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DOT reassures NC bridges are safe

Raleigh, N.C. - Despite an inspection program that requires each of North Carolina's 13,500 state-owned bridges to be reviewed every two years, more than half are outdated, according to data from the Department of Transportation.That does not necessarily mean the bridges are unsafe. Bridges classified as "structurally deficient" or "functionally obsolete" are most likely ...
NC groups laud Scouts decision to allow gay boys

The decision by the Boy Scouts of America to allow openly gay boys to join was cheered Friday by two North Carolina advocacy organizations.The LGBT Center of Raleigh and Equality NC, a statewide political group that works for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people, called on the Scouts to go even further and allow gay Eagle Scouts and troop leaders. "Without a ...
FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

WASHINGTON -- Government health officials are investigating several complications reported with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the investigation involves seven reports from patients who received steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn.The injections ...
North Carolina to offer inpatient opioid treatment

The state Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday that the Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center in Greenville has been certified by the federal government to become the state's only inpatient center. It will also be one of 75 nationwide offering full services for opiate ...
TSA finds man gun carrying gun on prosthetic leg

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Police have arrested a man who went through Salt Lake City airport security with a loaded gun strapped to his prosthetic ...

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Eating Raoul [Blu-Ray]

In Paul Bartels deadpan cult comedy Eating Raoul, he and Mary Woronov, a former member of Warhols Factory, play Paul and Mary Bland, a perfectly manicured, extremely uptight married couple (their last name is all too descriptive) who dream of opening a country restaurant, but lac ... ...

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TBJ Flash Animazement at Raleigh Convention Center

Toshifumi Yoshida I'm afraid my answer would be "no." My first guess would be a couple of minor-league baseball players and some Japanese pitching phenom that the Los Angeles Dodgers will overpay for. But I'd be wrong. These are just three names of the many guests who will be at the Animazement festival held at ...
LipoScience partners with Mayo Medical Laboratories

Mayo Medical Laboratories . LipoScience announced that its testing platform will be accessible to Mayo Clinic physicians and patients. The company says via statement that the partnership will help "drive adoption and decentralization" of the Vantera Clinical Analyzer. The analyzer can currently identify and quantify concentrations of lipoproteins, providing doctors with an assessment ...
Highwoods expansive plans for MetLifes Cary campus

a lakeside campus project off Weston Parkway , all but confirming what some are calling the "worst-kept secret in town." Though the documents do not identify MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) as the tenant, the company announced in March that it would ...
Groups say repealing Jordan Lake Rules makes no sense

Pittsboro, N.C. - Before crowds descend on Jordan Lake to swim, boat and fish over the Memorial Day weekend, environment groups held a news conference Friday to express concern over legislation that would repeal water-quality rules for the lake.Environment North Carolina, the Sierra Club, the Haw River Assembly and local businesspeople said they were puzzled by the Senate's passage last ...
Bill preventing UNC opposite-sex housing returns

RALEIGH, N.C. - A bill blocking a University of North Carolina policy allowing students to choose roommates of the opposite sex has found new life in the state Senate budget. The proposal was inserted in the $20.6 billion plan approved this week. It seeks to prevent a UNC-Chapel Hill policy giving students the option to choose opposite-sex roommates from taking effect this fall. The proposal ...

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Polling for 28 seats of NC Hills Autonomous Council underway in Assam

Voting is on for 28 seats of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Assam today.

Over 1,21,000 voters are eligible to seal the political fate of 138 candidates. The Congress has fielded 28 candidates. The BJP has its candidates in ten constituencies. Nineteen former insurgent leaders are also in the poll fray.

Meanwhile, security has been intensified across Dima Hasao District to conduct free and fair polls.

Thirteen additional companies of para-military force and Assam Police battalions have been deployed. Ninety Six polling stations have been identified as very sensitive and 66 as sensitive. Counting of votes will be held on May 24. (ANI)