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Wednesday Jul 8 | The Pilot

EDITORIAL: Futile Effort to Fix State's Paddling Law

The N.C. Senate recently took an unsuccessful stab at modifying school paddling law in a way that might have created as many problems as it solved.

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Related Topix: Moore County, NC, Opinion

Mon Jul 06, 2009

News Observer

Proposed care cuts prompt fight

Two distinct narratives are at war in a controversy over whether North Carolina should cut as much as $100 million over two years from in-home care for older and disabled people.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Long Term Care, Health, Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Wake County, NC

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Charlotte.com

Mental health program facing budget cuts

RALEIGH State legislators intend to phase out a program that had become a symbol of waste and inefficiency in North Carolina's troubled system of mental health care.

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Related Topix: Raleigh, NC, Raleigh Metro, Healthcare Law, Law, Cary, NC

New River Valley Current

Fire marshal makes the sky explode

Bennie Russell has made pyrotechnics his hobby. Amanda Codispoti Bennie Russell prepares fireworks.

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Related Topix: Fire, University of North Carolina Pembroke

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Eastern Wake News

Times could be worse

The Great Depression might have delayed Rosa Mae Perry's education, but she didn't let hard times stop it.

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Related Topix: Wendell, NC, Agriculture, Science, Wake Forest, NC, Bunn, NC

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Blogs.newsobserver.com

Great Depression revisited

Change has become a constant in our world these days. All over the eastern Wake County region the landscape is changing.

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Wendell, NC, Agriculture, Science, Wake Forest, NC

Wed Jun 24, 2009

WCNC

NC Senate dumps warning parents of school spanking

The North Carolina Senate has rejected a bill that would require school administrators to tell parents their child could be paddled at school and allow adults to opt out of corporal punishment.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Franklin News-Post

A new age in communications

Information technology a growing, essential part of countys functions Staff Photo by Charles Boothe: Sandie Terry, director of the county s information technology department, and assistant Tony Leete stand by the stacked equipment in the county s data center.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

WDBJ7

Teen moves up in the racing world

June 18, 2009 Teen moves up in the racing world We first introduced you to Michael McGuire from Vinton about a year ago.

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Wed Jun 10, 2009

The Clarion Wright County Monitor

County Sanitarian Kalkwarf interested in planning/zoning position

Wright County Sanitarian Earl Kalkwarf would like the Board of Supervisors to consider combining the Planning and Zoning Director position with his Environmental Health office, and he presented just such a proposal to the Board at their regular Monday meeting.

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Mon Jun 01, 2009

Wilson Daily Times

Town Talk for Tuesday, June 2, 2009

PINETOPS A Pinetops resident was recently appointed to the N.C. State University Board of Trustees.

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Related Topix: Pinetops, NC, Sharpsburg, NC, Nash County, NC, Wilson, NC

Mon May 25, 2009

News Observer

Commentary: Leaders must lead by example

This editorial appeared in The Tri-City Herald. Dictionary.com defines "lead" as: "To go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort." In this aspect, we want to see our elected officials do some leading.

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Sat May 23, 2009

Wilson Daily Times

Family care home to be rebuilt

"Overwhelmed." That's how Gail Jones, owner of Applewood Assisted Living, has been feeling in the days after a fire Saturday night burned her business, displacing 42 residents and leaving several without possessions.

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Related Topix: Wilson, NC, Rocky Mount, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC, Elm City, NC

Thu May 21, 2009

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Death penalty ruled out in murder

A former Millbury man charged with murder in North Carolina will not face the death penalty.

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Related Topix: Louisburg, NC, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Prison

Wed May 20, 2009

Daily Southerner

Wizard of Oz"

A cowardly lion, a heartless tin man, a brainless scarecrow and a girl named Dorothy that wants to return home to Kansas with her dog Toto will take the stage at SouthWest High School this weekend.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Education Etc., Rocky Mount, NC

Mon May 18, 2009

"Pacific,Mo Elections Apr.2006"

Real Estate Assessments- Act Now

Real Estate Assessments..You need to ACT NOW Sure we read in the paper that Assessments WOULD NOT GO UP this year.

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Sat May 16, 2009

WRAL.com - Local News

Tobacco ban leaves growers' future uncertain

Tobacco farmers say they are unsure how a new indoor smoking ban will have an impact on the crop.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Agriculture, Science, Wake County, NC

Thu May 14, 2009

News Observer

Other business doings

The Chapel Hill office of IES Engineers-Dewberry will perform energy audits of four military hospitals.

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Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Raleigh, NC, Science / Technology, WAN, Wake County, NC, Chapel Hill, NC

Tue May 12, 2009

Independent Weekly

food homepage

History has shown that dry-farmed wines are ultimately the best, as the vines must struggle to find water and sustenance in the mineral-laden soils.

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Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, Life, Food, Vegetables, Beer

Sun May 10, 2009

WNCN-TV Raleigh

Jason Michael Carroll Performs At NBC 17

Jason Michael Carroll has come a long way from his humble beginnings in Franklin County, but as evident from his most recent Top 20 hit "Where I'm From," Carroll still holds true to his rural roots.

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