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Monthly Archives: September 2006

Vern’s latest ad is PG-13 at least

Really sick—and I mean that in the non-slang sense of the word. Vern shows he’s not afraid to talk about the, uh, privates, of teenage [...]
September 27, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Elections, Media, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Morning Post: Indictment edition

Michael Scott Edwards, treasurer of the NC State Optometric Society PAC and friend of Jim Black, was indicted by a Wake County Grand Jury on [...]
September 27, 2006 | Posted in: Courts, Current Events, Media, Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Monday Morning Post

Woke up with this song in my head: There’s a hold up in the Bronx, Brooklyn’s broken out in fights. There’s a traffic jam in [...]
September 25, 2006 | Posted in: Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Less News is bad news

So McClatchy and the N&O management have finally implemented the next phase of their plan to turn their community weeklies—the Chapel Hill News, the Durham [...]
September 24, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Media | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Fall

Today at 12:03 am, you could balance a couple of eggs on end. Really. Of course that has nothing to do with the Fall equinox. [...]
September 23, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events, Morning Post | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Richest in NC

Forbes annual list of the 400 richest includes four from NC: Jim Goodnight (SAS), C.D. Spangler, Jim Sall (SAS) and Ollen Bruton Smith (Speedway Motorsports). [...]
September 22, 2006 | Posted in: Current Events | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

TWC: Some land for tomorrow

This week’s column takes you to a couple of the state’s new Natural Areas and why we need to keep efforts like Land for Tomorrow [...]
September 21, 2006 | Posted in: Columns, Current Events, Environment, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Duke wants you to pay for a plant they may never build

Wallet Duke Energy and Southern are working on a new Nuke project in Cherokee County S.C. No permits have been issued, no construction work on [...]
September 21, 2006 | Posted in: Administration, Current Events, Morning Post, Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink