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  • City Council Approves Design Services Agreement for Sandy Forks Road Widening

    On June 18, the Raleigh City Council approved a $749,700 contract agreement with RK&K for the design services of the Sandy Forks Road widening project.The project will include the widening of Sandy Forks to a three-lane road with curbs, gutters and sidewalks on both sides between Six Forks Road and Falls of Neuse Road. The work to be performed by RK&K includes engineering design, ...

  • Stable air moves closer storms still possible Wednesday

    Raleigh, N.C. - More stable air will begin filtering into central and eastern North Carolina Wednesday behind the first of two passing cold fronts, but afternoon showers and thunderstorms could once again create a wet evening commute.Areas to the south and east of the Triangle have a better chance to see showers and storms Wednesday afternoon, but the risk for severe weather is low, WRAL ...

  • Tropical depression heads toward Mexican coast

    MIAMI -; Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall in that country's Gulf Coast state of ...

  • Top-seed North Carolina sends home SEC champ LSU

    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 ...

  • Top-seeded North Carolina stays alive in College World Series

    North Carolina's Brian Holberton (10) is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run homer Tuesday against Louisiana State at the College World ...


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I Am Curious—Yellow (Jag är nyfiken—en film i gult) [DVD]

I Am Curious—Yellow (Jag är nyfiken—en film i gult) [DVD]

I Am CuriousYellow would mostly likely be a forgotten movieleft somewhere in the multitudinous ranks of 1960s experimental avant-garde films that mix sex and politicsif the U.S. Customs Office hadnt seized the first copy being imported by its distributor, Grove Press, into the United States in 1968. In its misguided attempt to protect decent American citizens from Swedish obscenity, the gov ... ...

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  • Severe weather moves through NC tornado warnings expired

    Raleigh, N.C. - UPDATE: 8:15 p.m. - All tornado warnings have expired, but thunderstorm warnings remain in effect for several eastern North Carolina counties. At 7:45 p.m., trained weather spotters reported seeing a funnel cloud wrapped in rain that might be reaching the ground as a tornado. It was located 3 miles east of Rocky Mount and was moving east at 30 mph.  At 7:31 p.m., Doppler ...

  • 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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