Beyonce‘s new partnership with H&M has finally been revealed and to no one’s surprise she looks freaking amazing. The summer campaign, “Beyoncé as Mrs. Carter…
For taxpayers who can’t manage the April 15 deadline, the Internal Revenue Service offers an automatic six-month filing extension. This year the due date is Oct. 15, and taxpayers qualify by filing Form 4868. Getting an extension is preferable to filing a return with mistakes, says Melissa Labant, a tax specialist with the American Institute […]
Ashlee Barnette and Brittany Streat each took a sweet bite of the red strawberries they bought at the Durham Farmers’ Market Saturday morning. They were there to help North Carolina Central University Green Team’s efforts to promote healthy local foods, sustainability and environmentalism by encouraging college students to shop at the market. While volunteering to […]
For years, the carousel at Chavis Park has been the city’s other historic carousel, the one relatively few people have seen. While people stood in line to ride the painted wooden animals at Pullen Park, even before the new carousel house opened there in 2011, less than two miles away, the Chavis carousel was never […]
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave an “unsatisfactory” rating to the Carnival Fascination, essentially a failing grade on a health inspection. A satisfactory rating from the CDC is a score of 85 or higher. The Fascination scored an 84. The report outlines violations ranging from not enough chlorine in […]
Triangle area post offices will close at normal times Monday night, the deadline for mailing 2012 federal tax returns. Numerous 24-hour self-service kiosks will be available for purchasing postage with the required date, and several contract postal centers will have extended hours. However, customers using a self-service kiosk should be aware that an April 15 […]
A Baltimore family is upset after they were kicked off a United Airlines flight after complaining about the movie being played. According to the family, they were on a flight from Denver to Baltimore on February 2, when they asked the flight attendant if they could turn off the “Alex Cross” film being played. The […]
Is taking a Carnival cruise, post Triumph, really cheaper than staying at a Motel 6? A news story that appeared Wednesday on Bloomberg compared the cost of these two experiences. Was the cruise line’s recent troubles, including the stranding of 3,143 passengers at sea on the Carnival Triumph for days after it lost power in […]
Taco Bell – long-known as a place to load up on low-price, high-calorie and high-sodium grub – wants to fix the high-calorie and high-sodium part. By 2020, that is. The nation’s largest Mexican fast-food chain on Wednesday announced new nutritional plans to have 20% of its combo meals (a main item, a side dish and […]
The Raleigh-Cary area came has tied for second in a Gallup poll asking residents if they “felt comfortable walking alone in their community at night.” The poll was conducted among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the nation. The Denver-Aurora, Colo., area tied Raleigh-Cary with 78 percent of respondents replying “yes” to the question. […]
Step aside, New Orleans and Charleston. The tastiest town in the South isn’t one of those culinary capitals but is instead right here in the Triangle – Durham. Southern Living magazine announced on Tuesday that Durham is the “Tastiest Town in the South.” The region’s new culinary capital is featured in the May issue of […]
State lawmakers want to keep the super in supersized when it comes to soft drinks. Three lawmakers filed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit cities and counties from limiting how large a big soft drink can be. The bill takes a swipe at New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s effort to limit giant sugar drinks for […]