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Independent Weekly
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Progressive news, culture and commentary for Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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Wake Commissioner Harold Webb resigning; Dems to pick replacement next week
Democratic Party sources forwarded Commissioner Harold Webb's letter of resignation, sent yesterday to the Wake County Clerk. Webb suffered a stroke last October.…
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USL Prez Holt: “We’ll have strongest league below MLS”
Today, the United Soccer Leagues announced the merger of its two professional divisions (USL-1 and USL-2) into a single entity titled USL PRO, which will begin play for the 2011 season. This is only the latest in a series of news items revolving around the ongoing schism in second division American soccer between the now-former USL-1 and the upstart NASL — and the jury-rigged USSF D2 league formed as a temporary compromise between the factions.…
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Costanzo, Sappelt lead Louisville past Bulls in series opener
Mike Costanzo had a three-run homer and a single for four RBI, leading the Louisville Bats to an 8-4 win over the visiting Durham Bulls in the opener of their best-of-5 first-round series of the Governors’ Cup Playoffs.
Dave Sappelt added three hits including a double with an RBI while Sean Henry added three hits including a double and scored three runs, Kris Negron a triple with an RBI and Devin Mesoraco a hit with two RBI.…
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This football game did not take place: N.C. State, Carter-Finley Stadium and the desert of the real
"The Gulf War did not take place." —Jean Baudrillard
CARTER-FINLEY STADIUM/ RALEIGH—I arrived at Carter-Finley Stadium an hour before kickoff, for what would turn out to be the longest Saturday night I've had in a long time.
I hadn't seen a live football game in several years, but college pigskin is a bug one never quite recovers from.…
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ACC releases women's hoops schedules, with both UNC and Duke facing UConn
The ACC released its women’s basketball schedule today, and as usual there is plenty to talk about.
Defending conference champion Duke, under Joanne P. McCallie, will host Texas A&M and visit defending NCAA champion Connecticut.…
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The Crowder Plan: Use the High-Speed Rail project to remake the Capital Boulevard "Valley"
What's the next big thing in Raleigh? Try this: We put together the Dan Douglas plan for an urban (even European) Capital Boulevard with TTA light-rail and one of the hybrid routes for the DOT's Southeast High-Speed Rail project, then add the plan so many have talked about for a greenway "riverwalk" on the it-doesn't-have-to-be-fetid Pigeon House Branch creek north of downtown.…
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The future of school zones: Uh, oh.
Wait, wasn't the whole idea of junking the diversity policy that it would put an end to "massive reshuffling" in the Wake school system? But as Charlotte-Mecklenburg foretells, when you create GOOD SCHOOLS and BAD SCHOOLS, guess what?…
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Playoff Preview, Durham Bulls vs. Louisville Bats: The Season of Chance (UPDATED WITH PITCHING MATCHUPS)
Howdy, Bulls fans!
Game times and matchups:
Game One, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 6:05 p.m., Louisville Slugger Field: Richard De Los Santos (Bulls) @ Chad Reineke (Bats).
Game Two, Thursday, Sept. 9, 6:05 p.m., Louisville Slugger Field: Aneury Rodriguez (Bulls) @ Tom Cochran (Bats).…
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Treme creator Eric Overmyer comes to Chapel Hill
Overmyer says he's skeptical about the power of television fiction to bring people around to reality.
by Danny Hooley
It's not Eric Overmyer's fault he can't remember too much about one of his own plays. After all, the guy has written a lot of stuff.…
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Essay: World samplers
How Panda Bear, Pictureplane and Javelin fit into the evolution of sampling
by Jeff Klingman
Sampling, or the use of bits and pieces of prerecorded music as building blocks for an original work, came into its own in the '00s, far from both the wild invention of its use in early hip-hop and the litigious hangover that followed. The Avalanches opened the decade with their conspicuously virtuoso crate-digging, further cementing an idea that a DJ might be both curator and artist.…
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