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We have local vote covered

Next weekend, we'll provide comprehensive coverage and candidate profiles in The Durham News for all local contested races -- Durham County commissioner, District Attorney and the school board. Published: Apr. 19, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Don't alter rules, alter habits

The reservoirs are full to the brim, the rivers flow abundantly, the crisis has abated. Published: Apr. 12, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

I see the future, and it'll cost ya

I can see into the future. Published: Mar. 29, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Drug war mired in machismo

The deaths of Abhijit Mahato and Eve Carson have triggered a blamestorm about what was and wasn't done in the juvenile justice and probation systems to keep track of two young men accused in the killings, Laurence Alvin Lovette and Demario James Atwa Published: Mar. 22, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

A matter of primary concern

Now that the Clinton-Obama tour seems almost certain to be making a stop in North Carolina, let's explore some local implications. Published: Mar. 15, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

A civics lesson, as seen on TV

Durham city and county are about to start paying Time Warner Cable $12,000 a month to carry public access programs, something the company used to do for free. Published: Mar. 8, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Growth inevitable, strain isn't

For most of its history, N.C. Central University has been a modest little black college in a modest mostly black neighborhood. Published: Mar. 1, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

City is the doggone greatest

Some cities are so distinctive that, if you were suddenly placed in one of them and your blindfold removed, you would instantly know where you were. Boston's like that, as are San Francisco, New Orleans and Las Vegas. Published: Feb. 23, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Don't water down the bad news

It's a maxim in the business world that corporations dress in their grandest finery to appear before stockholders and in rags when dealing with the tax man. Published: Feb. 9, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Idle hands do many evil deeds

There are few things more dangerous than an unemployed young man. Whether in Karachi, Cairo, Detroit or Durham, testosterone and boredom are a volatile combination. Published: Feb. 2, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

To protect and serve, Mon.-Fri.

I complained to the Durham Police this week about how and when the department shares information with the public it is supposed to serve. Published: Jan. 26, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

Case aims at your wallet

I'll probably be dead and my children will be collecting Social Security (if it still exists) by the time all the sequels and spinoffs of the Duke lacrosse case conclude. Published: Jan. 19, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

It takes a village to save a life

Last Sunday, The N&O published a remarkable story about a recovering gang member from Durham named Rico Turrentine. Published: Jan. 12, 2008 12:30 AM | Full story

So much to tell, so little space

Time for a little 2007 summing up. But first, I have to ask: Is it always like this around here? Published: Dec. 22, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

A new day for Old Hayti

There is reason to think and hope that a revival of Hayti is finally going to happen. Published: Dec. 15, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

Pick up a rake, enjoy the peace

I come to praise the simple leaf rake -- the wider the better, of course. Published: Dec. 1, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

We all scream for ... water?

The fall colors seem especially glorious this year -- yellows and auburns from the birches, poplars and oaks; purple from the dogwoods; every imaginable shade from the maples, and that neon-like pink/purple from the Bradford pears. Published: Nov. 24, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

Bikes need a shoulder to ride on

On an all-too-quick trip to Colorado last weekend, I noticed a thing or two. Published: Nov. 17, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

What have they won, exactly?

Congratulations to the winners on Tuesday: Mayor Bill Bell, and council members Diane Catotti, Eugene Brown and Farad Ali. Published: Nov. 10, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

Waste not, want not -- please

Sorry to nag, but it's time to get serious about using less water. Published: Nov. 3, 2007 12:30 AM | Full story

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