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  • Report Most teacher ed programs are substandard

    Teacher education programs The National Council on Teacher Quality reviewed data for 36 North Carolina colleges and universities that prepare teachers, and gave star ratings to 18 of them, using a scale of zero to four stars. Most received one or two stars. Catawba College, Fayetteville State, Greensboro College and UNC Pembroke all had one program with less than one star, prompting a consumer ...

  • Wreck blocks 8577 interchange

    A N.C State Highway Patrol trooper walks around the overturned and burned cab of a tractor-trailer in the curve of the I-85 South to I-77 South interchange on June 18, 2013. The truck was reported to have taken the curve too fast shortly before 2pm, resulting in it overturning. In the process, the fuel tanks ruptured and ignited the cab of the truck. The driver of the truck escaped the burning ...

  • COL BB North Carolina 4 Louisiana State 2

    Trent Thornton hurled seven efficient innings and Brian Holberton homered Tuesday in North Carolina's 4-2 College World Series win over Louisiana State. Thornton, a freshman, allowed two runs on nine hits and overcame four walks while Colin Moran chipped in with three hits, an RBI and two runs scored as the top-seeded Tar Heels eliminated LSU. With the victory, North Carolina advances to ...

  • Virginia Beach educator named as new Wake superintendent

    Raleigh, N.C. - James Merrill, superintendent of Virginia Beach City Public Schools, was named Tuesday night as the new superintendent for Wake County school system.Merrill, who worked in Wake schools for 16 years as an English teacher in the 1970s, lauded the district as a leader in the state and nation."It really is very exciting and an honor for me to be able to return to Wake County as ...

  • Severe weather moves through NC tornado warnings expired

    Raleigh, N.C. - UPDATE: 8:15 p.m. - All tornado warnings have expired, but thunderstorm warnings remain in effect for several eastern North Carolina counties. At 7:45 p.m., trained weather spotters reported seeing a funnel cloud wrapped in rain that might be reaching the ground as a tornado. It was located 3 miles east of Rocky Mount and was moving east at 30 mph.  At 7:31 p.m., Doppler ...


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White Noise

White Noise

There is a point in White Noise when Michael Keaton's character, Jonathan Rivers, a recent widower who has been trying to reach his deceased wife through the static on a television set, leans his head up against the TV screen. He has just heard her voice and then lost it, and ... ...

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  • Debate forms around Rural Center’s oversight future

    Several board members of the taxpayer-funded N.C. Rural Economic Development Center said this week they are concerned about practices brought to light in a recent News & Observer series and welcome additional oversight. Rural Center leaders, however, said the newspaper reports do not properly reflect the organization’s work. Gov. Pat McCrory said the reporting shows why he wants a ...

  • Nash Edgecombe counties under tornado warning

    Raleigh, N.C. - UPDATE: 7:51 p.m. -- The National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings for Nash and Edgecombe counties until 8:15 p.m. At 7:45 p.m., trained weather spotters reported seeing a funnel cloud wrapped in rain that might be reaching the ground as a tornado. It was located 3 miles east of Rocky Mount and was moving east at 30 mph. At 7:31 p.m., Doppler radar indicated a tornado ...

  • N.C. Senate committee votes to roll back building efficiency standards

    A legislative effort to slash the state’s energy-efficiency requirements for new buildings gained crucial support in a Senate committee Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill that would roll back energy-efficiency requirements of new office buildings and commercial facilities by an estimated 30 percent. The bill, which is designed to help the construction industry, has ...

  • Charlotte says Senate tax bill will cost city $31 million a year

    RALEIGH Charlotte is lobbying against the state Senate’s tax reform bill, saying it will cost the city at least $31 million a year in lost revenue and possibly require a property tax increase. Cities and towns could lose nearly $150 million in revenues when the tax bill is fully implemented in fiscal 2019 because it eliminates the local food tax and local privilege license tax and ...

  • North Carolina eliminates LSU at College World Series

    Ted Kirk/AP OMAHA, Neb. -- Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1-seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory against LSU on Tuesday. The Tar Heels (58-11) play North Carolina State or UCLA in an elimination game Thursday. The No. 4-seeded Tigers (57-11) went 0-2 in their first CWS appearance since ...

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