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Gossip popular, according to buzz

By LEAH KONEN | September 20

Students seem to be doing it everywhere - in the middle of the Pit, the back of the library or at a crowded fraternity party. Gossip is an almost unavoidable ...

Partnership sharpens focus

By TED STRONG | September 20

The DEDC is no more. The Downtown Economic Development Corporation rechristened itself as the Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership on Monday at a meeting ...

Campus briefs

By From staff and wire reports | September 20

Some health care workers' salaries to be increased UNC Health Care's board of directors announced Friday that the salaries of the system's lowest-paid ...

Kids explore constitution, rights

By LAURA OLENIACZ | September 20

The mood was intense in a local third-grade classroom Friday, as students pumped their brains to come up with guidelines for a classroom constitution ...

UNC to respond to investigations

By Brian Hudson | September 20

A federal investigation has found UNC Hospitals at fault for refusing to care for a patient in March. Hospital officials received a letter Monday afternoon ...

No Justice for Tar Heel defense

September 20

For once it wasn't the defense that was making North Carolina fans groan - it was the offense. The Tar Heels are well known for having one of the most ...

Price unrelenting in criticism of president

By ERIN GIBSON | September 20

Local elections, last year's presidential race, the war in Iraq and issues raised by Hurricane Katrina were all fair game Monday night as about 100 members ...

Baker has guts for game

By MATT ESTREICH | September 19

Have you ever wondered what 60,000 people holding their breath sounds like? Near the end of the third quarter in Saturday's loss to Wisconsin, North ...

Campus briefs

By Staff Editor | September 19

Government investigates UNC Hospitals controversy The federal government is reviewing whether UNC Hospitals violated federal law by refusing care to ...

Student embraces Jordanian culture

By SAM DOLBEE | September 19

I hate being asked about my summer. Not because I don't want to talk about it. I could talk about it for hours. But people seem to expect me to ...

Penalty problems plague UNC

September 19

North Carolina wide receiver Wallace Wright never had seen it before. Running back Barrington Edwards never had seen it before. Even Coach John Bunting, ...

Cross Country tops competition

By JOHN ZHANG | September 19

Saturday's Carolina Challenge at Ranson-Hamrick Course posed no challenge to the North Carolina cross country team - the opponents just could not keep ...

Parents, students weigh in on new middle school name

By Olivia Webb | September 19

Orange County's much-awaited new middle school won't open its doors until Fall 2006, but locals already are submitting suggestions for its name on the ...

Officials: Principal's shoes hard to fill

September 19

Only a month into the school year, the faculty of Chapel Hill High School is facing major changes in the school's composition. Last week, Mary Ann ...

Transit buses see shiny upgrades

By MICHAEL TODD | September 19

A remanufactured Chapel Hill Transit bus spun aluminum rims and gold-colored lug nuts Friday during its maiden voyage. "We'll have a little bling on ...

Endorsements fuel campaigns

By JAKE POTTER | September 19

As municipal campaigns inch closer to Election Day, some candidates are finding friends with benefits - political groups eager to endorse candidates for ...

Women's soccer breaks through tough defense to score in second half

By DANIEL MALLOY | September 19

DURHAM - The North Carolina women's soccer team is not used to being out-muscled. So Alabama-Birmingham came out Sunday pushing and shoving in an effort ...

Flurry of resolutions follow case

September 19

More than a few members of Congress were unhappy with a California federal judge's ruling last week that the recitation of the pledge of allegiance in ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | September 19

A woman crossing Franklin Street at its intersection with Columbia Street was struck by a motorist early Friday morning, according to police reports. Clare ...

Field hockey pulls win despite absence of two star players

By SAM SHEPARD | September 19

With two of its top players off in international competition, the North Carolina field hockey team still managed to hold on for a 1-0 victory Saturday ...