Director Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Brian Selznick's "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" into the fantastic film "Hugo" was a brilliant stroke of passion for the edgy director of quite a few gritty, pathologically viotent films, such as: "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas."
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 @ 1:44 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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The pre-K teacher involved in the "chicken nuggets" incident in Hoke County changed her version of what happened after undergoing three separate interrogations. Margaret Maynor was brought to tears in the third session. She submitted her resignation soon after.
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 @ 1:03 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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After public outcry over the suspension and resignation of the preschool teacher involved in the nationally reported "chicken nugget" incident, and pressure from a state lawmaker to reinstate her, the Hoke County Board of Education released her personnel file and other documents March 19.
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 @ 12:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Christine Deans Moore of 4574 U.S. Highway 17 North, Washington, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at her home.
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 @ 12:33 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Iris Alice Norman Spear, 66, a resident of 105 Grace Court, Chocowinity, died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 @ 12:26 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Hettie Louise Merrick, 88, a resident of 225 Juniper Bay Road, Swan Quarter, died Monday, March 19, 2012.
Published: Saturday, March 24th, 2012 @ 12:21 am
By: Announcements
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Actor / Director Clint Eastwood has once again told a story that is worth every minute of the 116 minutes of runtime it took to another of his well told tales.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 4:43 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Iredell County commissioners unanimously found wanting a proposal to build a $452 million, 25-mile commuter rail line from the center of Charlotte through Huntersville, Cornelius, and Davidson, to a termination point near Mooresville.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 2:59 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Economic Development Commission's activities can be sorted into two separate periods, the period between 2001 and 2005 and the period between 2005 and the present.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 1:46 pm
By: Warren Smith
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"If you would understand anything," wrote Aristotle, "observe its beginning and its development." Without a solid grounding in the history of our state, North Carolinians cannot hope to chart the right course for the future.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 10:45 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Dan Forest, Republican candidate for NC Lt. Governor, tonight won the Wake County GOP straw poll held at the Wake County GOP convention in Raleigh.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 9:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am asking that you join us in electing current House Representative Norman Sanderson to the North Carolina Senate.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 9:28 am
By: Fred Decker
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Mr. Leonard Lee Liverman, 78, a resident of 193 Foreman Lane, Belhaven, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at his home.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 12:38 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Christine Deans Moore, a resident of 4574 U.S. Highway 17 North, Washington, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at her home.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 12:34 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Alice Norman Spear, 66, a resident of Chocowinity, died Thursday, March 22, 2012, at Vidant Beaufort Hospital.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 12:32 am
By: Announcements
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Sharon Waters Spruill, a resident of Chocowinity, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville.
Published: Friday, March 23rd, 2012 @ 12:30 am
By: Announcements
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Not long ago, a blogger wrote: "Recently, my Biology teacher threw a bible across the classroom! Not that I am a Christian, but that's not how you treat other people's religion.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 9:21 pm
By: Diane Rufino
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If current trends continue, the official unemployment rate may have fallen into the single-digits, but few North Carolinians will feel ebullient about the economy.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 5:16 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Monday night (3-19-12) was a very special occasion. "An evening with Tommy Thompson". In fact it was so special that he was the only one on the program.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 4:40 pm
By: Betty Murphy
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North Carolina sheriffs worry that President Obama's proposed 2013 budget would defund an effective initiative to combat illegal immigration while expanding another program some critics blast as more like amnesty than enforcement.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 4:22 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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State and local government in North Carolina is a massive enterprise that spends tens of billions of tax dollars a year and employs hundreds of thousands of people, either directly as public employees or indirectly as vendors or contractors.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 9:13 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Byron Woodward Franklin, 90, a resident of Bath, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 1:39 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Kay Frances Sutton Barbour, 74, a resident of 511 Turkey Trot 1 Road, Washington, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at her home.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 1:38 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Leonard Lee Liverman, 78, a resident of 193 Foreman Lane, Belhaven, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at his home.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 1:32 am
By: Announcements
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Mrs. Hazel Sadler Worthman, 96, a resident of 120 Farm Lane, Washington, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012, at her home.
Published: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 @ 1:29 am
By: Announcements
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As I am oft to repeat myself, the off season in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - the dead of winter - is a special time.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 3:40 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Registration for the five kindergarten programs within Beaufort County Schools will begin with the earliest of the registration periods at Bath Elementary School on March 29 and 30.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 12:27 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The documents handed out by the Economic Development Commission on March 19, 2012 have grants double counted, grants postponed, grants not generated in the accounting period, jobs which are inconsistently accounted for within the EDC own documents.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 12:07 pm
By: Warren Smith
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Is your medicine cabinet crowded with leftover medicines? That’s a dangerous situation! If you keep those drugs around, they might fall into the wrong hands.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 10:22 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Changes could be coming soon for voluntary supplemental retirement plans that are set up for teachers and employees of school boards across North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 2:10 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Americans for Prosperity Foundation – North Carolina (AFPF-NC) and the John William Pope Civitas Institute, the partners behind NC Real Solutions, today responded to Governor Beverly Perdue’s criticisms of their new television ad.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 1:44 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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Over 181 children were screened in 4 days in the first wave of screenings to help determine eligibility for North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten and Title I slots across the county.
Published: Wednesday, March 21st, 2012 @ 1:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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