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  • North Carolina eliminates LSU at College World Series

    Ted Kirk/AP OMAHA, Neb. -- Brian Holberton homered, Trent Thornton pitched a strong seven innings and No. 1-seed North Carolina extended its stay at the College World Series with a 4-2 victory against LSU on Tuesday. The Tar Heels (58-11) play North Carolina State or UCLA in an elimination game Thursday. The No. 4-seeded Tigers (57-11) went 0-2 in their first CWS appearance since ...

  • North Carolina Ousts Tigers From CWS With 4-2 Win

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  • Raleigh holds line on taxes in 2013-14 budget

    Raleigh, N.C. - The Raleigh City Council unanimously approved a $707 million budget Tuesday for the fiscal year that starts July 1.No tax increase was included in the budget, but the council did approve a $1 increase to the solid waste fee and higher water and sewer rates to help pay for infrastructure upgrades. The higher rates amount to about $3.75 a month for an average family."This ...

  • Raleighs Approved Budget Has No Tax Increase

    The Raleigh City Council today unanimously approved the Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget. The budget does not increase property taxes or solid waste, stormwater or privilege license fees. It does include an additional $13.9 million in revenue for the City's Public Utilities' system. The additional revenue is derived from a 14 percent sewer volumetric rate increase and a redesign of the ...

  • GE Aviation to Add 50 Jobs in North Carolina

    GE Aviation confirmed Monday a plan to add 50 jobs at its engine assembly plant in Durham, N.C., to boost capacity for assembly of a new jet engine that one company official said is being developed to power heavily-used aircraft. The company formally announced the plans to add capacity at the Durham plant as part of larger announcement of a $195 million total statewide investment that ...


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Movie Review

Life of Pi

Life of Pi

The majority of Ang Lees Life of Pi takes place on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but it has the visual grandeur and majesty of a film set in some fantastical afterlife or on a beautiful alien planet. Based on Yann Martels bestselling 2001 novel, the film purports to b ... ...

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  • Durham police investigating fatal shooting

    Durham, N.C. - Investigators are looking into a fatal shooting that happened in east Durham Tuesday morning.Kammie Michael, a spokeswoman for the Durham Police Department, said officers responding to a 911 call around 11:40 a.m. found Jermaine Andrea McDonald, 37, dead in the street in front of a house in the 100 block of North Hyde Park Avenue.Police said McDonald lived on the street, but ...

  • Swift Drive Road Closure Extended Through June 28 for Drainage Improvement Project

    . Swift Drive is currently closed between Octavia Street and Merwin Road. Additional time is needed to complete the improvements being made to the Lail Court culvert. Swift Drive will remain closed through Friday, June 28. Any questions regarding the project should be directed to the Stormwater Utility ...

  • Protesters jailed as they decry Republican shift in North Carolina

    RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A conservative shift by North Carolina's first Republican-led government in more than a century is drawing weekly protests to the state capital of Raleigh, but some lawmakers are defiantly standing their ...

  • NC State grad selected as new NASA astronaut

    JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - Christina Hammock is realizing a dream she has had since she was a 6-year-old growing up on the North Carolina coast. The 34-year-old Jacksonville native, who has undergraduate and graduate degrees from North Carolina State, is among eight candidates selected to begin astronaut training by NASA. Hammock, currently assigned to National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

  • Speed-limit hike zooms to House vote

    Raleigh, N.C. - The state House could vote Wednesday on a proposal that would allow the state Department of Transportation to raise the speed limit on some highways to 75 mph. passed the House Transportation Committee on Tuesday, despite concerns voiced by Democrats and Republicans on the panel. The current maximum speed on North Carolina highways is 70 mph, but bill backers want to allow ...

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