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Squall Lines: Nonprofit scam?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:31:37 -0500

Just what we need; another nonprofit organization. Carolina Beach “will have a new tool to help it acquire grant money” as Wilmington Star-News reporter Amanda Hutcheson puts it. Could this be another government-supported way to scam unsuspecting taxpayers out of their hard-earned money?

Carolina Beach Public Purpose Properties [...]

Under the Dome blog: Grand jury: probable cause to indict Soles

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:13:48 -0500

A grand jury in Columbus County has found probable cause to indict state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury in connection with an August shooting at Soles' Tabor City home.

Soles, 74, a Democrat, is the longest-serving [...]

Citizen: Wake school board meeting Tuesday has a COW — early arrival advised

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:10:25 -0500

(Update 2: Word from Ron Margiotta is, there will be no controversial issues on the COW agenda Tuesday. Staff is putting it together, his email says, but he’s sure diversity will not be part of it. Hence all the x-outs below where it used to say otherwise, [...]

Right Angles: It couldn’t happen to a nicer rag

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:42:48 -0500

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Editor & Publisher is closing down. It thrived for nearly 99 years, but it took current editor Greg Mitchell only eight years to run it into the ground with his lefty agenda pushing:

The journalism trade journal Editor & Publisher is shutting down after 108 years of publication.

Editor & Publisher [...]

BlueNC blogs: Titan on very thin ice

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:25:59 -0500

A new lawsuit challenging the Titan permitting process reveals the absurdly weak case being put forth by the Department of Administration. The Wilmington Star News has the story.

Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal: Treasury Secretary Geithner extends TARP

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:55:54 -0500

U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is extending the Troubled Asset Relief Program through Oct. 3, 2010. (BAC) (WFC) (C) [...]

EdCone.com: As we see others seeing us

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:35:49 -0500

My visits to the Jersey shore center on family, food, and a nice time-warp vibe. We make a pilgrimage to Seaside, where many tribes gather on the boardwalk -- jocks, goths, preps, stoners, et al -- an entire high school... [...]

Squall Lines: Let cooler heads prevail

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:29:33 -0500

That’s what the Jacksonville Daily News argues in an editorial about the Copenhagen summit on global warming. A key passage:

The theory of man-made catastrophic global warming is now highly in question. Currently, it’s less than 1-degree warmer than 157 years ago. That pales compared with increases over previous [...]

Under the Dome blog: Talking about Cal

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:19:49 -0500

Former State Sen. Cal Cunningham has made a splash in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Cunningham entered the race this week after months of consideration and announcing he would not run. But all that dithering may have paid off because it's Cunningham that the [...]

This Old State: Analyst: Basnight era is over

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:18:00 -0500

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Analyst: Basnight era is over

Political analyst John Davis, who for years has gauged the business-friendly tendencies of the N.C. General Assembly, says the upcoming retirement from the legislature of Sen. David Hoyle, D-Gaston, is one more sign how much the legislature is changing -- and becoming less business [...]