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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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Movie Review

Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) [DVD]

Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) [DVD]

Like the works of the early French New Wave or Eisenstein's silent films, Juan Antonio Bardem's Death of a Cyclist (Muerte de un ciclista) is a film forged from theoretical and ideological conviction. Produced in Spain under the Franco regime, where cinema had be ... ...

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  • Raleigh looks to tap Falls Lake for more drinking water

    Raleigh, N.C. - City officials fear Raleigh's demand for water will outstrip supply by 2040, so the City Council agreed Tuesday to pay for a study of Falls Lake to see if more drinking water can be pulled from the reservoir in the future.The water in Falls Lake is dedicated to different purposes, and the $450,000 study by the Army Corps of Engineers, which manages the lake, will determine ...

  • Man faces additional charge in fatal Raleigh hit-and-run

    Raleigh, N.C. - A Cary man facing charges in the weekend hit-and-run death of a woman in Raleigh now faces an additional charge in the case.Adetoye Taoheed Adekanmbi, 33, of 103 E. Chalfont Way, was arrested Saturday on two counts of felony hit-and-run causing bodily injury or death and driving with a revoked license in connection with the Hillsborough Street collision that killed Natalie ...

  • Raleigh Joins With Army COE to Study Falls Lake Water Reallocation

    The Raleigh City Council today addressed the growing need for additional water resources in the Raleigh area. Local demand for water is projected to exceed supply by 2040. Council agreed to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers to fund a reallocation study of the water stored in the Falls Lake reservoir. Falls Lake is the primary source of drinking ...

  • Wakefield High School Girl’s Track Team

    The Raleigh City Council today honored the Wakefield High School Girl's Track Team for their win at the 4A Mideast Track and Field Regional and their second-place finish in the state 4A ...

  • Highlights of the Municipal Art Collection Exhibition Opens July 11 At Block Art Gallery

    "Highlights of the Municipal Art Collection," an exhibition sponsored by the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, will be on display July 11 to Aug. 23 at the Miriam Preston Block Art Gallery in the Avery C. Upchurch Government Complex, 222 W. Hargett St. Featured artists include Shaun Richards, Jason Craighead, Marty Baird and Anthony Ulinski. An opening reception for the exhibition will ...

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