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“It's a way to show people how to serve others, and it's also an outreach”

Bright orange, yellow and purple flowers will be planted with little hands today as some of the youngest members of Cape Carteret Baptist Church join in a one-day blitz of mission work in communities across ... via Jacksonville Daily News

After a decade of work, Oxford University Press and the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute published the African American National Biography . via OUPblog

“By expanding the things you could think, talk and write about -- and how you could think, talk and write about them -- these poets helped us confront a range of pressing but long ignored issues.”

In its way, North Carolina nurtured the counterculture poets who pushed the nation toward new ways of thinking It's Aug. via News Observer

“Currently, I am the only employee of MARC. We do have a contract employee, Pete Landry, our national sales manager for outsource.”

Position: "Executive director and chief executive of MARC Inc. , a nonprofit organization that supports 14 nonprofit community rehabilitation programs in a 23-county region of Western North Carolina. via The Asheville Citizen-Times

“Someone's out there floatin' with $40,000.”

There's a lottery winner in Tarboro. Or at least they bought their winning Powerball ticket at Thorne Drugs in Tarboro. via Daily Southerner

“It proves that if people see a need and fight for it, it can happen.”

There are 40 fewer residents in this western Craven County town of 418 people than when Alderman Richard Giddings moved here four years ago. via Sun Journal

“Although we have set a financial target for the campaign, its true focus is not fundraising; it is enriching, changing and saving lives at East Carolina and in the region and state as a whole”

East Carolina University has kicked off its Second Century Campaign, the university's first capital campaign in 15 years. via The Daily Reflector

The fight over the Navy's desire to build a practice landing field for its jet fighters will continue. via 13 WVEC.com

“I think it's just a great thing to do to make sure someone has an opportunity, and it may be an opportunity they might not have otherwise had.”

Beginning next spring and continuing every year, an Asheville High senior will go to college nearly cost-free thanks to a $1 million scholarship fund set up by an alumna to benefit students at the high school. via Asheville Citizen-Times

Posted: Today at 3:13 p.m. Updated: 28 minutes ago The 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists: JOURNALISM: Public Service: The Washington Post for exposing the mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed ... via Wral.com

“Stenting, even with drug-eluting stents, was associated with higher rates of target-vessel revascularization”

Coronary stents are just as effective as bypass operations in extending longevity for patients with the most dangerous form of heart disease, a new study has found. via New Straits Times

“We have embraced many changes as we have grown in the past year, and becoming RBC Bank marks a pivotal time in our history.”

Conversion to RBC Bank from RBC Centura Underway RALEIGH, NC, April 4 /CNW/ - RBC Centura Bank today announced that it will begin operating as RBC Bank following the change of its legal name to RBC Bank ... via Canada NewsWire

Former President Bill Clinton plans to return Friday to North Carolina to campaign for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. via WFMY 2 Greensboro

In April 2006, the law school deans of America raised a hue and cry against U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of their institutions. via Hartford Courant

“Jim Rogers won't have to live with the consequences of global warming. Our generation will. We aren't going anywhere until this plant is canceled!”

At 6:30 AM this morning, North Carolina residents locked themselves to bulldozers to stop the construction of Duke Energy's massive Cliffside coal-fired power plant being built 50 miles west of Charlotte, NC. via Salem-News.com

“It's a completely different environment, where the woman is in more control and not 'hurried' through her labor”

Pregnant women in North Carolina could have home birthing options sanctioned by the state by the end of the year, if a recently formed committee approves of licensing certified professional midwives to attend ... via ADVANCE for Nurses

“The logistics tail, or the support system behind the man carrying the rifle ... is enormous compared to other countries”

The Iraq war has cost taxpayers about $526 billion so far - and could reach $2 trillion by 2017, according to one congressional study. via Tri State Observer

NEW YORK After nearly 40 years, Betty Debnam is stepping aside as editor and publisher of "The Mini Page" children's newspaper. via Editor & Publisher

“You one of those people responsible for this?.."I think it is very cool..without you guys no matter how much hell I raised..it wouldn't have happened unless you got on the wagon and helped me do that.”

Vinnie Jones is moving on from his breakthrough role of Juggernaut on "X-Men: The Last Stand" and can be seen in several new films including this new offering titled "The Bleeding." Co-starring fan favorites ... via Slice of Scifi

Vinnie Jones, Michael Matthias, Michael Madsen, DMX and Armand Assante are set to star in "The Bleeding," a horror actioner from Indifferent Entertainment. via Variety