Governor Roy Cooper today announced 53 new appointments to various state boards and commissions, including the NC Works Commission, the Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee, and the Global Transpark Authority
Published: Thursday, December 14th, 2017 @ 5:09 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Many of the comments in this series are nothing more than random thoughts on various issues that I have still to clarify in my mind. I usually use the written form to set out my thoughts and then try to debunk or reinforce my beliefs (biases) with some research.
Published: Monday, October 16th, 2017 @ 11:28 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It is time for former heroes to exit stage left before they tarnish their image.
Published: Sunday, February 26th, 2017 @ 10:13 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Researchers at East Carolina University are studying an invasive parasite that takes over the reproductive system of mud crabs and even alters their behavior, potentially impacting coastal ecosystems
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 9:02 pm
By: ECU News Services
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While environmental activists believe New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's investigations of oil giant Exxon Mobil and coal producer Peabody Energy could develop into a multistate class-action matter on the scale of the lawsuit against cigarette makers, North Carolina has not joined...
Published: Wednesday, January 6th, 2016 @ 1:36 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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He has written on everything from the death penalty to bikini waxing, from NASCAR racing to the stealth bomber, for such newspapers as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Los Angeles Times and such magazines as Backpacker, Fortune, and ESPN.
Published: Saturday, September 12th, 2015 @ 3:52 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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A few days ago an investigative reporter did a look back on the history of businessman, Donald Trump
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015 @ 2:17 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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Let's take a giant leap into the present of 2015 and see what we have on religious society.
Published: Thursday, July 30th, 2015 @ 4:16 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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I am from Georgia and knew Jimmy Carter when he was Governor. He changed little upon moving to become President of this great nation.
Published: Wednesday, July 29th, 2015 @ 8:08 am
By: Gene Scarborough
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An East Carolina University art professor has been recognized once again by the Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art, which is cataloguing his papers, photographs, sketches and letters.
Published: Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 @ 7:24 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Last month, six student government members at the University of California at Irvine voted to ban the American flag in some parts of campus. And although the ban was overturned, thousands of professors and students across California signed a letter supporting the flags removal.
Published: Thursday, May 7th, 2015 @ 9:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, last week accused committee Democrats of an "attempt to silence" the John Locke Foundation - and 106 other organizations that have expressed skepticism over apocalyptic claims of the role of human...
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 12:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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East Carolina University art professor Robert Ebendorf has been honored with a lifetime achievement award by a group he helped found more than 40 years ago.
Published: Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 @ 1:41 am
By: ECU News Services
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The February issue of Smithsonian has a most interesting story for me: "The Last Days of Blackbeard" by Colin Woodard gives a brief overview of things discovered in about the last 10-20 years of contemporary research.
Published: Sunday, March 16th, 2014 @ 1:09 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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In March, 2010 and 2011, I spent a few wonderful afternoons on the National Mall in Washington, DC, and inside a few of the Smithsonian Museums along that storied strip of mostly treeless ground between the united States Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial.
Published: Wednesday, December 25th, 2013 @ 2:16 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I like field trips so much that my boys go not just on their regular school-organized trips but also on Hood Academy field trips of my own design. Over the years, we've visited the State Capitol and state museums of natural science and history in Raleigh, the Moore's Creek National Battlefield...
Published: Wednesday, December 18th, 2013 @ 4:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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During the formation of the United States, male politicians, writers, and philosophers were at the forefront in establishing the government for the new country after the Revolutionary War.
Published: Sunday, November 10th, 2013 @ 6:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory has announced that five North Carolinians from diverse artistic traditions will be awarded the state's Heritage Awards, May 20, 2014 at the A.J. Fletcher Opera House in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh.
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 2:56 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Last year, many North Carolina colleges and universities invited politicians to be keynote speakers during their commencement ceremonies. This year the focus was on speakers who made it big in the technology industry, plus some academics and celebrities from television news.
Published: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 @ 4:47 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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Visit fast-food restaurants in March, and you'll notice fish sandwiches atop the menus and order screens. It's the Lenten season, a time when many believers, particularly Catholics, abstain from eating meat on Fridays...
Published: Friday, March 15th, 2013 @ 10:45 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"I do believe it. I do believe it's true."
Published: Monday, December 19th, 2011 @ 4:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Top vacation destinations in the United States are subject to what type experience is sought after. From coast to coast there are limitless possibilities of places to go and see this summer without having to spend one's lifesavings by going abroad.
Published: Saturday, June 11th, 2011 @ 11:50 am
By: Leslie Schneider
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In its short and profound history, Washington, DC has befcome one of the most important cities in the world. I enjoy searching for its fundamental beauty.
Published: Sunday, November 15th, 2009 @ 1:42 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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