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<title><![CDATA[Look beyond rhetoric to find common sense]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Hide the women and children. Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., supports gun-ownership rights for mentally unstable veterans, such as Charles Whitman, a former Marine who used a high-powered rifle in 1966]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Little-noticed legislation may make a big difference]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Small, seemingly unimportant items get lost every year amid the mad scramble toward the adjournment of the General Assembly.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Western wild donkeys come looking for a loyal owner]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[When most average people hear that the federal government's Wild Horse and Burro Adoption program is coming to town, they gravitate toward the majestic feral mustangs.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What a deal! Coach's son scored big one before judge]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[If you needed further evidence that the justice system is stacked in favor of the well-off and well-connected, look no further than Guilford County, where Judge Henry Frye Jr. cut an extraordinary deal Tuesday for an admitted armed robber who happens to be the son (and namesake) of Sidney Lowe, the head basketball coach at N.C. State.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[What a deal! Coach's son scored big one before judge]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[If you needed further evidence that the justice system is stacked in favor of the well-off and well-connected, look no further than Guilford County, where Judge Henry Frye Jr. cut an extraordinary deal Tuesday for an admitted armed robber who happens to be the son (and namesake) of Sidney Lowe, the head basketball coach at N.C. State.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Helms said what he meant, was loyal to constituency]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Whether you loved him or loathed him, you knew one thing about Sen. Jesse Helms to be true: He said what he meant, and he stood by it.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Easleys took lovely trips abroad; we got the bill]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[It's a rhetorical question with an obvious answer, but one that nonetheless bears asking in light of Gov. Mike "Tax Hike" Easley's lame attempt at explaining the extravagant (and taxpayer-borne) costs of overseas junkets that he and first lady Mary Easley enjoyed.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gas-pump inspectors do job deserving of our thanks]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Under ordinary circumstances, nobody pays attention to the small sticker on the gas pump certifying that it's been inspected by the N.C. Department of Agriculture.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Big predators roam freely inside the city, pet owners find]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Tracie Tritt moved to a quickly developing area of southwestern Winston-Salem four years ago. Along with the usual assortment of furniture and clothing, Tritt brought her menagerie of rescued dogs and cats to a neat little rented house on Ardmore Road.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Runoff? Sure, taxpayers have money to throw away]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[If you can correctly name North Carolina's commissioner of labor without looking at the inspection sticker inside an elevator, you are either related to her or among the 63,662 voters who cast ballots in a runoff election to pick a Democratic challenger to run against her.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three young men pay high cost for racing on U.S. 311]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Mike Russell of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office can't remember all the details -- filling out a few hundred accident reports tends to make them fuzzy sometimes -- but he can tell you the personal consequences of one particular wreck on U.S. 311.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three young men pay high cost for racing on U.S. 311]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Sgt. Mike Russell of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office can't remember all the details — filling out a few hundred accident reports tends to make them fuzzy sometimes — but he can tell you the personal consequences of one particular wreck on U.S. 311.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Money never got to people for whom it was intended]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Throughout the spring, summer and fall of 2006, Chris and Kelli Cota struggled to find help for their developmentally disabled daughter.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Issue of discrimination emerges in TDA dispute]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Great Compromise of 2008, announced abruptly Tuesday afternoon at a board meeting of the Tourism Development Authority, might have accomplished more than just getting Ted "I'm In Charge Here" Kaplan to put the fiscal dynamite down.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A trip down Memory Lane, then back home]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The tall, lean man wearing the frayed Notre Dame baseball cap looked just like the lanky redhead who stood ramrod straight at the front of our physical-education class.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[New name for Warthogs? Here's a good bet on winner]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Nobody asked me, but I'm going to handicap the soon-to-be runners-up in the contest to rename the Winston-Salem Warthogs. The team released the nicknames last week in the run-up to the opening of its new downtown ballpark next April.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Airline woes render visit to England not so jolly]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[If you think you had it bad with a two-hour layover in Atlanta or being booked on one of some 2,000 flights canceled during an American Airlines debacle earlier this spring, wait until you read about Don Bowden's trip to London.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Classmates of old school saw changes over 40 years]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Because the attendees were dressed in their finest suits and dresses and a 20-foot feast of roast beef and chicken was spread out before them, a gathering Saturday night at the Greensboro National Golf Club could easily have been mistaken for a wedding rehearsal dinner or a family reunion.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WSSU stands out with tab of $100,000 for police chief]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Police work is perhaps more lucrative than you thought. Six-figure salaries are well within reach -- you just have to be at the top to make the really big dollars.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[No Big Deal? Let's not glaze over gun crime at school]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[It is hard to decide which is more appalling -- the mere fact that a high-school student could be the victim of a carjacking on school grounds in broad daylight last week or the ho-hum attitude copped in its aftermath.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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