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Lee describes the North Carolina Museum of Art's new West Gallery, which took ten years to plan and complete.
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Leutze examines the controversy surrounding the coastal hazard zone maps, which are intended to predict what areas around what inlets are likely to be at risk. Controversy arises, for example, when what was once safe, such as a home built back from the shore, now finds itself in an unsafe area.
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METRO design editor Diane Lea discusses the Boddie family and the Rose Hill Plantation located in Nash County. The family moved to North Carolina from Virginia in 1734. The original home does not stand, but part of the one built in 1792, survived and is the back wing of the present, restored Rose Hill Plantation.
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16518
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Beaufort, North Carolina has been named \"America's Coolest Small Town\" for 2012 by Budget Travel magazine out of 647 nominations.
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16519
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A top tier Trauma Center, freestanding Children's Emergency Department, the busiest heart center in North Carolina. As the community can see WakeMed Health and Hospitals has changed dramatically from its humble beginnings fifty years ago.
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Ask most folks in North Carolina about R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and they will mention its home in Winston-Salem, the iconic Camel, Winston, and Salem cigarettes. They may even known about the old RJR corporate headquarters designed by William F. Lamb. But probably no one, until recently, would have ever associated RJR Tobacco with art, until last year when the RJR Tobacco Company art collection became front page news when they made the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County the beneficiary of 3,000 pieces of artwork, plus memorabilia and collectables.
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The George Whitfield Hall of Fame, founded and hosted by the former baseball coach at East Carolina University, inducted its 40th class January, 2012, which included David Thompson, an NC State basketball star, Alexander Andrews, an NC State All-American, Duke wide receiver Wes Chesson, and Don Shea, former sports director at WTVD-TV in Durham.
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With average wedding costs often exceeding $20,000, planning can be stressful. The 2011 Census shows that more people are waiting until their late twenties to get married. These trends play a large role in ceremonies and receptions. For those planning to get married in North Carolina there are many venues to consider, such as the Biltmore Estate, the Rand-Bryan House, or Castle McCulloch.
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Leggett discusses spending time with the bridge tender, John Banner. They discuss the workings of bridge attendance, construction, weather, and the panoramic views.
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Whether you're trying to impress a loved one or spice up a romance, the Triangle teems with delicious spots that tempt diners with dishes bursting with aphrodisiacs like oysters, almonds, truffles, or garlic.
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St. Lewis questions why the southern United States is called the Bible Belt instead of the Imagination Belt; due to the amount of museums, art galleries, theaters, and bands, the South could certainly hold to this reputation.
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North Carolina's public education system is in danger of giving up 50 years of gains in quality, quantity, and reputation. In the middle of the last century, the state decided to turn its back on the public education system that used to produce low skilled workers to fill jobs in factories and on farms; North Carolina decided to embrace the promise of the 20th-century. But Leutze calls to attention the erosion of support and commitment to public schools.
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One recent morning in Raleigh, a group of women made a trip 100 years in the making. 1911 was the year this group, the Twentieth Century Club (later the Twentieth Century Book Club) first convened and dedicated themselves to broadening their minds through literature, history, current affairs, and biography. Book clubs such as this brought women into public life by putting them at the forefront of social and political issues.
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A nationwide shortage of major cancer drugs has hospitals and cancer centers in the Raleigh/Durham metro area scrambling to meet patient demand. Due mainly to manufacturing glitches, drugs that are used to treat leukemia, ovarian, breast, and other cancers are in short supply forcing healthcare practitioners to use alternative drugs.
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Leef brings to light the disconnect between matriculation and education. This article argues that despite the cost of higher education, college graduates often are ignorant of basic principles, and college education has become an industry that prospers by processing through large numbers of students.
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