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Passions high around school voucher bill

The crowd precluded any committee debate or a vote on the bill, as legislators used the limited time to hear from the public - those in favor and against the Opportunity Scholarship ActThe committee did roll ...
Superintendent student assignment on Wake school board agenda

Cary, N.C. - The Wake County Board of Education plans to consider two contentious issues at its regular meeting Tuesday evening. The board will meet first in work session at 3:30 p.m. The public meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. WRAL.com will provide live video from both meetings. Tuesday's agenda includes a plan to announce the finalists in the school system's superintendent search and a ...
A Nonviolent Army of Love Rises in North Carolina to Face Down Rightwings Assault on Progress

"We’re going to continue our acts of civil disobedience because the General Assembly has made a cruel attack on the most vulnerable people in this state," declared Rev. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina chapter of the ...
2-state chase ends with arrest in west Mecklenburg

A man faces multiple charges after leading police on a four-county, two-state chase that ended early Tuesday in western Mecklenburg County, authorities say. The man, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized Tuesday morning with injuries described as non-life-threatening. Police in Cherokee County, S.C., were were conducting a DUI checkpoint late Monday night. According to police ...
Teacher who found his calling gets CMS honors

Superintendent Heath Morrison, left, congratulates Garinger history teacher James Ford on being chosen Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' teacher of the ...

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Coyote Ugly

"Coyote Ugly" is not much more than a silly, groan-inducing tale of a good girl trying to make it in big bad New York City livened up with a few rousing scenes of curvaceous young women in tight leather pants and wet tank tops shaking their stuff on a bar. It is of little surprise that the film's entire ad campaign has been based on the latter part of that description, rather than the former, eve ... ...

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Fractured county commission regroups today for budget talks

Last weeks Mecklenburg County commissioners meeting descended into disarray in the wake of the firing of County Manager Harry Jones. Today, the board meets again to hear Interim County Manager Bobbie Shields present his proposed 2013-14 budget. Shields will outline a recommended spending plan that would begin July 1 at a 6 p.m. meeting at the Government Center. Among the highlights will ...
NC immigration bill advances to House floor

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A bill granting driving privileges to North Carolina residents who are living in the country illegally is headed to the state House ...
Elster metering division names new president

Mark Fronmuller as its president, the company said Tuesday. Fronmuller joins Elster from SAIC Energy, where he was its senior vice president for global utilities. Raleigh-based Elster Solutions is the utility meter division of Elster Group SE, which is headquartered in Germany's Ruhr Valley. That company is in turn owned by the investment firm Melrose PLC (LSE: MRO). Elster Solutions has ...
Pre-spinoff Mallinckrodt trims workforce by 100

Mallinckrodt, the St. Louis-based pharmaceutical firm with two production plants in north Raleigh, has started cleaning house for its anticipated spinoff from its parent company Covidien on June 28. Mallinckrodt has confirmed that it eliminated nearly 100 job positions last week, but it was unclear whether any employees from the company's two production plants in Raleigh were impacted. ...
City of Raleigh debuts maps app

The City of Raleigh has released a mobile version of the iMAPS mapping application found on the city's website, allowing users to access building photographs, deed information and civil service data over cell phones and other devices. Currently mobile users account for 23 percent of visitors to the city's website, up 10 percent from the prior year. Some 53 percent of the time, city ...

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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)