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Beer Hopping
North Carolina growers might some day supply the hops that give your favorite beer its bitter bite.
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Feed With Care
A taste test of "safe" snack foods
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Now Serving
Don't worry: The Rockford's beloved ABC—apple, bacon, cheddar—sandwich remains.
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Film Review
So nasty and brutish is this world that a teenage girl, acutely aware of her own mortality, feels it necessary to pass on survival skills to young children as soon as possible.
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Orange County
Some of farmer Bob Nutter's neighbors whose home purchases helped finance Maple View's endeavors say they aren't getting the serene, pastoral life they thought they were buying.
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National
A new generation of electric-powered vehicles could—when combined with the coming smart-grid technologies—transform the electric-utilities industry as well.
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National
The A123 is a 5-kwh lithium-ion battery that fills the wheel-well compartment where a spare tire would otherwise be.
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National
A lot of small steps will be required to get from here to there, with other nonelectric fuels playing a part.
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National
The already-expanding Gulf Dead Zone presents a uniquely dangerous scenario that many fear poses a long-term threat to ocean life.
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EarthTalk
I always thought eating fish was healthy, but now I'm concerned about mercury in tuna and other fish. Are there any fish that are still safe to eat?
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Front Porch
These are for the freezer, but these are for the pies.
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Gallery
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Peripheral Visions
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Letters to the Editor
"The fallacy of blind and fair justice in this country is all too rarely reported on by our media."
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Music Feature
"The words are the most important thing; everything else supports that."
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Music Feature
"From 18 to 23, I was somewhere different every six months," he says, "and I kind of liked it."
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Our guide to this week's shows
Kooley High, Irata, Stephaniesid, David Karsten Daniels, The Heartless Bastards, Mad Tea Party, Unrest, Cage, Twin Tiger, The Kingsbury Manx, more
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Dance
ADF invited Herrera back to restage one of the more stunning, and humane, works of last season with her own company. It commissioned a new work from her as well.
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Lit Local
"I'm interested in people who are obsessive-compulsive hard workers, because I think I am one."
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Visual Art
The Power of Refined Beauty tells the epic story of how legions of consumers were hypnotized into a state of fervent brand loyalty through an ad campaign that held them in thrall for decades.
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Comedy
Buckley's shaggy dog tale turns into a "wrong drink for the room" story—the particular alcoholic beverage one never orders in a given type of bar.
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Theater
This production shows how the show has aged, but fortunately it also reminds audiences why Rent had such an impact in the first place.
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Kroger Promotion: Recipe Ads
Quick & Easy Homemade Recipe