Archive for October 13th, 2008

• Time capsule from 1983 to be unsealed

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 8:00 pm

  Thriller was the top-selling album, sweat bands were hot even if you weren’t sweating and little girls had at least one My Little Pony. I wonder if any of those items will be in the East Garner Middle School time capsule when it’s opened. What would you put in a time capsule today?

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• Threadcast tries deep fried mac and cheese at the N.C. State Fair.

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 5:15 pm

  The N.C. State Fair begins Thursday and runs through Oct. 26. Threadcast got a sneak peek of the food, some of the entertainment and chatted with Karlie Justus, the 22-year-old behind the State Fair’s Twitter account. For more details, contests and prizes, follow @NCStateFair on Twitter or check out the Deep Fried @ the N.C. [...]

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• CBS Evening News looks to interview Raleigh residents

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 4:08 pm

  The producers behind the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric are looking for some undecided voters to interview in Raleigh tomorrow, according to New Raleigh. Sounds like they want to interview undecided voters, yet the Obama headquarters is listed as the contact info.

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• What was the most mischievous thing you did as a child?

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  What was the one thing you did when you were a kid that mad your parents so angry it’s possible they wanted to briefly disown you? Triangle mom Leigh blogs about her adventures with a bean bag chair as a child, and tells us about her daughter’s recent experiment with her face and a permanent [...]

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• The only way to make selling socks sexy

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 12:00 pm

  It’s hard to make selling socks sexy.  So if you had to convince people to buy organic socks to help raise money for a cause, how would you do it? Local volunteers tapped their creativity and shot this Godfather spoof at Raleigh’s Restaurant Savoy. Watch the video to see their funny take on sock selling.

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• One of the best small places to work is in Morrisville

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 10:31 am

  Who would have guessed that one of the best 15 small workplaces in the country would be located in our own little Morrisville? The Wall Street Journal names Morrisville-based Redwoods Group in its list of best small workplaces today, in part because the specialty insurer requires its workers to volunteer.

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• Mike Nifong’s guitars go on the auction block

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 8:45 am

  If you were in the market for a guitar, would you be more inclined to buy it if it belonged to former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong? You’ll remember he was the prosecutor involved in the way controversial Duke lacrosse case that left him disbarred. The court ordered the sale of his guitars.

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• Three reasons you might (or might not) want to cancel your newspaper subscription

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  Discovered October 13, 2008 at 7:38 am

  Former N&O columnist G.D. Gearino points out three hilarious nuggets buried in Sunday’s N&O. They involve: A hog that was shot by a police chief in a small Johnston County town, a forward-thinking wedding announcement and a money-saving tip that seems like an oxymoron coming from the newspaper.

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