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Happy Fourth of July!

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!Like most of you, I am taking the day off to celebrate with some patriotic festivities.If ...

Ken Hutcherson: Obama has no 'black experience'

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:00:00 -0700

Hutcherson photo art via Mike Tidmus. Oh man, the homo-hating pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Washington state, Ken Hutcherson, ...

Is Social Media the New Punk Rock?

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:31 -0700

This video comes to me via Jennifer McClure via Web Ink Now. I have a love of disruptive, loud, and ...

Ladder 22 / Ladder 5

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:56:00 -0700

One of the city's two new Pierce platforms was placed in service as Ladder 22 on Thursday, July 2, at ...

Fourth of July and Fireworks Safety in the Philippines

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:06:04 -0700

While the Philippines also celebrates Independence Day on July 4, Christmas and New Year's are their big fireworks season.  ...

Tweets from 2009-07-03

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:59:59 -0700

1 week in to new Palm Pre: local Sprint store rocks, national Sprint service is incompetent, phone reception blows (when ...

links for 2009-07-03

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:00:24 -0700

Seven Deadly Sins of Social Networking Security Not to yell "fire" in a crowded social networking site, but this article ...

Friday night senior pet pic blogging

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:38:29 -0700

Presenting the most handsome dog in the ...

Merge video retrospective: Superchunk - "Driveway to Driveway"

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:51:00 -0700

It's not technically Friday anymore, but here's Friday's Merge Retrospective video. Here's another classic Superchunk video for "Driveway to Driveway" ...

Declaration of Independence…Bluebirds vs House Wrens

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:10 -0700

Happy Independence Day, everyone! Well, it’s not quite July 4th, but by the time many of you read this, it ...

Two quick things

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:16:57 -0700

1. Aremid is recovering after having spent two days at the vet. He had lots of pricey test performed on ...

Mystery Station

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:13:00 -0700

What fire, rescue, or EMS facility is pictured below? Hint #1: It's located on a street. Hint #2: It has ...

Time Warner Cable Prepares Massive SDV Dump

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:22 -0700

A recent letter from Time Warner Cable announces a massive change that makes the CableCARD technology almost useless. Starting July ...

A journalism start-up: Should I go for it?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:05:18 -0700

I could look for a job at traditional news organizations. But as I read over the Knight News Challenge results, ...

Breaking News: Sarah Palin is Stepping Down

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:47:10 -0700

UPDATE:  MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell makes it sound like Palin is stepping down for family reasons and is sick of politics... ...

Advice from a columnist legend

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:41:16 -0700

In the most recent installment of The Charlotte Observer’s intern seminars, we got to hear from Tommy Tomlinson, columnist extraordinaire. ...

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Archive for November 12th, 2008

  • MySpace may get Durham police officers in trouble

    Some Durham police officers are being investigated for allegedly writing deragotory comments on their MySpace pages about president-elect Barack Obama. My only question is, why are Durham police officers on MySpace anyway? I thought only teenagers and bands used it.

  • emay78 on Flickr posted this one.

    emay78 on Flickr posted this one. It makes me think of love. I love love.

  • Southpoint owner could go bankrupt

    Looks like these troubling economic times are also having an impact on the owner of The Streets at Southpoint in Durham. General Growth, which owns shopping centers that include Southpoint, announced yesterday that it may have to file for bankruptcy.

  • Is the high-rise beside Crabtree Valley Mall still a reality?

    You know that high-rise that’s supposed to tower over Crabtree Valley Mall? You’re probably thinking: “Hey, Ginny, I thought that silly project was permanently put on hold.” Well, my readers, the developers are still working to make it happen, WRAL reports.

  • Triangle designer who helped build Centennial Campus dies

    The man responsible for helping shape Research Triangle Park and N.C. State University’s Centennial Campus died Tuesday. Claude McKinney was 79. The former design school dean left his mark on the Triangle in many ways. Read his obituary in today’s N&O to see just how much;