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1888 blizzard was one for the record books
The young couple died with their frozen bloody skin torn from their faces. They had clawed off the ...
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Chang and Eng: chapter two
Sometimes a simple newspaper column can take its writer to surprising places. For instance, after my column on ...
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Telemarketers are telephone terrorists
Sure I make calls doing sales myself, and I get calls as a business. The difference in what ...
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The singin’ rage – Patti Page
Like most disc jockeys in the 1950s, I introduced most Patti Page recordings with, “here’s the singin’ rage, ...
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Why do we believe what we believe?
In the midst of this political season, our country seems more polarized than I can remember at any ...
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Why is life this way; why is my cry!
Tuesday night! “Tim...Tim”….I hear calling just after midnight! It was my mother’s voice that woke me to the ...
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The last of the singing cowboys
Now, another look at another cowboy star and, if you can use the word ‘beloved’ in connection with ...
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You can’t argue with success
The 25th annual Syme Family gathering, open to everyone, will be held at the Darden Family Farm in ...
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‘Mix’ing it up on the big screen
This is another in our series of stories about the cowboy stars of yesteryear. Today’s subject is a ...
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Get to Ayden before it’s too late
Can a Louisiana food writer tell us something about North Carolina barbecue that we did not already know? ...
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Hope or hatred….the choice is easy
I know how easy it is to wish for, that which would come, and you would wish you ...
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Bright star that faded way too fast
Mary Eaton - Frances Farmer. They were beautiful, they were talented - they were on top of the ...
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The next big high-tech product
Why would Alevo, a European company seeking to develop and manufacture a powerful groundbreaking battery, choose Concord, N.C., ...