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  • Being Gluten-Free for School Parties in Wake County North Carolina

    As the school year comes to a close, many classrooms will have parties for students to celebrate this milestone. While the Wake County Public Schools does not have a specific policy regarding whether students can have parties, many schools have their own policies. The only rule for the school district is that all treats must be store-bought and not made from home. If your child ...

  • The loyalty behind Biogens Tysabri drug

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration-recommended two years. The drug, manufactured in Research Triangle Park by Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB), comes with a hefty risk- that of activating a lethal virus that more than half of MS patients harbor. After two years, the risk increases. But to patients such ...

  • Can Medicare Advantage program play a part in health care savings

    As health care leaders continue to look for ways to cut costs, the Medicare Advantage model might be a decent place to pull from. A recent study showed that utilization rates in some major categories, including emergency departments and ambulatory surgery or procedures, generally were 20 to 30 percent lower for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage HMOs than for those with Medicare ...

  • Is N.C.s real unemployment rate more like 16

    U.S. Department of Labor . The national U6 rate for the same period, meanwhile, averaged 14.5 percent. Unlike the traditional jobless rate that's announced each month - which counts people without jobs and those actively looking for a job - U6 includes other categories as well. They are total unemployed, plus total employed part-time for economic reasons, plus all marginally attached ...

  • 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, ...


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Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

It was a no-brainer that there would be some rumbling within Christian circles about Angels & Demons, the latest cinematic potboiler culled from a novel by Dan Brown, if only as requisite residue from the controversy over The Da Vinci Code (2006) ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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