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[ In Breaking News ]
Carolyn Kasdorf Named REALTOR® Of The Year
This year, Carolyn Kasdorf, Manager of Fonville Morisey’s Lochmere Office, has been named Raleigh Regional Board of Realtors®' Realtor® of the Year. ...
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Atlanta Braves Announce Additional Details for Atlanta Area Stops of the 2010 Community Caravan, Presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors

Braves players, coaches, alumni, broadcasters, and executives get ready to hit the road, January 30 – February 13, visiting fans in Atlanta and throughout the Southeast in the BIGGEST Braves Community Caravan ever ...

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SEC Football Moves into Prime Time Television Exposure with ESPN Deal
With the ESPN deal, the SEC just got elevated to a higher status, and everybody else moved down.  Of course, High school football players want to be on television when they go to college.  The best chance to be on the ESPN highlights is to play in an ESPN game.  So recruiting will largely favor SEC schools quickly.
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[ In Opinion ]
News Corp Charges To Access Online Newspaper Websites
Because what News Corp just doesn't get is that people wont pay for online news. Its been a free model ever since the internet began. Changing the structure now will only see people go elsewhere for their daily news fix. Its kind of like the boffins at the top of News Corp just don't understand how the internet advertising game works. Drag people to your site, and advertisers will pay. Either cost per impression or cost per click. That's fairly simple. ...
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[ In Opinion ]
Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
No one dared to criticize the United States and Confederate flags that flew side by side at the Gettysburg soldiers' reunion of honored men who had been enemies on the field of battle just 50 years earlier. Some of today’s politicians and people’s rights groups could learn something from these grand old men of yesterday...
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[ In Breaking News ]
Walter Cronkite, Voice of TV News, Dies at 92
Mr. Cronkite guided viewers with such plain-spoken grace that he was called the most trusted man in America....
 
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[ In Opinion ]
Letter to the Editor: Create Jobs for Americans
A while ago I read that Bill Gates and Mayor Michael Bloomberg were planning on donating a total of $500 million to reduce the incidence of smoking in developing countries, especially China...
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A Letter to Georgia’s Citizens: from Chris Clark
Georgia is blessed with abundant natural beauty and a rich cultural heritage. Many of these amazing landscapes and historic sites are part of our award-winning state parks system, with 63 properties from the mountains to the coast...
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[ In Government & Politics ]
Coming This Summer: Health Care Wars...This Time It's Personal
On one side are forces advocating a big government, big regulation approach that will transform the private health system into a government-dominated bureaucracy...
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[ In Severe Weather ]
Hurricane Season Starts Next Week
Besides high winds, hurricanes can cause flooding, storm surge in coastal areas, and tornadoes, all potentially devastating to property...
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