Like many readers I recently encountered the sad tale of how James W. Wagner, President of Emory University, had to apologize for praising the Constitution's three-fifths compromise (treating slaves as three-fifths of a person for purposes of congressional representation).
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 10:40 pm
By: Robert Weissberg
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Last week state Sens. Thom Goolsby (R-New Hanover) and Tom Apadoca (R-Buncombe) sponsored legislation (SB 125) to make it a class 3 misdemeanor to violate public records and open meetings laws, which would at long last give those laws some teeth.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 10:36 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Mrs. Edelmira Cisneros, age 68, a resident of Ricks St., Washington, NC, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013 at Vidant Medical Center.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 10:22 pm
By: Announcements
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Over the next few years, members of the Collaborative will concentrate on implementing Lean, a business improvement philosophy and practice widely used to identify and improve business processes.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 10:01 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A person who calls 911 for help for someone who has overdosed on drugs would receive limited immunity from prosecution under a Good Samaritan Law that passed a Senate committee Thursday.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 9:56 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"It's Not what they say, it's what they do." THAT is the slogan that hits you first when you call up The Club For Growth's home page.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 9:33 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Please stay weather aware over the weekend for a possible Nor'easter which could form just off shore in South Carolina and begin moving Northwest next Wednesday and could provide a very wet and windy problem here in Beaufort County for about 36 hours.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 8:20 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office Drug Unit arrested Brian Jackson of Washington and Hollie Taylor of Washington.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 4:16 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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North Carolina could come full circle by 2014 in the way candidates for judicial posts are identified. Currently, judicial elections are nonpartisan. Republicans in the House and the Senate have filed bills that would restore...
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 4:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Today, Governor McCrory announced the following appointments
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 4:01 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Paul Harvey's unmistakable voice grabbed our attention in his Super Bowl tribute to America's farmers.
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2013 @ 3:25 am
By: Tom Campbell
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