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Saving lives one meal at a time
North Carolina Central University's The Campus Echo
Jan 29By: Ciera Harris echo-staff reporterNCCU students help package over 8000 meals Approximately 1,000 individuals from N.C. Central University, Duke University, and the Durham Rotary Club gathered together on January 16, 2012 at Duke's Freeman Center for ... »
State divvies up 240 new nursing home beds in Wake County
Raleigh Business NewsLocal Raleigh NewsThe Triangle Business Journal
Jan 27Three groups of nursing home services providers received approval on Friday from the state of North Carolina to expand their services in Wake County by a total of 240 beds. The providers receiving permission to add beds include: • Britthaven Inc. and S... »
Black metal innovators Liturgy to play at Duke Coffeehouse
The Chronicle
Jan 26On Feb. 1, the Duke Coffeehouse welcomes Brooklyn black metal band Liturgy for a performance that may well cause James Buchanan Duke to roll in his grave. read more »
Duke descendant dies at 91
WRAL.com Local News
Jan 25Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, the great-niece of Duke University's founding benefactor, James Buchanan Duke, has died at age 91, the university said Wednesday. »
Duke heiress dies at 91
NBC-17 Latest News
Jan 25Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, a direct descendant of the Duke family that endowed Duke University, has died, the school confirmed Tuesday. Semans was 91. Semans was a key philanthropist in the Durham community. Born in 1920, she enrolled at Duke at th... »
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Gov. Erskine Bowles?
The Locker Room
Jan 30OK, that title doesn’t necessarily roll off the tongue. No matter. At least so far, many Democrats consider Erskine Bowles — the former chief of staff to President Clinton, former UNC system president, and two-time failed U.S. Senate candidate in North... »
Fred Foster in Durham commissioners race
Newsobserver.com BlogsBullseye
Jan 27Fred Foster, president of the Durham NAACP branch, has become the third official unofficial candidate for the Board of County Commissioners. Candidate filing does not open until Feb. 13, but this week Foster (right) registered a campaign committee with... »
This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
The Locker Room
Jan 27A task force has recommended that North Carolina pay $50,000 each to living victims of the state’s forced-sterilization program. Daren Bakst analyzes that proposal during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. Fergus Hodgson outlines a plan to hel... »
My Chat With Author of Duke Study
RevElution
Jan 26Photo: Herald-Sun/Christine NguyenHe’s not a racist. He simply didn’t know any better. That’s the impression I left with after my chat with Peter Arcidiacono, one of the authors of a controversial study that has damaged race relations at Duke Universit... »
New Carolina Journal Online features
The Locker Room
Jan 24David Bass reports for Carolina Journal Online about the recent Duke University presentation from debt reduction commission chairmen Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. John Hood’s Daily Journal dissects three different paths toward economic recovery in N... »