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  • Duke soccer player rides out storm in Oklahoma

    MOORE, Okla. - Ana Hunt, a rising junior pre-Med student at Duke University is home for the summer, in Moore, Okla. with her family. That's where she spent seven terrifying minutes inside a safe room Monday afternoon as an EF-5 tornado swept through her hometown, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds of others.Hunt was at home with her mother, Dorene, when the storm ...

  • Report Duke lacks cash to finish renovations

    reported Thursday that despite an $80 million pledge from the Duke Endowment - an endowment in Charlotte not affiliated with the university - the university is forced to re-evaluate renovation projects at Baldwin Auditorium, West Union Building and Page ...

  • N.C. Senate OKs $20.5B budget

    The $20.5 billion spending plan passed 33 to 17 by the North Carolina Senate on Thursday includes a $770 million tax cut over the next two fiscal years. Unexplained, however, are exactly how the cuts will be made. Senate leaders earlier unveiled a tax reform package that reduced personal and corporate rates over three years. It also cut the sales tax but applied it to a large number of ...

  • Durham couple dead in murder-suicide had filed domestic violence complaints

    Durham, N.C. - A divorced Durham couple that died in a murder-suicide Wednesday had filed domestic violence complaints against each other in the past, according to court documents.Police were called Wednesday to the Duke Forest Place office building, in the 3300 block of Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, and found 40-year-old Millicent Blair-Arnett dead in the parking lot. Her ex-husband, Anthony ...

  • Seal makes a splash on North Carolina coast

    Carolina Beach, N.C. - The rare sight of a gray seal along the North Carolina coast is making quite a splash with beach-goers and prompting officials to issue a warning to those who may want to approach the animal.The seal was first seen May 16 on the north end of Wrightsville Beach and has moved to Carolina Beach, then Kure Beach."This is the furthest south sighting we have had of this ...


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Movie Review

Black Christmas (aka Silent Night, Evil Night) [DVD]

Black Christmas (aka Silent Night, Evil Night) [DVD]

Has any director in recent memory had a stranger career trajectory than Bob Clark? This is, after all, a man who got started making innovative low-budget horror movies in the early 1970s, then graduated to studio-financed animal comedy with Porkys (1982) and Porkys II ... ...

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  • National Day of Civic Hacking

    The National Day of Civic Hacking will follow CityCamp NC this year, the annual event promoting citizen participation and government transparency. HUB Raleigh, Rally Dev, Technology Tank, Code for Raleigh, and Triangle Wiki are joining forces to host the regional civic "hackathon." After the successful start to NC Datapalooza in April and the two days of collaboration at CityCamp NC, ...

  • RTP180 draws Triangle’s marketing wizards

    Wednesday's #RTP180, about the dos and don'ts of marketing, had a few surprises, such as a proposal that could mean big exposure to one lucky marketing team. But before I get to that, let me offer some marketing advice, straight from the mouths of the Triangle marketing stars. I'll start with Maletea ...

  • Durham office park shootings ruled murder-suicide

    Durham, N.C. - Durham police have ruled a double fatal shooting at an office complex near South Square Wednesday afternoon a domestic murder-suicide.Police said Millicent Lavon Blair-Arnett, 40, and Anthony Carl Arnett, 45, both of Durham, were divorced from each other.Around 3:20 p.m., police were called to the Duke Forest Place office building in the 3300 block of Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, ...

  • Final countdown in Canes-Pack scheduling conflict

    N.C. State University and the Carolina Hurricanes are suggesting not all sides are acting in good faith. The arena is home to both the N.C. State basketball team and the Hurricanes, as well as various other shows like concerts or circuses. Additionally, N.C. State football plays at Carter-Finley Stadium, which shares a parking lot with PNC Arena. Naturally, the parties have to jump through ...

  • TBJ Flash Inside the Tesla S P85

    On Wednesday, I got a chance to sit in the driver's seat of a Tesla S P85, which was on display near the Raleigh legislative building where Tesla executives were lobbying state lawmakers. North Carolina House ...

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