Category: Business
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Gaddy to be replaced as columnist
DURHAM, N.C. — Higher management of the Durham Herald-Sun announced today that, effective with today's column, Gary D. Gaddy has been replaced as the Chapel Hill Herald's Leading Regular Thursday…
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Suit filed against Chapel Hill nuttiness
CHAPEL HILL — The Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has filed suit against the Town of Chapel Hill, demanding that they "cease and desist all acts and activities which promulgate…
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Fascists and free-speech fiascos
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH news coverage it received, but on Tuesday April 14th, my wife and I attended an event on the University of North Carolina campus. We came…
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McCain-Palin sighted in Carrboro
CARRBORO — The town of Carrboro has issued a special bulletin alerting citizens to be on the lookout for light-colored passenger vehicle, a late model foreign import, probably a Honda…
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I saw (or heard) it on the sidelines
MY WIFE AND I have really nice season tickets for the UNC women's home games. So good, sometimes we can't see the game. Like when the opposing coach stands up…
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Toilet paper and other crises
AS A ONE-TIME SCHOLAR of mass communication, I say that the daily papers (and other news media) may be part of our current economic crisis. Their own economic troubles aside…
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Price gouging for fun and profit
THE OTHER DAY, while perversely listening to Air America, conservative little me, I tried to think of something they and I could agree on. My thought: price gouging; now that's…
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What’s so bad about falling housing prices?
Originally written on November 11, 2007 and, sadly, unpublished until now because it wasn't funny enough. It's still not that funny. WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT falling housing prices? When the…
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Ford Announces Water-Powered Automobile
DETROIT — The Ford Motor Company, in conjunction with Hydrolytics, Inc., announced today that they have produced, in an unprecedented engineering feat, a water-powered car that could end America's dependence…
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PETA sues McCain and Obama campaigns
RICHMOND — In a rare display of non-partisanship during this highly partisan political season, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals filed a petition today in United States District Court…
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