Via TPM Cafe and the AP (and cross-posted from Exile on Jones Street):
Edwards will announce his run for the presidency in a Christmas to New Years tour starting at New Orleans Ninth Ward.
There’s probably no better place in the country to highlight the two Americas. The current administration and the former congress made a few [...]
Especially on days like today.
You might want to take a day off early next week as well.
Heels at 2 p.m. against UNC-Asheville. Links via Tar Heel Daily.
Lovely afternoon for some politics
As many of you already know, Joe Hackney is running for Speaker of the House. It’s a pretty wide open field now that Jim Black has stepped down.
Here’s a post from my Exile on Jones Street site with a mug shot and a few links for each Speaker candidate. Hackney said [...]
If you haven’t seen this yet, it’s a short clip of what has been a 30-year tradition on campus—streaking the library on the first night of exams. One fellow doesn’t quite make it past security.
Oh the humanity!
Couple of things to as the Citizen prepares for an official launch on January 1:
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Hey, it’s almost the Solstice.
Tom Jensen has a rather funny post on some of the folks who got write-in votes in the last election.
Via H-S: Foster found competent to stand trial
From last night’s briefing by attorneys for Sima Fallahi.
The Carrboro Commons tabloid is on the street so grab one. Hats off to the whole crew. The Commons site gears up again with the new school year.
Here’s the list of locations so far: Weaver Street Market, Townsend & Bertram, Visart, Elmo’s, Century Center, Town Hall, Open Eye and Carrburritos.
Orange Politics points us to the [...]
Ah, good morning. Nice clear day.
Chancellor goes to China on a health care mission.
Not a local story, but certainly a local issue via Reuters and Pew: Study shows illegal immigrants add $18 billion to the Texas economy.
Couple of more stories from the Commons:
• Small business gears up for Christmas
• La Virgen comes to Carrboro
Good morning.
Edwards and Hardball fans get your tickets.
Anybody seen that sireen from the old fire truck?
Ms. McCants is playing well ankle and all. Heels over WNC 87-58.
And if you haven’t seen the new high school you can take a visual tour starting here or click on the screen capture below.
Yeah, noon-ish. It’s Sunday after all.
Couple of interesting stories out there including this shocking headline in the CHN: Carrboro trying to manage growth. Here’s the agenda item and additional materials from the meeting (pdf) on guidelines for a development moratorium. If you’ve got time, you can see the discussion of this at 1 hour and [...]
The Tar Heels blew the High Point Panthers off the court tonight giving Coach Roy Williams his 500th career win. The game was not televised. Third time this year the Heels have had five players in double figures.
Short ceremony on ‘CHL afterward.
Carolina: 94
High Point: 69
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