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Voting myths debunked
There are some confusing e-mails going around about when you can register, where you can vote, even what you can wear to the polls. by Fiona Morgan
Meals tax forges unholy alliances by Vernal Coleman
A guide to third parties by Lisa Sorg
Q&A with Socialist Party presidential candidate Brian Moore by Lisa Sorg
No longer BFFs: Chuck Baldwin and Ron Paul by Matt Saldaña
Think you’re registered to vote? Better check by Fiona Morgan
Steven Petrow
Joe Biden's tears remembered
In 1972, after Sen. Joe Biden's wife and child died, I wrote him a note of condolence. That letter is long gone, but not his response to me, which arrived later that winter. by Steven Petrow
Good for the belly by D.L. Anderson
Fund d(r)ive by V.C. Rogers
Re: Erick Daniels' freedom; Hugh Webster's stand
Endorsements on the horizon by Lisa Sorg
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College football Triangle style
In the nation's basketball hotbed, enthusiasm is growing about football, of all things. by Jeremy M. Lange
Republican National Convention arrests by Independent Voices
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Feature
Three area musicians explain their new visual art
Sounds and shapes
Now in its third year, Minus Sound Research collects visual art by seven North Carolina-based musicians at Wootini this weekend. by Brian Howe
25th anniv feature, test page 1
Kaia's Godmakesmonkeys by Ian Miller
Double Negative's Raw Energy EP by Rich Ivey
Girl Talk by Kathy Justice
Live: Common/ N*E*R*D by Spencer Griffith
The guide to the week's concerts
The Wedding Present's "Palisades"
by Chris Parker
The Curtains of Night's Lost Houses
by Robbie Mackey
Feature
What Southerners need to know about the Carolina Hurricanes and that Canuck sport
Dixie soul on ice
After two years of mostly mediocre hockey, there is excitement in the Triangle again. This Friday, Oct. 10, is opening night, and the 'Canes are pitted against a certain Sunshine State team whose mascot is one angry kitty. by Kate Shefte
Women have played amateur hockey in the Triangle for more than a decade by Gerry Canavan
Durham playwright Miriam Angress tackles the big issues by Kate Dobbs Ariail
NCCU's Home by Matt Saldaña
The Carolina Ballet's interpretation of Don Quixote by Kate Dobbs Ariail
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Forgive me, Tex-Mex fans
Dos Taquitos Centro at one year; Mez at the start; Los Potrillos the Second; plus, Foster's Market's "On the Porch" cookouts; more local props from Gourmet and Bon Appetit by Claire Cusick
Feature/ Review
I Served the King of England and The Duchess look back to European history
Live and let Di
What we have is a mildly amusing comedy in which every female under 30 can be relied upon to disrobe. by David Fellerath and Neil Morris
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Two days after the Raleigh show, Williams got her wish, and the Barack Obama campaign began airing radio…
by Matt Saldana, Indy Staff Writer on Live: Lucinda Williams at Memorial Auditorium (Music)
Strangely the PFT advocates claim that the "average" Durham citizen would pay only $20 in PFT vs. $40…
by Frank Hyman on Durham Committee gives thumbs down to prepared foods tax (News)