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2424
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Two men, Ronald Cotton and Darryl Hunt, living in different cities and convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for violent crimes committed in 1984, have been proven innocent in 1995 by DNA testing that was unavailable in 1984.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 31, Aug 1995,
p9-11, il
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2439
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Legislators serving the Research Triangle Area in the 1995 General Assembly had widely differing opinions when voting on topics like concealed weapons, parental consent for abortion, paramilitary groups, prisons, and pollution control.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 32, Aug 1995,
p10-11
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2466
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Six professionals, including a lawyer, middle school teacher, and hospital chief of pediatrics, talk about living and working in the Triangle Area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 35, Aug 1995,
p12-13, por
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2477
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Meeting the needs of 2,000 non-English-speaking students is a challenge for public schools in the Research Triangle. Some students are helped by special English learning classes, but others become frustrated, fall behind, or drop out.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 35, Aug 1995,
p15-17, il
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2496
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Health maintenance organizations are forcing many Triangle area hospitals to cut costs through such approaches as shorter patient stays and job reductions. For patients, loss of registered nurses and other care givers could be critical.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 37, Sept 1995,
p13-14, 16, il
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2497
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Founded in 1974 by Jacques Menache, the ArtsCenter in Carrboro, originally the ArtsSchool, has had rocky years. However, good management, staff, and volunteers are offering a variety of programs that contribute to the Triangle area's cultural scene.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 37, Sept 1995,
p19, 21, il
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2498
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Art house cinemas, privately owned movie theaters that show independent and foreign films, are unique for their feel as well as their films. Raleigh's Rialto Theater, co-owned and managed by John Munson, is rated best of the best in the Triangle area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 37, Sept 1995,
p26, il
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2554
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A sculpture by Thomas Sayre depicting a bullet's path on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill creates controversy over what public art should be and the nature of artistic expression.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 41, Oct 1995,
p11-13, il
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2560
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Built in 1920 for male felons aged 19 to 21, Raleigh's Polk Youth Institution is documented in this photo-journal essay before its relocation to Butner in 1996.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 42, Oct 1995,
p11-13,15, il
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2561
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In addition to performing, composing, and painting, Raleigh jazz pianist Elmer Gibson is also an architectural designer, with projects including the Richmond Racquet Club on Staten Island and the lobby of the Continental Bank in Philadelphia.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 42, Oct 1995,
p17-18, il, por
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2562
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Durham artist Bryant Holsenbeck has evolved through pottery to basketry, to become an eco-artist, hunting and gathering society's discards to form them into artistic creations.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 41, Oct 1995,
p15-16, por
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2563
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Relocating to Durham in 1989, former Chicago commodities trader Jeff Goll has developed into a well-known regional artist with the potential to achieve national recognition.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 41, Oct 1995,
p17, por
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2571
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The first annual North Carolina Film and Video Festival, held at Raleigh's Rialto Theater, offered works by state filmmakers in Short, Animated Short, and Feature categories.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 45, Nov 1995,
p21, il
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2576
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Documentary filmmaker David Kasper works out of a tent near Carrboro. His films, like PANAMA DECEPTION, winner of a 1993 Academy Award, show another side of official accounts of United States foreign policy.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 44, Nov 1995,
p19-20, il
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2591
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Falls Lake, built to supply drinking water for Raleigh, could be threatened by controversial mapping and a vote by the Durham County Commissioners to allow Treyburn Industrial Park to build in the water quality critical area.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 46, Nov 1995,
p11-13,15, il
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