News

• Follow the Barrel Monster on Twitter

  Result 1

  Discovered June 19, 2009 at 3:06 pm

  Support for Joseph Carnevale — the artist behind the now infamous Hillsborough Street Barrel Monster — has been phenomenal. The story’s been picked up by AP and subsequently WaPo, the Facebook groups total more than 4,000 supporters and now it looks like the Barrel Monster is on Twitter.
  

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• Barrel Monster captured, charged

  Result 2

  Discovered June 12, 2009 at 12:07 pm

  The N.C. State student allegedly responsible for creating the now infamous Barrel Monster in the Hillsborough Street construction zone, has been arrested, WRAL reports. Already there has been a great showing of support for Joe Carnevale on Facebook.

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• Watch live coverage of the ConAgra plant roof collapse

  Result 3

  Discovered June 9, 2009 at 1:38 pm

  The newsroom is scrambling to get additional information on an explosion at the ConAgra plant in Garner that caused part of the roof to collapse and chemicals to spew from pipes. Reports indicate 3 people may still be trapped inside the building. The plant makes SlimJim’s. Watch live here:

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• Another Sign Of The Times — State’s Food Stamp Numbers Rise Sharply

  Result 4

  Discovered June 2, 2009 at 8:40 am

  Listen to this report from WUNC on the rise of food stamp applications as the recession continues.

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• Finding the silver lining

  Result 5

  Discovered May 28, 2009 at 3:43 pm

  Working in the news biz can be a bit depressing some days. But photographer Shawn Rocco’s latest post is an inspirational reminder of the good news that can be found, such as a recent fundraiser for a girl who needs a liver transplant.

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• Power Outage On Hillsborough

  Result 6

  Discovered May 28, 2009 at 1:53 pm

  If you live or work near Hillsborough Street, heads up that your power will be out for about four hours on Saturday. Pogue is the one by the Wachovia bank, so it doesn’t look like too many businesses will be affected.

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• John Oliver coming to Raleigh

  Result 7

  Discovered May 21, 2009 at 2:55 pm

  Daily Show fans will recognize the name, and he’s coming to Raleigh this weekend. New Raleigh has the details.

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• Tift Merritt brings music, photos home

  Result 8

  Discovered April 27, 2009 at 8:01 am

  Leave it to Tift Merritt to make photos of people looking at Rodin exhibits into art. After all, she is a respected songwriter, singer, performer and photographer. Merritt returns home to Raleigh this week for a concert and new exhibit. Read this interview from David Menconi from the N&O.

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• Look at this photo that an N&O photographer stumbled upon

  Result 9

  Discovered April 10, 2009 at 9:01 am

  N&O photographer Shawn Rocco was sent down to Carthage, NC last week to cover the aftermath of the awful nursing home shooting. He went to the house of the killer to snap a photo for the paper and found the guy’s target shooting spot out back. Talk about a telling photo.

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• Bill would ban plastic bags from major store

  Result 10

  Discovered March 30, 2009 at 9:06 am

  Raleigh Senator Josh Stein wants to see plastic bags trashed. He has put together a bill that would ban plastic bags from being used at major stores (smaller businesses can keep them). I think this could be a good way to force people to get in the habit of using reuseable bags.

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