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Police officer shot; man charged
DURHAM -- A 23-year-old man has been charged in the wounding of a police officer who was shot in the abdomen early Thursday morning while responding to a call on Shannon Road. The officer, who had just joined the Durham force in May, underwent surgery at Duke University Hospital and was reported in stable condition at Duke University Hospital.
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Prof of pop: We'll never see Jackson's likes again
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DURHAM -- There will never be another Michael Jackson.
That's not just because the King of Pop is gone and there's no one around who could replicate Jackson's singing and dancing skills. His moment is gone, too, says a Duke University expert on black popular culture. |
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Post office: 'Addressee Unknown'
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DURHAM -- The barbers at Original Styles Barber & Beauty Salon on North Roxboro Street have been watching folks get out of their vehicles clutching packages only to get right back inside their rides. |
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Times might be tight, but NAACP's ACT-SO talent still off to N.Y.
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DURHAM -- It's gonna be tight but it's gonna be alright.
Durham NAACP ACT-SO chairman Thomas Poole said two teens who earlier this year rose to the top in the local ACT-SO competition will get to go to New York to put their skills against young people from around the country. Things just will be more cramped than expected. |
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ACT-SO: WANT TO HELP?
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If you want to help the Durham NAACP put some spending money in the pockets of the organization's two students competing in the NAACP's national convention to earn money for college, donations may be sent to Durham Branch NAACP-ACT-SO, P. O. Box 3312, Durham, 27702. Be sure to indicate that your gift is for the ACT-SO program. For more information, contact Keishea Williams at (919) 641-5272 or keiwill2001@yahoo.com. Or reach Thomas Poole at (919) 229-1151 or tmikallpoole@yahoo.com. |
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Minister to challenge Councilman Clement
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DURHAM -- This year's City Council race got its first announced challenger Thursday when a local minister, Sylvester Williams, said he'd challenge incumbent Councilman Howard Clement for the Ward 2 seat. |
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NAACP complains about news coverage
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DURHAM -- Local TV news directors acknowledged the significance of monitoring the state NAACP's push for the passage of the Racial Justice Act but didn't apologize for their stations last week not having cameras present at the civil rights organization's downtown news conference about the matter. |
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Eno festival celebrates its 30th
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DURHAM — Wednesday afternoon at the West Point on the Eno City Park in Durham, Natalie Davis outlined bright letters on a wooden sign proclaiming “Look for Children’s Activities at the River and Throughout the Park.” A summer intern with the Eno River Association, the rising junior at Carolina Friends School was updating the dozens of Festival for the Eno signs that tell people where to park, where to get a ride, where to eat, that they can’t have alcohol, to watch their step and anything else directional or informational about the three-day outdoor festival that begins today. |
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ENO GO & DO
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WHAT: 30th annual Festival for the Eno
WHEN: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Sunday |
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Groove Shop to pay tribute to Jackson
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DURHAM -- Think of John Brown and the image that most likely pops to mind is of Brown fingering notes on the double bass, the instrument he plays in the quintet he leads that plays small-group, straight-ahead jazz. During a rehearsal earlier this week in Duke University's music building, Brown played an electric bass. The repertoire at this rehearsal also was different, as was the general vibe. |
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American Dance Festival enters fourth week
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DURHAM -- Faculty members with the American Dance Festival School will display their performance talents during the ADF Faculty Concert Monday and Tuesday at 8 p.m. at Duke University's Reynolds Industries Theater. |
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Dolphins, jets share a bond
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DURHAM -- The seemingly effortless way dolphins and porpoises slice through the water and the unique capabilities of the supersonic Concorde airplane have more in common than one might think. |
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DURHAM BRIEFS
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Rescue Mission offers 'bargains'
Habitat to host Bull Moon Ride
Fish fry benefit set for July 10
Triangle J elects city councilman
Trio of sewage spills reported
Walltown event this weekend
Holiday hours are announced
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POLICE LOG
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Home invasion suspect arrested
33 nabbed driving while license revoked
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CAMPUS BRIEFS
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Duke announces new fellowship
Local schools to be included
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July 2
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Durham police officer in stable condition after shooting; arrest made
A Durham police officer was shot early Thursday while responding to a call at an apartment complex on Shannon Road.
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1/2-cent sales tax stymied in Senate
DURHAM — Democrats in the state Senate postponed debate on a major transit-finance bill on Wednesday after failing to agree amongst themselves about how the measure should address the needs of rural counties.
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July 1
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Senate panel endorses deferring taxes
DURHAM -- A bill that would cost local governments around the state an estimated $37 million to $45 million in deferred property taxes early next decade picked up an endorsement Wednesday from the N.C. Senate's Finance Committee.
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From institute to school: Sanford makes the grade at Duke
DURHAM -- Bruce Kuniholm had to change his e-mail address Wednesday morning.
Kuniholm is no longer director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke University. As of Wednesday morning, he is the inaugural dean of the new Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke. The school is the university's 10th, and its first since 1991.
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Families First serves its last
DURHAM -- For the past 11 years, the Rev. Pebbles Lindsay-Lucas has joined hundreds of children and their single parents with local congregational faith teams for the Families First program. The faith teams offer the kind of support that you can only get from families -- a ride, encouragement, someone to talk to in times of need. But now Families First has become a casualty of county budget cuts.
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AREA BRIEFS
Falls Lake swim area is closed
Holiday hours at Post Office
Historic sites open Saturday
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CRIME LOG
Homeless man faces charges
Various thefts are reported
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DURHAM BRIEFS
DHS reunion signup closes
Brownfields class graduation today
'Nicotine Cinema' set at Central Park
Periodic Tables talk is scheduled
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School board leaders to reign another year
DURHAM -- The Durham school board unanimously reappointed its chairwoman and vice chairwoman Wednesday afternoon.
Both the chairwoman, Minnie Forte-Brown, and the vice chairwoman, Heidi Carter, thanked their colleagues for allowing them to continue in their posts.
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Emerald Pond seniors will be rocking to keep public's food donations rolling
DURHAM -- They likely won't be holding "WILL ROCK FOR FOOD" signs at Emerald Pond retirement center, but that's the idea.
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Clergy now pushing for health care reform bill
DURHAM -- Pastors are trying to get the word out about the need for affordable health care. Clergy in five states are taking to the radio airwaves now through Saturday in a plea to their senators to pass health care reform.
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