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  • Gov. McCrorys plea Keep the 12 special superior court judges

    Pat McCrory urged North Carolina senators to keep 12 special Superior Court judgeships that would be eliminated in the $20.6 billion budget they passed Sunday night. The 12 judges hear cases anywhere in the state, filling in as needed for any of the 97 Superior Court judges who may be out sick in any given week. The governor appoints the 12 special Superior Court judges to five-year terms, ...

  • Wakes Cooke County budget calls for $44M increase in spending

    Wake County Manager David Cooke is asking for a $44 million expense spike on the county budget, most of it for education, public safety and bond ...

  • Can Dara Biosciences bust out of this slump

    DARA Biosciences (Nasdaq: DARA) execs say the Raleigh company is about to bust out of its slump -- and that all it needs is time. Nasdaq, however, is only giving the pharma six months. The pharma, which recently switched its focus to in-licensing oncology support products, has been issued a warning by Nasdaq that it could be delisted. To avoid that fate, the company has a six months to close ...

  • Chapel Hills LaUNCh finishes month with 17 startups

    LaUNCh Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill's first real foray into the accelerator space, is about to complete its first official month. With 17 tenants, startups that moved in this past February, ...

  • N.C. NAACP legislative protest arrests hit 153 ... and counting

    NAACP is staging weekly protests at the state legislature, something the group is calling "Moral Mondays" during which the activists voice their displeasure with policies on social programs, voting rights, education and tax reform. On Monday night, 57 activists were arrested, bringing the total to 153 over the last four weeks. The number of arrests has grown every ...


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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Most film scholars will tell you that there are two quintessential American genres: the Western and the gangster film. Because iconoclastic independent writer/director Jim Jarmusch has already deconstructed the Western in "Dead Man" (1995), it is only logical that for his next narrative film he would turn his sights on the gangster film. ...

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  • AG Roy Cooper Dont move the SBI

    Roy Cooper , a Democrat, is opposing a proposal by Republican leaders in the state unit to move the State Bureau of Investigation from the agency he heads, the Department of Jusice, to the Department of Public Safety. Cooper is elected, while the head of the Department of Public Safety is appointed by the sitting ...

  • Senate budget cuts UNC System by $50M

    The state budget being put forth by Republican leaders in the state Senate would allocate $2.61 billion in fiscal 2013-2014, which represents a cut of $50 million. The overall $20.6 billion Senate recommendation actually is 2.3 percent more than the previous budget because it includes money to pay for an overhaul of the state's tax system and for anticipated Medicaid ...

  • Holiday gas prices lower than in 2012

    The average price of a gallon of gasoline in North Carolina is $3.41, which is 14 cents less than at this time last year, reports gasbuddy.com That portends lower prices for Memorial Day travel this year than in 2012. The national average now is ...

  • Pennsylvania trooper injured in North Carolina accident

    A Pennsylvania state trooper remains in critical condition in a hospital in Wilmington, N.C., as a result of being hit by a deer while riding a motorcycle early Friday, police ...

  • 80-Year-Old North Carolina Educator Why I Got Arrested Protesting Right-Wing Agenda for Schools

    crowd of hundreds of peaceable citizens (the highest count yet) gathered at the North Carolina Legislature buidling to protest right-wing policies pushed by GOP lawmakers. The Moral Mondays protests, launched by the NC chapter of the NAACP, is now in its fourth week. The number of protesters arrested for May 20th ...

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