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DAMON CIRCOSTA: Listen to what else money has to say when it talks
RALEIGH — We’ve all heard the old adage that money talks. For a small business, money can tell you how popular your product is. For a nonprofit organization, money can tell you how supportive pe...
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MARTHA RANDOLPH CARR: Going hungry in America
WASHINGTON — The number of American households who couldn’t adequately sustain food for their family rose from 13 million in 2007 to 17 million households in 2008, according to a new report by t...
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Betsy O Donovan BETSY O'DONOVAN: Why bet on a long shot?
Get the shot. Please get the shot. If you’re eligible for the H1N1 vaccine and can find it, get it. If your kid is eligible and you can find it, get it. I know it’s scary. I know that every time...
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MAGGIE BLUTREICH: Right dog is for lifetime, not just for Christmas
WINGATE — Looking at some dog and owner combinations, our first impression might be, “What were they thinking!?” Mismatches can be comical, sometimes dangerous, even tragic. That unfortunate OO...
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Gene Policinski GENE POLICINSKI: The Chicago way or the American way?
Investigating Medill ‘Innocence Project’ could chill students’ reporting
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SCOTT HOLLIFIELD: Shhh, my truck is a time machine
For a while, I thought my past was being systematically destroyed.
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MIKE WALDEN: Checking the pulse of the econony
It’s time to take the pulse of the patient again. In this case, the patient is the North Carolina economy, and the diagnosed condition is the recession.
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MARTHA CARR: Chronic pain is becoming a crisis
Carol Sveilich, author of, Just Fine: Unmasking Concealed Illness and Pain, points out that the public may be slow to respond because pain is invisible to the casual observer and is the aftermath ...
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TOM PURCELL: Are we really supporting the troops?
“There are many small things people can do that can make a world of difference,” says Jerry Newberry, director of communications for the Veterans of Foreign Wars ( VFW ).
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Betsy O Donovan BETSY O'DONOVAN: Holiday preparations
My foodie friends (and that’s pretty much all of my friends) know that “mise en place” means having all of your ingredients prepped and in place before you begin to cook. I was considering Thanksg...
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D.G. MARTIN: How does Coach Williams measure up as a writer?
CHAPEL HILL — What sets Roy Williams apart from his colleagues? Many fans would say simply that Williams is the best basketball coach in the profession today. But there is more. A few days ago...
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CHARLES HAYNES: In schools, get religion right before the fight
Antonio Peck was in kindergarten in 1999 when his family filed suit against the Baldwinsville, N.Y., school district. Antonio is in 10th grade now – and his family is still waiting for the case to...
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SCOTT HOLLIFIELD: You can't hide your lion eyes
But what if we did have that to fear? How would companies today handle on-the-job lion attacks? Probably through a series of memos.
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JOHN HOOD: Election sends mixed signals
RALEIGH — The 2009 election cycle is a prime example of how political trends are sometimes hard to spot when they’re approaching, hard to describe when they arrive, and hard to flag when t...
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Betsy O Donovan BETSY O'DONOVAN: The tip of the tree
It starts out no bigger than a little, skinny hair,” David Jordan said to me. “Just a small root.” Mr. Jordan and I were standing in my front yard, gravely contemplating the hole where my azalea b...
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