I was a successful student in high school. I was one of the top students in my class, and I took multiple Advance Placement courses. I knew that my hard work had helped me form strong studying techniques. After four years in the North Carolina public high school system, I was looking forward to...
Published: Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 @ 9:15 am
By: John William Pope Center
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It’s an honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791– standing guard in the early days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 @ 11:49 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Internal Republican Party politics ignited by House Speaker Thom Tillis' pending departure and a philosophical battle between moderates and conservatives...
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 @ 6:02 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Almost everyone puzzles at how the Washington, D. C. clan of elected officials seem to always miss the important things that go with preparing a budget.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 @ 8:48 am
By: Hood Richardson
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Ms. Carolyn Boyd Latham, 60, of 609 West Ninth Street, Washington, died Friday, May 24, 2013.
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013 @ 1:45 am
By: Announcements
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I know we call ourselves "daily," but we're only human. Sometimes we need to stop and smell the roses. The staff and I did just that for the Memorial Day weekend.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 11:29 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Born in 1725 in the town of Bath, Samuel Ashe was the second son of John Baptiste Ashe and Elizabeth Swann.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 11:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mrs. Mary Alice Beard Hodges, age 73, a resident of Vanceboro, NC died Monday May 27, 2013 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital in Washington, NC.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 5:28 pm
By: Announcements
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Does state tax policy affect state economic growth? Fiscal conservatives tend to say yes. Fiscal liberals tend to say no.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 5:20 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A clear majority of the Founding Fathers unquestionably believed in a universal right to bear arms.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
By: Harry Meredith, Jr.
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The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University has received a Top Ten Award by the American Academy of Family Physicians for contributing to the pipeline of family physicians.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 3:51 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed Saturday, May 25, 2013, as Missing Children's Day, and he encourages families to participate in the observance by taking time to record important information on each of their children and store it both electronically and in hard copy.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 3:50 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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School board chair Cindy Winstead raised an interesting issue at the May meeting while discussing Senate Bill 236.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 2:42 pm
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Nicholas Ludwig von Zinzendorf promoted emotional religious expression and arranged for Moravians to move to the North Carolina Piedmont.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 2:41 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Scott Ralls, president of the North Carolina Community College System, says he noticed a problem with remedial education in the state's community...
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 9:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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How many North Carolinians know that public school education in the state is centered around the government's Common Core initiative?
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 9:15 am
By: Diane Rufino
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The Weather Channel trumpeted the headline "2012: Warmest year on record for U.S." But neither that channel nor any other mainstream media outlet devoted much...
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 9:06 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We here at the Observer have contended for sometime now that care should be taken by government officials before they take risks with taxpayers' money.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2013 @ 8:57 am
By: Beaufort Observer Editorial Team
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Governor Pat McCrory announced the following direct appointments today.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 10:38 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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A year ago, Duke Cheston of the Pope Center criticized a class in political science at North Carolina State University. Because its presentation of the American political system was clearly biased, his story was titled "Evil Republicans 101." Now we have come across another section of the same...
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 10:05 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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North Carolina could look northwest to Indiana and south to Florida for evidence of how a consumer-driven model would improve the state Medicaid program.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 11:03 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Governor Pat McCrory and House Speaker Thom Tillis got together today to help the partisan Democrats who run the city of Raleigh shove a knife in the backs of the legislative majority that voted to block the highly-questionable deal.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 10:42 am
By: Brant Clifton
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Medicaid's ineffective utilization of its unpredictable budget is a parasitic disease to taxpayers and beneficiaries. The state now faces a budget overrun of more than $248 million.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 7:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Glenn Edward Taylor, 71 of 1304 Lizard Slip Road, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 in his home.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 7:14 am
By: Announcements
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Suttle, who just finished his second year of medical school at East Carolina University, became the patient in a smartphone physical exam in April while attending the TEDMED conference, an annual gathering focusing on health and medicine held in Washington, D.C.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 7:00 am
By: ECU News Services
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Lewis Henry Sullivan, 86, of Plymouth died Friday, May 24, 2013 at his residence in Plymouth.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 6:57 am
By: Announcements
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One of the ten planks of Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto is "Centralization of credit in the hands of the State." Apparently of like mind is North Carolina state Senator Ellie Kinnaird (D-Orange), primary sponsor of Senate Bill 150, Study State-Owned Banks.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 6:51 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The worlds of digital photography, sailing, hunting and Italian cooking are among the activities young people can explore during College for Kids 2013 at Beaufort County Community College.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 6:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Addie Flowers Vance, 83, died May 25, 2013 at her home in Washington, N.C.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 6:10 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Gene Autry Williamson, age 76, a resident of Aurora, died Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Carolina East Medical Center.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 6:04 am
By: Announcements
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Benjamin Franklin (Frank) Parrott, age 91, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 22, 2013 in Katy, Texas.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 5:52 am
By: Announcements
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Mr. Bobby Ray Leary, age 62, a resident of 2920 Williams Road, Greenville, died unexpectedly Friday, May 24, 2013.
Published: Sunday, May 26th, 2013 @ 5:47 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane have asked the General Assembly to set the effective date of the Dorothea Dix lease bill to next year, in order to give the State of North Carolina and the City of Raleigh time to negotiate an improved deal.
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Sizzling oratory and stubborn statistics clashed as opponents of a tax-funded voucher bill for private schools squared off against advocates of the...
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 11:43 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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