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  • Section of Swift Drive To Remain Closed Until June 17 for Drainage Improvement Project

    . Swift Drive is currently closed between its intersections with Bryn Mawr through Merwin Road. Additional time is needed to complete the improvements being made to the Swift Drive culvert. Swift Drive will remain closed through Monday, June 17, 2013. Questions regarding the project should be directed to the Stormwater Utility Division, ...

  • Two Cary complexes sell for $56M

    Two expansive apartment communities in Cary have been sold for a second time in three years, this time with a combined price tag of almost $56 million. Tampa, Fla.-based Elco Landmark Residential has acquired the neighboring Hidden Oaks and Woodbridge apartment communities, located at the intersection of Northeast Maynard Road and Gregory Drive in Cary, that together have 788 apartment units ...

  • Duke UNC business schools crack Top 100 in bang for the buck report

    According to the Financial Times Global MBA 2013 rankings, the UNC-CH Kenan-Flagler School of Business and Duke Fuqua School of Business have an overall ranking of 45th and 18th, respectively, but both rank lower in terms of value. The value ranking was calculated by comparing salary earned by alumni today with course length, fees and other costs, including the opportunity cost of not working ...

  • Gov. McCrorys plea Keep the 12 special superior court judges

    Pat McCrory urged North Carolina senators to keep 12 special Superior Court judgeships that would be eliminated in the $20.6 billion budget they passed Sunday night. The 12 judges hear cases anywhere in the state, filling in as needed for any of the 97 Superior Court judges who may be out sick in any given week. The governor appoints the 12 special Superior Court judges to five-year terms, ...

  • Wakes Cooke County budget calls for $44M increase in spending

    Wake County Manager David Cooke is asking for a $44 million expense spike on the county budget, most of it for education, public safety and bond ...


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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Most film scholars will tell you that there are two quintessential American genres: the Western and the gangster film. Because iconoclastic independent writer/director Jim Jarmusch has already deconstructed the Western in "Dead Man" (1995), it is only logical that for his next narrative film he would turn his sights on the gangster film. ...

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  • Can Dara Biosciences bust out of this slump

    DARA Biosciences (Nasdaq: DARA) execs say the Raleigh company is about to bust out of its slump -- and that all it needs is time. Nasdaq, however, is only giving the pharma six months. The pharma, which recently switched its focus to in-licensing oncology support products, has been issued a warning by Nasdaq that it could be delisted. To avoid that fate, the company has a six months to close ...

  • Chapel Hills LaUNCh finishes month with 17 startups

    LaUNCh Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill's first real foray into the accelerator space, is about to complete its first official month. With 17 tenants, startups that moved in this past February, ...

  • N.C. NAACP legislative protest arrests hit 153 ... and counting

    NAACP is staging weekly protests at the state legislature, something the group is calling "Moral Mondays" during which the activists voice their displeasure with policies on social programs, voting rights, education and tax reform. On Monday night, 57 activists were arrested, bringing the total to 153 over the last four weeks. The number of arrests has grown every ...

  • AG Roy Cooper Dont move the SBI

    Roy Cooper , a Democrat, is opposing a proposal by Republican leaders in the state unit to move the State Bureau of Investigation from the agency he heads, the Department of Jusice, to the Department of Public Safety. Cooper is elected, while the head of the Department of Public Safety is appointed by the sitting ...

  • Senate budget cuts UNC System by $50M

    The state budget being put forth by Republican leaders in the state Senate would allocate $2.61 billion in fiscal 2013-2014, which represents a cut of $50 million. The overall $20.6 billion Senate recommendation actually is 2.3 percent more than the previous budget because it includes money to pay for an overhaul of the state's tax system and for anticipated Medicaid ...

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