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Object of Desire
I think of yam things often, sorting through heaps of potatoes at the farmers market, saying, "Wouldn't this be just right for..." The answer is rarely a casserole.
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Food Feature
Which city has better tap water? And what makes it good? So began our taste test ... with sheep's cheese and cracked pepper flatbread.
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College Basketball
The Wolfpack's disappearance from the upper echelon of ACC basketball has been long, painful and in some ways surprising. Now, as the 2012–13 season gets under way, the world seems to have turned again.
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Film Review
I salute director Ang Lee for crafting a PG-rated film that doesn't shy away from the big questions of faith, anthropomorphizing animal companions and humanity's own savage nature.
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Film Review
The most surprising thing about Silver Linings Playbook is how relentlessly funny it is. The laughs arise with organic force, triggering that slightly out-of-control quality that manifests in genuine fits of hysteria.
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News Feature
Shackled and clad in an orange jumpsuit, Democratic state Senate candidate Clarence Bender was being led out of court by a bailiff when he calmly took questions from reporters in a hallway of the Nash County Courthouse.
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North Carolina
Immigration court observers say government prosecutors continue to drop deportation cases in troubled Alamance County, but federal customs officials say they cannot count how many.
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North Carolina
Gov. Perdue announced N.C. would participate in a state-federal hybrid exchange because the state is not ready to run its own. Governor-elect McCrory said he was pleased Perdue's decision kept the state's options open for changes in the future.
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Peripheral Visions
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Gallery
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Front Porch
Having a group of close friends living within a few blocks now makes as much of a difference as it did when I was a child.
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Letters to the Editor
"Isn't it interesting how so much of the evidence from the Kennedy assassination has been obliterated?"
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Citizen
No one should invest in corporations that profit by despoiling the Earth and jeopardizing human existence. You should divest. So should our local universities.
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Exile on Jones Street
Even though North Carolinians split their 2012 votes almost evenly between the parties, far fewer Democrats were elected than Republicans. Voting-rights groups are pointing to the results to press their case that the 2011 redistricting maps should be thrown out.
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Music Feature
Thomas Costello first picked up a guitar at age 20—which is, comparatively speaking, a bit like taking up ballet in graduate school or opting to become a lawyer after having two children.
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Record Review
Guiding Eyes serves as a field guide of sorts for managing maturity—its requisite losses and responsibilities, upsets and errors—and seeking out unexpected redemption within life's inevitable troubles.
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Music Essay
The promise of any band willing to offend you on first glance should be that compromise just isn't something they do.
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Our guide to this week's shows
Daniel Bachman, Hurricane Sandy Benefit, OM, Frank Fairfield, Drique London, J. Kutchma & the Five Fifths, Sóley, Water Liars, Writer, Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos, Acoustic Syndicate, Sufjan Stevens
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Five Words with...
The Chapel Hill native talks Portland, acid and home
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Photography
With the election finally over, friends and families can stop arguing over politics and return to stoking a far more beloved partisan divide: UNC vs. Duke.
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Theater
Scenic designer Jayme Mellema and his cohorts have created a bevy of vivid characters. What's still needed, though, is a world to put them in.
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Arts Feature
Nancy Olson discusses the decision to sell her 28-year institution; with the Galaxy closed, the Triangle's Bollywood screenings move elsewhere; the Kobo e-reader is now available through multiple local book stores
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Sudoku Solution
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Crossword Solution
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Crossword Puzzle
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Solve Locally Solution
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Solve Locally Puzzle
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