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Chains of command

Write what you know. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

New Holton program nails it

A group of local construction professionals is partnering with the new Holton Career and Resource Center to provide materials and mentoring to students in the school's carpentry class. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Rolling Hills planners seek input

The plan to revitalize the Rolling Hills goes into the community next week with a meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Hayti Heritage Center to hear residents' concerns about the neighborhood and the project. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Skate park opens today

Nik Spaulding has seen Durham's first skate park grow from rumor to, as of today, reality. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Fayetteville Street mosque vandalized

As Iqbal Ahmad surveys the damage to the Fayetteville Street mosque - smashed windows and doors, stolen computer monitors, Sunday school supplies knocked over - he concludes this was no ordinary burglary. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Mayor, council incumbents coast

Mayor Bill Bell and three incumbent City Council members won landslide re-elections Tuesday, each taking more than 71 percent of the vote. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Duke has reduced workforce by 400

Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for Human Resources, greeted a packed conference room on Wednesday for the first of a series of information sessions about the Monthly Staff Retirement Incentive. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Superintendent search plans under way

School board members are planning to use national and state associations to help hire their next superintendent. Published: Nov. 7, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Turtles get a new home

Turtle rescuer Maura Nowalk, a Duke student in the Nicholas School of the Environment, frees a mid-sized turtle from a net trap in the muck of a small pond being drained last month on the north end of Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Size matters, says NCCU faculty chairwoman

In recent years, both N.C. Central University and the state's public university system have emphasized retaining students and getting them to graduation day. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Harris called 'transformational leader'

The Durham Public schools will contact a national school reform group to help search for a new superintendent following Carl E. Harris' surprise announcement that he is taking a post in the Obama administration. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Recession straining homeless agency

The Durham County commissioners got two reports Monday on the homeless situation in Durham. Both had some good news, but both indicated the problem is getting worse. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Class teaches women how to spot abusers

About 30 women got a psychology lesson last week that could someday save their lives. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Moton, new kid on Division 1 block

LeVelle Moton took a backseat to no one. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Who are Triangle's top athletes?

Do you have a favorite athlete or coach in the Triangle who deserves recognition? Do you know a high school senior who has excelled in both academics and athletics? Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Big-time athletics 80 years later

American college athletics, a report says, is "a highly organized commercial enterprise." Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Newsweek editor Zakaria to speak at Duke Monday

Fareed Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International, columnist and host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS," will speak at Duke University Monday about the rapidly changing international climate. Published: Nov. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Durham Election Results Summary

Incumbents rule Published: Nov. 3, 2009 10:01 PM | Full story

Candidates fine-tune final appeals

Candidates for Durham's mayor and three City Council seats repeated their established themes as the campaign wound down this week toward Tuesday's election. Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

County expects higher taxes, deeper cuts

Durham County began its 2010-11 budget process Wednesday, with projections for more expense, less revenue and an increase in the property-tax rate. Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

'Not his night to die'

Damon Youmans should have died on July 2, 2009. Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Tea, totally

I have to admit I was a bit skeptical about what the Japanese tea at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens would be like. Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Coming Wednesday

Look for Durham mayor and City Council election results in The News & Observer and at www.newsobserver.com Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Cora Cole-McFadden

Party: Democrat Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Police seeking Subway suspects

Durham police investigators are asking for information about an attempted armed robbery Sunday night at Subway, 2405 Chapel Hill Blvd. Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Durham City Council, Ward 2

Party: Unaffiliated Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Steven L. Williams

Party: Republican Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Durham Mayoral race

Party: Democrat Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Police charge 2 brothers with murder

Durham police arrested two men in connection with a slaying early Thursday on East Cornwallis Road. Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Durham City Council, Ward 3

Party: Unaffiliated Published: Oct. 31, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story


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