out with a ...
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NCSU center a jolt for ‘smart grid’
I mentioned some of them in last week's print edition . Another "smart grid" entity that's helping to keep the industry plowing forward: The FREEDM Center ...
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No Way Study finds politicians today are more polarized than in the 1900s
Anyone who watches the Sunday morning news shows probably has guessed this, but a new study shows that politicians are more polarized now than in more than 100 years. Researchers ...
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Time to stock up on hurricane items
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Shoppers can prepare for the hurricane season while saving some pennies during the Louisiana Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax ...
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Trial opens for former N.C. legislator
A former member of the Republican leadership of the N.C. House of Representatives faces trial today for allegedly swindling millions of dollars from two government-funded nonprofit ...
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Downtown Durham names Durham as CEO
Geoff Durham as its new president and CEO. Durham, 42, has more than 12 years experience in economic development strategy. Most recently, Durham acted as economic development director for Fairfax, Va., and prior to his stint there, he worked Silver Spring, Md., where he developed capital improvement projects for the urban district and managed property development and budgetary needs. The hire ...
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ICF consolidates local offices new home in Durham
ICF International, an information technology consulting firm for both corporate and government clients, will be consolidating its operations in the Triangle when it combines the company's offices in Cary and in Research Triangle Park into the Meridian Corporate Center in Durham. ICF (Nasdaq: ICFI) has signed a lease for 11,604 square feet space at 2635 Meridian Parkway in ...
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Durham group cites creative vitality healthy in town
study has Durham outpacing the nation by 25 percent and the State of North Carolina by 93 percent. The takeaway? That Durham's "creative economy" supports 7,335 jobs -- a figure that has grown 22 percent between 2006 and 2011. The index measures the health of the creative economy in communities after taking into consideration the number of people working in arts-related ...
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Washington group Immigration reform could mean 5K new jobs in N.C.
Granting immigration reform to North Carolina's 325,000 undocumented workers would boost the state's gross state product by $34 billion and create 5,000 new jobs over the next 10 years, according to a progressive Washington-based think tank. ...
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Farmer’s Market Planned for Southeast Raleigh
A new farmer's market, featuring fresh local products, is planned to begin operating in southeast Raleigh this summer. The market is being developed in response to a need generated by the recent closing of two supermarkets in southeast Raleigh. Financial support to help offset the project's start-up costs was approved by the Raleigh City Council on May 7. The $15,000 donation will come ...
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Charlotte Bobcats want to be Hornets again
Charlotte Bobcats camp isn't something that will make a difference in the win-loss column, but it has the Queen City buzzing nonetheless. According to a report from CBSSports.com, the Bobcats are in the process of changing their name back to "Hornets," which would, critically, mean the return of Hugo the Hornet and the beehive-themed free throw lane to Charlotte. Such a change ...
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Thousands turn out for Tour DCoup
Good grief. I grew up in rural Cleveland County, and we had chickens all over the place. Laying hen, breeding roosters and fryers. Nowadays, that's a novelty. That's fine. Sort of part of the back to Earth movement. Thousands turned out this weekend to check the chicken coops in the backyards of urban Raleigh and ...
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Showdown looms over pre-K in N.C.
Proponents of pre-kindergarten educational programs in North Carolina credit it with preparing kids to learn when they arrive at school. But a showdown looms over the program, with the state House considering a proposal to limit ...
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Celebrating all things N.C.
The sixth annual Got to be N.C. festival brought 'em in at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh to celebrate all things made, not just in the U.S., but particularly in North ...
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One dead in Oklahoma after tornadoes slam Plains Midwest
SHAWNEE, Okla. - Hearing on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, Lindsay Carter took advantage of the advanced warning, gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left of the community she called home. Several tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, ...
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North Carolina researchers create genome map for what we eat
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -Do your kids love chocolate milk? It might have more calories on average than you thought.Same goes for soda.Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace.Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
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Tornadoes level homes in Oklahoma hit other states
EDMOND, Okla. - One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter. The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota. At ...
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Tornado levels homes in Oklahoma City trailer park
People survey damage from a tornado that hit Edmond, Okla., on Sunday, May 19, 2013. A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged roofs and structures near Oklahoma City and kicked up debris in Wichita, ...
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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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