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  • City of Raleigh names employee of the year

    The City of Raleigh named its Employees of the Year on Thursday. The City of Raleigh on Thursday named John Sams, who works with the Raleigh Television Network, as the city's 2012 Employee of the Year. For his commendable work, he received a plaque and a $500 award. Additionally, nine other city workers were named departmental Employees of the Year, ...

  • Dunkin Donuts looking for franchisees in Triangle N.C.

    This note from Zack's investment research says it all -- Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) has 44 stores across the state but wants more. Maybe to compete with our ...

  • Coffee spill alert NCSU researchers say cockroaches are getting smarter

    The fact that North Carolina State University is a publicly funded organization (although we are not sure who funded this study), any research that may have business or consumer impact is of interest to us. So, we are briefing you on cockroach behavior this morning after we saw this report from the NCSU researchers in the respected journal Science. NCSU researchers say some cockroaches are able ...

  • Notes from Butner The Bernie Madoff experience

    Bernie Madoff. Bernie Madoff will be spending the rest of his life just a few miles outside Raleigh in the federal prison in Butner. But that out-of-sight, out-of-mind deal does not apply to Madoff. This time, however, thank the National Museum of Crime and Punishment which opened a permanent exhibition devoted to one of the biggest financial villians in modern history. The exhibit should be ...

  • AAA Carolinas expects more travel on Memorial Day

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - AAA Carolinas thinks a few more North Carolina motorists will be on the road for the Memorial Day weekend. The Charlotte-based motor club estimates that 897,300 motorists are expected to hit the road beginning Thursday. That represents a 1.5 percent increase over last year. A significant drop in gas prices is helping to fuel the increase in holiday travel. The current average ...


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Short Cuts [DVD]

Short Cuts [DVD]

Raymond Carver summed up the power of his own writing when he said, Its possible to write about commonplace things and objects using commonplace but precise language, and to endow these things--a chair, a window curtain, a fork, a stone, a woman's earring--with immense, even startling power. ... ...

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  • Thunderstorms slow cleanup in Oklahoma town hit by tornado as first of victims laid to rest

    Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search for salvagable stuffs at their devastated home on May 23, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. Severe thunderstorms barreled through this Oklahoma City suburb at dawn Thursday, complicating clean-up efforts three days after a powerful tornado killed 24 people and destroyed 2,400 homes. More rain was forecast to fall on Moore, soaking the ...

  • CFO Perry James Is Named Raleighs Interim Manager

    Thirty-one year veteran Perry James has been named the interim City Manager for the City of Raleigh. The City Council was unanimous in its vote. Mr. James came to the City in March 1982 as Assistant Finance Director. Subsequently he has served as Finance Director and currently as the City's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. James is a native of Wilmington. He received a bachelor's degree ...

  • Report Bain Capital might buy Harris Teeter

    Bain Capital is potentially interested in the Matthews-based grocery chain. Bain did not return a request from the for comment. "Per policy, Cerberus doesn't comment on market rumor and speculation," ...

  • Raleigh CFO named interim city manager

    Perry James , a 31-year city employee and currently Raleigh's chief financial officer, has been named interim city manager. Raleigh City Council announced the appointment late Thursday. Perry is replacing City ...

  • 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 ...

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