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  • Moral Monday protest nets 84 arrests

    Raleigh, N.C. - Eighty-four people were arrested at the General Assembly on Monday in the seventh week of protests aimed at the policies of the Republican-controlled legislature.Organized by the North Carolina Chapter of the NAACP, the "Moral Monday" demonstrations showed no signs of slowing down. Nearly 500 people have been arrested since the events began in April."This ...

  • NASCAR’s Mike Harmon charged with another theft

    For the second time in a month, NASCAR driver Mike Harmon faces criminal charges after police say he stole from a competitor. According to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, Harmon has been charged with larceny after breaking and entering and felony breaking and entering, according to NBC Charlotte, the Observer’s news partner. In late May, deputies seized two cars and five trucks ...

  • Road Worrier Speed-loving legislators would lift N.C. limit to 75 mph

    RALEIGH When our legislators want to move fast, by golly, they move fast. Take Sen. Neal Hunt’s proposal to let drivers go 75 mph on some North Carolina highways. It would bump up the state speed ceiling established 17 years ago at 70 mph. Hunt, a Republican from Raleigh, ...

  • NC Superintendant Atkinson’s suggestion for a teacher tax exemption flops

    RALEIGH Legislators rejected a suggestion from the elected state schools chief that the state exempt teachers from personal income taxes. June Atkinson, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, told News & Observer editorial writers and reporters Monday that teachers should be exempt, but said she would not have made the suggestion if teachers were going to receive raises next year. ...

  • NC House votes to end campaign financing checkoff

    The House passed the repeal Monday along party lines. Under current law taxpayers can direct $3 of the taxes they pay to the major political party of their choice. Legislative staff members say the program costs the state $2 million a ...


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The Passion of the Christ [Blu-Ray]

The Passion of the Christ [Blu-Ray]

Pauline Kael, in her typically blunt, but insightful manner, summed up the dilemma of making movies about Jesus Christ when she complained about that wretched masochistic piety that makes movies about Christ so sickly. She noted that movies about Jesus tend to go in one ... ...

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  • NC State researcher says bee colonies are healthier when queens take many mates

    RALEIGH Queen bees who cavort with multiple mates are not behaving badly. In fact, such procreative preferences actually help honeybee colonies survive by bringing more genetic diversity into the mix, according to a new study by entomology researchers at N.C. State University and other institutions. “High genetic diversity produces more eggs that resist disease better, and those colonies ...

  • DHEC sticks with its suggested food stamp restrictions

    After hearing all the pros and cons during several months of public input, the state health department has recommended that South Carolina apply for a waiver to ban the use of food stamps for sugary drinks, candy, cookies and cakes. The S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control stated its position in a letter sent Monday from Director Catherine Templeton to Lillian Koller, director of ...

  • North Carolina Chinatown set to open next year

    /enpproperty--> A non-traditional Chinatown is slated to take over a deserted outlet mall in Morrisville, North Carolina, bringing together Chinese businesses, a 5-star hotel and a cultural center. Located near the Raleigh-Durham International Airport, "North Carolina Chinatown" will be privately funded by both Chinese and American investors. Carolina China Council, a local ...

  • Jim Holshouser former North Carolina governor dies at 78

    RALEIGH, N.C. - James Eubert Holshouser Jr., the first Republican governor of the 20th century who championed education, the environment and health care, died Monday after a prolonged illness. He was 78. Holshouser broke decades of Democratic rule when he was elected governor in 1972, during a GOP sweep that helped make North Carolina a two-party state. Although restricted then to one term, ...

  • Paris Air Show Incentives lure new GE Aviation plant to North Carolina.

    David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, shows off a GEnx jet engine to an official from North Carolina at the Paris Air Show Monday. At the Paris Air Show Monday, the South won another high-tech aerospace plant. Standing in front of a GEnx jet engine on display in one of the exhibition halls, David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, announced that Asheville, N.C., has won the ...

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