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  • Raleigh Arts Commission Requests Arts Per Capita Funding Increase

    requested that City Council increase annual funding of the arts to $5.00 per capita as part of the budget for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. The current $4.50 per capita rate has been in place for six years. City Council referred the request to budget work sessions scheduled in June. According to the recommendation, presented by Arts Commission Chair Sarah Powers, nonprofit arts and culture is a ...

  • Anti-Speeding Pilot Campaign to Be Evaluated During Budget Deliberations

    The Raleigh City Council on May 21 referred an anti-speeding pilot campaign with two levels of funding to the Council's FY2014 budget review sessions to be considered for inclusion in the FY2014 budget. The proposal was submitted to Council by the City's Technology and Communications Committee. Council will begin official budget review sessions on June 3 at 4:00 p.m. and will continue ...

  • For Ply Gem and ChannelAdvisor Ready Set Go

    Two Cary companies have been priced for their public debuts, and one already is off and running on Wall Street this morning. Cary building supply company Ply Gem Industries is trading on the NYSE under PGEM, with a public offering price of $21 a share. The stock already is up about 10 percent ($23.11) after the first few ticks. Underwriters have been granted an option to purchase an additional ...

  • Another PDQ restaurant slated for opening in the Triangle

    Construction of the new PDQ restaurant in Wake Forest is almost finished and it will officially open to the public on June 2. PDQ, which stands for "people dedicated to quality," opened its first location in the Triangle in December with a 4,313-square-foot restaurant building - with a drive-through - at the intersection of Falls of Neuse and Spring Forest Roads in Raleigh. The ...

  • North Carolina Man Charged with Insurance Fraud

    North Carolina authorities have accused a Lincoln County man of filing a fake report of a stolen motorcycle and trailer to get money from an insurance company. The Charlotte Observer reported that 38-year-old William Minford Chatham III of Vale is charged with felony insurance fraud. He is free on $5,000 bond. Sheriff’s office investigators said Chatham filed a claim last October saying ...


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Movie Review

Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-Ray]

Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-Ray]

Beverly Hills Cop, one of the first megahits of the early 1980s and the movie that catapulted star Eddie Murphy into the Hollywood stratosphere, is all about attitude. It has to be: Short in the narrative department, filled with caricatures, and largely lacking in any re ... ...

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  • Tesla Service Center in Raleigh Portends NC Showroom

    Take a peek inside the Tesla service center in Raleigh, not far down the road from the Angus Barn steakhouse, and you will get a glimpse at what some believe is the future of the American automobile. The single bay garage is just big enough to squeeze in a pair of lifts, shelves of wipers and battery packs stacked in wooden crates. But notice what's not there: no motor oil, no belts, ...

  • O2 Fitness pumps up Wilmington presence

    O2 Fitness will open a second club in Wilmington, this one in Hanover Center. O2, the largest privately owned independent fitness operator in the state, already has 11 locations, mostly in the Triangle. This newest club is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter this year. The club will cover 28,000 square feet of space in the Mayfaire Town Center, five miles from the other Wilmington ...

  • Changing face of legal billing in corporate America

    survey of firms by the consulting firm Altman Weil. The survey found firms continuing to offer discounted hourly rates more frequently than in the past, and taking in about 10 percent of their revenue under alternative fee arrangements. Revenue has continued to grow for most firms, but at a more modest pace than before the recession, according to the survey. And the use of contract lawyers and ...

  • A sad warning from N.C. Secretary of State

    Salvation Army . They are group's equipped to respond immediately. o Beware of "pop-up charities" that seemingly come out of nowhere and purport to be able to directly help those in need. o Also resist emails or Facebook requests phishing for donations. o Potential donors can check the track records of existing charities on-line at the secretary of ...

  • First-time jobless claims drop by 23000

    The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped by 23,000 to 340,000 in the week that ended Saturday. The department revised last week's estimate from 360,000 to 363,000, meaning the prior week's gain in initial claims filed came to 35,000, not 32,000. The four-week rolling average for the week fell by 500 to 339,500. The largest increases in initial claims ...

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