Museum features Duke family history
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This is the fourth installment of the weekly "Places to Go" series that highlights points of interest in the Triangle area.
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This is the fourth installment of the weekly "Places to Go" series that highlights points of interest in the Triangle area.
The battle over racial gerrymandering in North Carolina rages on-even after three federal judges approved the state's revised plan for congressional representation last Friday.
More than two years after the North Carolina General Assembly mandated that schools teach students to remain abstinent until marriage, Durham school board members have tentatively agreed on a sex education curriculum that they hope takes into consideration the wide range of views held by administrators, parents, teachers and state legislators.
This is the second installment of a two-part series summarizing places to visit in the Triangle region. Today1s story highlights things to do outside Durham in the surrounding cities of Raleigh and Chapel Hill. Beginning Friday, The Chronicle will present a weekly feature titled 3Places to Go,2 which will provide a more in-depth look at different points of interest in the area.
The Devil's Den, the newly redesigned sports bar on Central Campus, is progressing well and will remain open in the fall, said Jim Wulforst, director of dining services. The Den also received its hard liquor license recently, making it the only campus dining establishment with the legal ability to serve mixed drinks.
A recent study of the benefits of magnesium for cardiac arrest patients proved that serendipity is often a medical researcher's best friend.
A proposed rail link from the Triangle area to Asheville, N.C., would bolster economic growth on both ends of the track while concurrently providing an easier route to the mountains, officials from both regions said.
Recent research demonstrating that mammography for women in their forties may not be as beneficial as previously thought has sparked a debate within the medical community and the U.S. Congress concerning when doctors should recommend such screening procedures to their patients.
The Durham City Council last week narrowed down its list of candidates for its vacant city manager position to 24 applicants. It is continuing its search process despite controversy surrounding the current status of interim City Manager Cecil Brown.
The Durham County Board of Commissioners demanded last Monday that the members of the county's Alcoholic Beverage Control board present an action plan for reforming the ABC board's finances or risk losing their positions.
Robert McAdams of 701 West Trinity Ave. was arrested late Monday afternoon by the Durham Police Department and charged with felonious breaking, entering and larceny, said Eric Van Vleet, Durham criminal magistrate.
If a smoker takes even one puff of a cigarette on his first day of a quit attempt, he is 10 times more likely to return to smoking after six months, according to a study released by researchers at the Duke-VA Nicotine Research Program.
After a six-month search for a permanent superintendent for the Durham Public Schools, several members of the Durham Board of Education this week will travel to the current school district of each of the three finalists in order to gain firsthand knowledge of each candidate's ability.
This is the first installment of a three-part series dealing with bond and amendment issues in the recent elections. Tomorrow's story will focus on school bonds.
Linda Fetko, Medicine '96, owes the federal government, the School of Medicine and a private loan company more than $40,000. Yet she considers herself fortunate because, in comparison to her counterparts nationwide, she and her fellow graduates are far less burdened.
The eight candidates for the Durham County Board of Commissioners participated in a voter forum sponsored by the Herald-Sun of Durham last night in front of an audience of about 75 citizens at the Carolina Theatre.
A coalition of newspapers, television and radio stations in North Carolina is attempting to steer its campaign coverage toward issues important to voters-and away from "horse race" election politics-through a program "Your Voice, Your Vote."