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Firefighters return from aid trip to Louisiana

By KYLE BILLINGS | October 12

First responders from around Orange County are back in town after giving time and energy to a nationwide effort to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. Chapel ...

Neighbors say woman causing a stink

By KYLE BILLINGS | October 12

Some Chapel Hill residents are trying to convince the town to rid a neighbor's yard of unsanitary human waste, but inspectors say they haven't found evidence ...

UNC stabs Lancers in big win

By JESSE BAUMGARTNER | October 12

For one brief moment it looked like underdog Longwood had stunned the North Carolina men's soccer team with an early opening goal. Then Justin ...

Ryan pushes for town to update its services

By MEGHAN DAVIS | October 12

Board of Aldermen candidate Katrina Ryan has seen towns like Carrboro before. Her hometown of Big Spring, Texas is remarkably similar, she said. Big ...

Neighborhood mulls over possible conservation district status

October 12

Pine Knolls residents met Tuesday night about their neighborhood's bid for Neighborhood Conservation District status. Pine Knolls is the fifth Chapel ...

N.C. beats national school-suspension rate

By SETH PEAVEY | October 12

N.C. public school students are being suspended 45 percent more often than their national counterparts, according to a survey released by the N.C. Child ...

Student pens juicy novel

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | October 12

It's not exactly the classic struggling novelist story. December 2002: the University is blanketed by ice and power is out across town. Alex McAulay, ...

Campus briefs

By Staff Editor | October 12

UNC announces intention to buy cluster from Dell UNC's Informational Technology Services has announced plans to buy a 1024 processor cluster from Dell. The ...

The University's day 212 years later

By Brian Hudson | October 12

With elaborate pomp and circumstance the University will celebrate today its 212th birthday. As in years past, campus leaders, many of whom will be ...

City briefs

By Staff Editor | October 12

Board of education seeks naming committee member The Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education is accepting applications to fill the citizen-at-large ...

Special session called today

By KRISTIN PRATT | October 12

Gov. Mike Easley's veto of a bill that could help alleviate the teacher shortage in the state likely will stand, even as the N.C. General Assembly returns ...

Students discuss minority issues at conference

By OWAIS KHAN | October 12

Local students recently attended a national conference on minority achievement. The sixth-annual National Student Leadership Conference of the Minority ...

TTA test runs hybrid bus option

By ERIC JOHNSON | October 12

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - With the Triangle Transit Authority already feeling pressure from higher fuel costs, officials are considering an eventual changeover ...

SUDAN continues campaign

By KIRSTEN BEATTIE | October 12

Students United for Darfur Awareness Now is shifting its focus from awareness to action. After last week's campaign to inform students about the genocide ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | October 12

Rico Antino Thompson, a homeless man from Chapel Hill, was arrested at 9:50 p.m. Monday on charges of felonious possession of cocaine and resisting arrest, ...

Students met with open ears

By GEORGIA CHERRY | October 12

Student leaders were not the only ones striking up conversation during the Office of Student Affairs open office hours Tuesday afternoon. Since the ...

Construction sti

By MARIE CROWDER | October 12

The traffic jams and buzz of construction equipment at the intersection of Country Club Road and N.C. 54 are about to end. But many still wonder why ...

Looking out for the futuro

By GREGORIO URBINA | October 12

The increasing language barrier between immigrant Latino workers and medical staff, and the inaccessibility of these services has encouraged the founding ...

Companies look to keep grads close to home

By MEGAN MCSWAIN | October 12

Triangle graduates looking to trade a college campus for a corporate one might not have to look very far. Research Triangle Park - located within 15 ...

State fair a financial boon

By SAMUEL LAU | October 12

For many North Carolinians, the State Fair means lots of cotton candy, carousels and concerts. But for the city of Raleigh and the state as a whole, the ...