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  • 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 ...

  • Missing North Carolina girls may be in Orlando

    ORLANDO -- Two girls missing from North Carolina may be in Orlando. The Hendersonville Police Dept. says Gretchen Sanford took daughters Hannah Shaw, 9, and Hailey Shaw, 7, from their elementary school on May 27 and left the state. Along for the ride is an unknown man. The North Carolina courts issued a temporary emergency custody order giving custody of the girls to their father. ...

  • Tropical depression forms off the coast of Belize system to bring heavy rains

    MIAMI - A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday. The depression has winds of 35 mph (56 kph). Some weakening is expected after the ...


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Movie Review

James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray]

James and the Giant Peach [Blu-Ray]

James and the Giant Peach, which was adapted from Roald Dahls popular 1961 book, feels like a story being made up on the spot. It is clearly constructed of the most fundamental elements of childrens fantasy literature--the scrappy orphan hero, evil step-parents ( ... ...

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  • Police investigate Raleigh bank robbery possible explosives

    Raleigh, N.C. - Police evacuated a north Raleigh bank Monday afternoon after a robbery but said they found no explosives inside.A PNC Bank branch at 14400 New Falls of Neuse Road was robbed at about 1:20 p.m., police said. The robber fled with an undisclosed amount of cash in a Kia Sedona, which was abandoned outside a nearby shopping center on Forest Pines Drive.No one was injured, but ...

  • A Day to Appreciate Solid Waste Workers

    They work in all types of weather to serve Raleigh's residents, driving more than 900,000 miles each year to collect garbage, yard waste, and recyclable materials from neighborhoods throughout the city. They cover more than 144 square miles of service area, and they assist with numerous city-sponsored festivals and events throughout the year. They are the men and women of the City of ...

  • Fitch Affirms North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority Series 2010-1

    Fitch: Spanish Floor Clause Ruling May Reduce Excess Spread A recent Spanish Supreme Court ruling could cause lenders to stop applying floor clauses that set minimum interest rates in mortgage contracts, and so reduce excess spread in Spanish RMBS transactions, Fitch Ratings says. The presence of interest rate floors in mortgage contracts has bolstered excess spread during the recent period of ...

  • TBJ Flash Wake Forest Classic Antique Charity Car Show

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