UNC professor selected as chairwoman of cancer panel
Barbara Rimer, dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been nominated as the chairwoman of the president’s cancer panel.
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Barbara Rimer, dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health, has been nominated as the chairwoman of the president’s cancer panel.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — Herman Cain, rocked by another allegation of infidelity, has reportedly told senior advisers that he is considering ending his bid for president.
TEHRAN, Iran (MCT) — In scenes that evoked the seizing of the U.S. Embassy in 1979, hundreds of demonstrators stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran on Tuesday, hurling gasoline bombs, ransacking offices and tearing down the British flag.
ABUJA, Nigeria (MCT) — Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday passed a bill criminalizing gay marriage, which it said was “against all religious morals.”
FORT WORTH, Texas (MCT) — American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, and Chief Executive Gerard Arpey has retired.
Someone received a trespass warning at about 10:32 a.m. Monday at 703 Copperline Drive, according to Chapel Hill police reports.
A Friends of Downtown meeting Thursday in the Franklin Hotel will feature John Shelton Reed and Dale Reed, authors of “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue.”
As of Dec. 5, the South Columbia Street bus stop at Sitterson Hall will be relocated to between Sitterson Hall and the Navy ROTC building, about 300 feet south.
A New York company is giving $100 to college students to throw parties on campus.
Chapel Hill police officers responded to a reported shooting and break-in at 104 Jackie Robinson Street at about 5:54 p.m. Tuesday, according to a department press release.
CAIRO (MCT) — Defying predictions of violence and chaos, Egyptians flooded polling stations Monday to cast ballots in the first elections since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (MCT) — Should Mitt Romney survive the Newtian Surge and fend off any other challenges from his rivals for the GOP nomination, a preview of what awaits him in the general election can be found in a new television ad crafted by the Democratic National Committee.
NEW YORK (MCT) — U.S. stocks leapt Monday, posting their best day in at least a month, as Wall Street embraced moves by European leaders to join euro-area members in a fiscal union and on evidence U.S. holiday sales got off to a record start. But Spar cautioned against jumping the gun. “Rome wasn’t built in a day, but the Italian bond market can take it down in just a few sessions,” he said.
Someone reported a road rage incident at 12:15 a.m. Monday on I-40 Eastbound, according to Chapel Hill police reports.
Outside agencies and other non-profits can apply for general fund appropriations to support community services each year, and on Thursday Orange County will hold an overview and orientation session to inform those interested about the process.
Steve Auerbach, a pediatrician, will speak in Chapel Hill and Durham Friday and Saturday about health for the 99 percent.
The Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association selected freshman tailback Giovani Bernard, senior defensive end Quinton Coples and senior linebacker Zach Brown for first-team All-ACC, according to a University press release.
The University’s School of Nursing will honor an incoming U.S. Army surgeon general at the alumni awards this week.
The Carolina Inn received a bomb threat last Tuesday, said Randy Young, spokesman for the department of public safety.
BEIRUT (MCT) — Arab efforts to reach a compromise with Syria over its violent crackdown on dissent appeared to be all but over Sunday as foreign ministers meeting in Cairo voted overwhelmingly to impose punishing sanctions against the embattled regime of President Bashar Assad.