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North Carolina's Poet Laureate

Joseph Bathanti was born and raised in Pittsburgh. He even went to college and graduate school there. So it's a testament to his passion for North Carolina that he was just announced as the Tar Heel...

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Kate McGarry

Kate McGarry is the latest in a long line of female jazz musicians, and she doesn’t want to forget her forebears.Her latest album, “Girl Talk” pays homage to the women who came before her. Host Frank...

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Heist

President Obama and Mitt Romney agree that the recession continues, the middle class is suffering and something should be done about the deficit.The words are familiar but what do they mean? University...

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Meet Allan Gurganus

Before Allan Gurganus’s debut novel, "Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All," (Vintage/1984) spent eight months on the New York Times bestseller list,» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Bill and Hillary

How much influence does a first lady have on the president? According to historian William Chafe, in the case of Bill and Hillary Clinton the answer is: an incalculable amount. In his new book, "Bill...

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Meet Walter Bennett

There’s a scene in Walter Bennett’s new novel "Leaving Tuscaloosa" (Fuze Publishing/2012) that will send chills down your spine. It’s 1962 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and a group of young white men ride...

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Who Stole the American Dream?

Is America still the land of opportunity? Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Hedrick Smith takes on that question in his new book,“Who Stole the American Dream?” (Random House/2012). His answer is a...

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Election News

While all eyes are focused on the presidential race, several interesting contests are shaping up around the state. Pat Gannon, political reporter for the Wilmington Star-News and John Frank from the...

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Man Vs. Markets

Paddy Hirsch makes a living breaking complex topics down into understandable parts.He performs this role as the whiteboard guru of the radio program “Marketplace,” and he also uses his skills to...

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Mipso

The band of three young men and one young woman used to call themselves Mipso Trio.Now they go by Mipso after adding a fiddler. They recently released their first full length CD and they spent the...

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The Day After

The results are in, and Democratic candidate Barack Obama is president. But while the country went blue, North Carolina is now colored solidly red. The Republican Party has its firmest grip on the...

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Terra Cotta

Mill villages were once a common feature of the North Carolina landscape from Appalachia to the Eastern counties. Here in the Triad, the Pomona Company» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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The Queen of Katwe

Sportswriters dream of the ultimate underdog story. Chapel Hill based Tim Crothers found it in Katwe, a giant slum in Kampala, Uganda. Phiona Mutesi is currently Uganda’s leading female chess player,...

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Eaarth

shrinking polar ice caps, rising temperatures, vanishing forests, acidic oceans and superstorms. Welcome to the new planet earth. A renowned environmental» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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Carolina Meat Conference

North Carolina has a significant number of local, niche and pasture based meat producers and consumers, but it lacks enough processors to make the farm to» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

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