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  1. Grand Day Out Family Concert to Feature Music of The Baby Grands and Secret Agent 23 SkidooRead the original story

    1 hr ago | What's Up Daybook

    ... with high quality entertainment and learning. Secret Agent 23 Skidoo , a group in the hip hop genre, hails from Asheville, North Carolina. The band released a new version of its popular "Easy" CD this summer. The disk includes 13 track originals, ...

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    Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Parenting, Family

  2. Friday the 13th phobia no jokeRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Manawatu Evening Standard

    ... from mild anxiety to full-blown panic attacks, according to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in Asheville, North Carolina. But at Massey University, academics weren't planning on shutting their cats indoors or wrestling the ladder ...

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    Related Topix: Psychology, Science

  3. natureRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Eat the State

    ... along Interstate 40--much of the western portion is the old Route 66, famed in song and story--which runs from Asheville, NC, to Nashville, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Amarillo, Albuquerque and on through Arizona into California. Every truck stop, ...

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    Related Topix: Route 66

  4. Evangel Christian tops Arkansas team at NACA tourneyRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Shelby County Reporter

    ... each had interceptions in the victory. The Lightning (9-1) advanced to the next round Friday, where they will face Asheville Christian Academy of Asheville, N.C., at noon.

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    Related Topix: Alabama High School Football, High School Football

  5. InstaLetters for November 12Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... bad or greedy? Without profit incentives there would be no organized medical care or insurance. Michael Holdcraft, Asheville To this disappointed Obama fan, the letter on Nov. 8 'Still waiting on president to deliver on promises' was right on the ...

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    Related Topix: Insurance, Health Insurance, Health, Medicine, Nursing, Opinion

  6. Knowledge of Mandarin language will grow in importanceRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... a universal foreign language like Esperanto). 'The tip of my hat to her', as Ken Richards, former president of the Asheville Sister Cities program, would likely have said, too. That undertaking, though not related to her students' progress in ...

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    Related Topix: Swain County, NC, Travel, China Travel, Mathematics, Science, Heilongjiang, China, Harbin, China, World News, China, Opinion

  7. Shuler betrayed his supporters with health care reform "nay"Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... in the last election, I and all who believe in this reform must rescind support of Congressman Shuler. Bill Walz, Asheville

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    Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Heath Shuler, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Opinion

  8. Rail service to WNC should be more than a dreamRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    In many ways it's odd that passenger rail service to Asheville is considered a pipedream in many corners.

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    Related Topix: Salisbury, NC, Opinion

  9. Asheville High boys scocer team advances in playoffsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    Asheville High senior Kenneth Lingerfelt stopped, swiveled and shot. And with that, the Cougars had their third consecutive 1-0 victory in the NCHSAA soccer playoffs.

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    Related Topix: Sports, Sports Etc.

  10. Koerber wins 11th annual Swank 65 raceRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... second in 3:35:47 and Thom B. Parsons, 35, of Somerville, Mass., was third in 3:42:11. Allison Grainger, 36, of Asheville, was the winner of the open women's division, in 4:34:22. Jessica Ingram, 31, of Asheville, was second in 4:38:38 and Shanna ...

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  11. Optical Cable Corporation Merges SMP Data Communications SubsidiaryRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

    ... Virginia with offices and manufacturing and warehouse facilities located both in Roanoke, Virginia and near Asheville, North Carolina. OCC primarily manufactures its high quality fiber optic cables at its ISO 9001:2008 registered and MIL-STD-790F ...

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    Related Topix: Optical Cable, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Roanoke, VA

  12. Try A Tri program holds info sessionsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... information meetings for the program: 7 p.m. Tuesday - Haywood Health & Fitness Center, Clyde. 7 p.m. Wednesday - Asheville Racquet Club, Hendersonville Road, Asheville. 7 p.m. Nov. 19 - Jackson County Recreation Center. For more information, visit ...

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    Related Topix: Triathlon, Outdoor Recreation, Sports, Swimming

  13. Adventure of the Week: Pisgah National ForestRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... to the top of Looking Glass Rock and back is 6 miles. Both are considered moderate difficulty. Directions : From Asheville, take Interstate 26 east to Exit 40/Asheville Airport. Turn right onto N.C. 280 west and drive about 16 miles. At the traffic ...

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  14. Blue Ridge Parkway marathon debuts in AprilRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... Marathon, Karen Ostergaard immediately began looking around for her next big adventure. The 32-year-old mom from Asheville finished the 26.2-mile race on Nov. 1 in 3 hours, 25 minutes and 31 seconds, feeling good and strong. So she started planning ...

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    Related Topix: Marathon, Outdoor Recreation

  15. From hopeless to home: Asheville foster family gave children a chance to succeedRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    A lot of people in this town know Darlena Moore, former Asheville High cheerleader and track runner, active in the community, owner of a marketing and communications firm, wife and mother of two daughters in college.

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    Related Topix: Marketing

  16. Hillcrest Apartments fire ruled arsonRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... release of natural gas, which was ignited by a separate fire set in the apartment, said Buddy Thompson of the Asheville-Buncombe Arson Task Force. Thompson would not elaborate on how the natural gas was released. The investigation is continuing. ...

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    Related Topix: Fire, Buncombe County, NC

  17. Heavy rains bring some floodingRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... Storm Ida soaked parts of the mountains with up to 6 inches of rain since early Tuesday, flooding some areas. The Asheville Regional Airport recorded 1.81 inches of rain on Wednesday, bringing the 48-hour total up to 4.04 inches, said meteorologist ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Brevard, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Natural Disasters, Flood

  18. Push for wind farms renewed, scaled backRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... and operating, and make up our own minds if we want to see more,' said Frye, a Republican. The forum at UNC Asheville became heated as the audience divided between supporters of harnessing wind energy in the region as a way to curb global warming, ...

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    Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy, Spruce Pine, NC, Mitchell County, NC

  19. 4-year-old Asheville boy dies in traffic mishapRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... enough to get him.' The boy and his mother apparently were trying to cross the road near Jeffress Avenue in South Asheville to catch a bus about 6:30 a.m. when he was hit, police said. At the time it was dark, weather conditions were poor and Jamal ...

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    Related Topix: Arden, NC

  20. Air Force navigator survived ocean crashRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

    ... Tangerine Bowl. He then began a career as a high school coach in Kannapolis and then as an insurance executive in Asheville. Dale Neal Albert 'Tuck' Gudger, a member of the WNC Veterans Memorial board, talks about the history of the memorial during ...

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