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(02/27/03 5:00am)
Buying soap may seem to be among the more mundane of human activities. But for Dr. Michael Newdow, it was a moment of epiphany that inspired him to challenge the constitutionality of what many know as American patriotism, claiming the government's acceptance of prolific references to God infringe on his beliefs.
(01/28/03 5:00am)
The University of North Carolina announced its involvement in the "monumental" U.S. Supreme Court affirmative action case Grutter v. Bollinger last week, supporting a policy President George W. Bush has called discriminatory and unconstitutional.
(01/28/03 5:00am)
Duke's neighbors could get a better idea of how new campus buildings fit into the community if a proposed city-county zoning plan is approved by the City Council next month.
(11/26/02 5:00am)
There's no place like home for the holidays-except travelers will have to battle dense congestion to get there this Thanksgiving.
(11/22/02 5:00am)
The vision of a rejuvenated downtown Durham filled with shops, restaurants, luxury offices and residences now looks more hopeful since a national advertising agency committed Thursday to join the future American Tobacco Campus.
(11/06/02 5:00am)
In an election that saw Republicans sweeping many key national and state offices, Democrats continued their strong hold in Durham Tuesday.
(10/24/02 4:00am)
In the U.S. Senate race, James Carville's famous 1992 maxim apparently still holds true.
(10/22/02 4:00am)
While Durham citizens will have to wait between 20 and 30 years for a completed transit corridor to improve travel between Durham and Chapel Hill, the City Council's tweaking of the corridor last night may bring two major retailers into the city soon.
(10/03/02 4:00am)
"Hablas espaol?" The number of Durham police officers answering no to that question is just one of the reasons helping the Latino community has become a major city government priority.
(09/20/02 4:00am)
Amid their determination to improve North Carolina's public school system, state leaders pointed to the ABCs of Public Education test results--the state's highest in the initiative's six-year history--as a highlight of success at all grade levels.
(09/09/02 4:00am)
North Carolina's partisan primary elections originally scheduled for May 7 will finally take place Tuesday, almost seven months after a controversial redistricting was overturned by the state Superior Court.
(04/23/02 4:00am)
When Edward Lemons was sentenced to death in 1995, attorneys Michael Unti and Margaret Lumsden were upset, sure that their client was innocent. And when they recently found out he was so ill that he would die in two months, they decided to take action, filing a petition with the state to have Lemons released to hospice care.
(03/28/02 5:00am)
It may not be a first-class mall, but officials predict the American Tobacco project will not only bring office space, but also restaurants, retailers, services like a health club and dry cleaners, and well over 1,000 jobs to Durham as it moves forward over the next few years.
(03/08/02 5:00am)
You may notice many more cars than usual merging off Interstate 40 at the Fayetteville Road exit today, thanks to the official opening of the Streets at Southpoint mall. Officials expect 400,000 shoppers from Asheville to Wilmington to visit the center in its first three days of business.
(03/04/02 5:00am)
This is the first story in a four-part series on issues related to crime in Durham
(02/22/02 5:00am)
Extension seemed to be the buzz word when U.S. Rep. David Price, D-N.C., met with state and local officials Thursday to discuss unemployment. In hopes that Price will relay their request to Congress, leaders recommended increasing the length of time one can both collect unemployment benefits and train for a new job.
(02/05/02 5:00am)
Since 1999, North Carolina's top research universities have had access to Abilene, a high-speed Internet network that allows for more advanced applications and collaboration between researchers. Now, the universities are trying to expand that network to the rest of the state's educational community.
(01/29/02 5:00am)
North Carolina is suffering from its highest jobless rate in 17 years, according to county figures for December released Friday by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.
(12/04/01 5:00am)
Parting members gave final words of wisdom and newcomers shared their ambitions Monday during the first meeting of Durham's new city council. Retired district court judge Carolyn Johnson swore in the council's 2001 elects, including new Mayor Bill Bell.
(11/13/01 5:00am)
Topics at a Durham County Board of Commissioners meeting Monday ranged from telecommunications towers to the county's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.