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May 16, 2012
Vol 29, No 20

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After Amendment 1, local governments weigh health insurance options

In the Triangle, where more than 60 percent of voters filled in the oval "against" the amendment, a number of progressive local governments offer domestic partner benefits, a practice that presumably will be illegal under the state constitution on Jan. 1, 2013.

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An Algerian immigrant teaches Canadian children in <i>Monsieur Lazhar</i>

An Algerian immigrant teaches Canadian children in Monsieur Lazhar

Opens Friday in select theaters
The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.

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Primaries 2012: The early show

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

by Joe Schwartz, Bob Geary and Lisa Sorg

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The morning after Amendment 1: Your world. And mine.

The results of Tuesday's election might solidify the sense of otherness with which I view my state and country. But my patriotism to my city has never been stronger.

by Barry Yeoman

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Hillsborough Hog Day; Oakleaf; Another Broken Egg

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Free Electric State's <i>Monumental Life</i>

Free Electric State's Monumental Life

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Dark, engaging and built on infectious rhythms, Monumental Life finally sounds like Free Electric State. (Custom Made Music)

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

Theater of the American South's A Streetcar Named Desire

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Blanche DuBois looks like a million bucks in this muscular production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

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Deford appears Monday at Quail Ridge Books — Frank Deford is one of America's greatest sportswriters, and although his new memoir, Over Time, probably isn't the place to discover why, it's an engaging, raffish ramble through his 50 years in the peculiar business of writing about sports.

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In the Triangle, where more than 60 percent of voters filled in the oval "against" the amendment, a number of progressive local governments offer domestic partner benefits, a practice that presumably will be illegal under the state constitution on Jan. 1, 2013. So what's next?

Opens Friday in select theaters The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.

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

The results of Tuesday's election might solidify the sense of otherness with which I view my state and country. But my patriotism to my city has never been stronger.

Hillsborough Hog Day, a fundraiser for the Hillsborough/ Orange County Chamber of Commerce; Oakleaf restaurant to open in Pittsboro; Another Broken Egg, a Louisiana-based chain, has opened a location in Durham

Plays Friday at The Pinhook Dark, engaging and built on infectious rhythms, Monumental Life finally sounds like Free Electric State. (Custom Made Music)

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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Sun., May 20, 3-5 p.m.
@ Flanders Gallery

In the Triangle, where more than 60 percent of voters filled in the oval "against" the amendment, a number of progressive local governments offer domestic partner benefits, a practice that presumably will be illegal under the state constitution on Jan. 1, 2013.

So what's next?

Opens Friday in select theaters
The film is a tale of healing—for the children, who despite their material comfort are suffering from emotional neglect, and for Lazhar, who is applying for political asylum after suffering a terrible trauma in Algeria.

Plays Friday at The Pinhook
Dark, engaging and built on infectious rhythms, Monumental Life finally sounds like Free Electric State. (Custom Made Music)

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.