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Bundle up the babies this evening, grab your gloves and ice skates for the opening of Winterfest in downtown Raleigh. A portion of Fayetteville street will be transformed into an outdoor ice rink. The 45-by-90-foot rink – which can hold up to 140 skaters – will serve as a centerpiece for Raleigh Winterfest, a two-month […]
The Labor Department said Friday that the unemployment rate dropped sharply to 8.6 percent, down from 9 percent in October. The rate hasn’t been that low since March 2009, during the depths of the recession. About 13.3 million Americans remain unemployed. Employers added 120,000 jobs last month. And the previous two months were revised up […]
The approval of one business degree Thursday represented both a turning point and a scaled down version of what originally was proposed for the start of Duke Kunshan University, a campus under construction near Shanghai. Duke’s Academic Council voted 44-8, with four professors abstaining, to approve a master’s of management studies degree to be offered […]
Hundreds of thousands of Honda vehicles sold the United States are being recalled or will be inspected by Honda because their airbags could potentially explode causing injury or death. The expanded recall applies to certain 2001 and 2002 Accord, 2001 to 2003 Civic, 2001 to 2003 Odyssey, 2002 and 2003 CR-V, 2003 Pilot, 2002 and […]
A small Kentucky church has chosen to ban marriages and even some worship services for interracial couples. The Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, located in Pike County, made the vote in response to a longtime member who is engaged to a man whose birthplace is in Zimbabwe. Other pastoral leaders in the area were quick to […]
Today is World AIDS Day. It’s an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, and show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. Today, many scientific […]
A new state law that creates separate crimes against mother and unborn child when a pregnant woman is physically attacked will hold assailants more accountable for their actions, supporters said Wednesday. The fetal protection law is among 35 mostly criminal laws approved earlier this year that will take effect today. Others include one that allows […]
Trolling fishermen brought home a rare catch — video of a great white shark cruising the North Carolina coast and circling their boat. Matt Garrett of Boston and some friends were fishing in a flat, calm sea about 25 miles from Wrightsville Beach. Garrett says the fish stopped biting and they saw the fins of […]
The agency reported this morning that it has more 99,000 refund checks, totaling $153.3 million, that it has been unable to deliver. The average value of those individual checks is $1,547. In Wake County, 269 people didn’t get checks. In Durham, it was 133. Once you find your name, go to the Where’s my Refund […]
For most people, an extended stay aboard a luxury cruise liner sounds like a dream vacation. But Valeska Paris says she was held against her will aboard the Scientology cruise ship “Freewinds” for more than a decade. During her stay on the vessel, she alleges, she was forced into hard labor and never allowed to […]
December 3, 2011, 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Durham Central Park – 502 Foster St. Durham Armory – 212 Foster St. The holiday season is approaching fast and for Durham Parks and Recreation (DPR) that means it’s time to start planning the 2011 holiday event. DPR is proud to host the 2nd Annual Holiday Fun […]
