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  • Review of Gluten-Free Dining Options at Twisted Fork in Raleigh

    Twisted Fork, located at 3751 Sumner Boulevard, is a restaurant at north Raleigh's Triangle Town Center. While the Twisted Fork's entrees primarily are pasta, the restaurant does have a number of ...

  • Raleigh to get new fire station

    Raleigh City Council has awarded a contract capped at $2.7 million to Chapel Hill-based Resolute Building Inc. to construct Fire Station 29 at 12117 Leesville Rd. Work is scheduled to begin this summer with completion in approximately 10 months, according to the city. The 10,000-square-foot station will house Raleigh's Engine Company 29. The design calls for three apparatus bays, ...

  • Raleighs outgoing City Manager wants to add 40 workers

    J. Russell Allen wants to increase spending by nearly 5 percent to $705 million in a new fiscal 2014 budget that gives existing workers a 3 percent merit bump and adds 40 new employees to the payroll. Allen presented his proposals to City Council Council on Tuesday. On April 17, the Raleigh City Council ...

  • CIS to triple its office space in Morrisville

    When life science consulting firm Compliance Implementation Services moves into its new office next year in the new Perimeter Two office building in Morrisville, the move will represent a nearly tripling of the company's operations in the Triangle. Compliance Implementation Services, or CIS, was one of three companies that ...

  • N.C.s Medicaid shortfall increased by $85 million

    Aldona Wos blamed the previous administration's forecasting models, which apparently did not properly calculate how much Medicaid would cost the state. The shortfall for this year will now come to an estimated $333 million. On May 2, state ...


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Movie Review

This Is Spinal Tap [DVD]

This Is Spinal Tap [DVD]

Now that VH-1's "Behind the Music" and other rockumentaries are an increasingly regular part of the cable TV landscape, Rob Reiner's directorial debut, the 1984 mock documentary "This Is Spinal Tap," seems even more dead-on in its parody of a group of aging, outdated British heavy metal rockers on their last American tour. Because there have been dozens of one-hour programs with aged rock sta ... ...

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  • Seven subjects China does not want Duke to teach

    Chinese leadership has reportedly listed seven topics that may not be discussed in university classrooms there. This calls into question the academic freedom ...

  • In Durham women rule says NerdWallet

    Bull City has netted another number one ranking, this time as the number one best city for women in the workforce. Specifically, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro ranked number one in the "medium cities" category in the ...

  • N.C. DOT grants $6.2M to project aimed at reducing air pollution

    N.C. Department of Transportation is granting $6.2 million for a project that aims to reduce air pollution in the Triangle by promoting vehicles that run on electricity, propane and natural gas. The Clean Fuel Advanced Technology project was launched in 2006 and is led by the N.C. Solar Center at N.C. State University. It focuses on improving air quality in 24 North Carolina counties, including ...

  • Brockton Drive Lake and Dam Project Public Meeting

    The City of Raleigh Stormwater Utility Division would like to present the final design for construction for the Brockton Drive Lake and Dam project. Please join us as we discuss what to expect during the construction phase and share any questions you may ...

  • AG Roy Cooper Watch out for disaster relief scams

    Roy Cooper issued a statement on Tuesday cautioning people who plan to donate to the Oklahoma tornado relief efforts to make sure they aren't dealing with scam artists. Although the state's consumer protection division hasn't received any complaints about fraudulent fundraising activities in connection to Oklahoma disaster relief, previous natural disasters have elicited scams, ...

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