Karen refugees rebuild their lives in the Triangle

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May 16, 2012
Vol 29, No 20

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Drone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccurate

Drone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccurate

Roughly 50 deadly strikes using drones occurred during George W. Bush's eight years in office. By contrast, in the three-plus years of the Obama presidency, there have been close to 300, and those strikes have killed as many as 3,000 people.

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Food

Small Batch Homebrew; LoMo Market

Small Batch Homebrew; LoMo Market

Home brewing kits to create a 12-pack; a farmers market on wheels

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Film

Stultifying Britishness in <i>The Deep Blue Sea</i>

Stultifying Britishness in The Deep Blue Sea

Whenever the film starts to feel a little dated, like we're watching people with a bygone manner of behavior in a period-piece fishbowl, director Terence Davies ties his characters' emotional distress to lingering trauma from the war.

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Elections

Primaries 2012: The early show

Primaries 2012: The early show

Issues reported to the Election Protection Hotline; early results in Wake, Durham and Orange counties

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Music

Songs and shows against Amendment 1

Songs and shows against Amendment 1

This weekend, a series of shows throughout the Triangle will attempt to raise funds and increase votes against Amendment 1.

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Arts

Theater of the American South's <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i>

Theater of the American South's A Streetcar Named Desire

Through May 27 at the Theater of the American South Festival in Wilson
Blanche DuBois looks like a million bucks in this muscular production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

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