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  • 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 ...

  • Report Duke lacks cash to finish renovations

    reported Thursday that despite an $80 million pledge from the Duke Endowment - an endowment in Charlotte not affiliated with the university - the university is forced to re-evaluate renovation projects at Baldwin Auditorium, West Union Building and Page ...


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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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  • N.C. Senate OKs $20.5B budget

    The $20.5 billion spending plan passed 33 to 17 by the North Carolina Senate on Thursday includes a $770 million tax cut over the next two fiscal years. Unexplained, however, are exactly how the cuts will be made. Senate leaders earlier unveiled a tax reform package that reduced personal and corporate rates over three years. It also cut the sales tax but applied it to a large number of ...

  • Durham couple dead in murder-suicide had filed domestic violence complaints

    Durham, N.C. - A divorced Durham couple that died in a murder-suicide Wednesday had filed domestic violence complaints against each other in the past, according to court documents.Police were called Wednesday to the Duke Forest Place office building, in the 3300 block of Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, and found 40-year-old Millicent Blair-Arnett dead in the parking lot. Her ex-husband, Anthony ...

  • Seal makes a splash on North Carolina coast

    Carolina Beach, N.C. - The rare sight of a gray seal along the North Carolina coast is making quite a splash with beach-goers and prompting officials to issue a warning to those who may want to approach the animal.The seal was first seen May 16 on the north end of Wrightsville Beach and has moved to Carolina Beach, then Kure Beach."This is the furthest south sighting we have had of this ...

  • National Day of Civic Hacking

    The National Day of Civic Hacking will follow CityCamp NC this year, the annual event promoting citizen participation and government transparency. HUB Raleigh, Rally Dev, Technology Tank, Code for Raleigh, and Triangle Wiki are joining forces to host the regional civic "hackathon." After the successful start to NC Datapalooza in April and the two days of collaboration at CityCamp NC, ...

  • RTP180 draws Triangle’s marketing wizards

    Wednesday's #RTP180, about the dos and don'ts of marketing, had a few surprises, such as a proposal that could mean big exposure to one lucky marketing team. But before I get to that, let me offer some marketing advice, straight from the mouths of the Triangle marketing stars. I'll start with Maletea ...

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