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In conjunction with his obvious lack of arms, his signature jumpsuit, bare feet and slicked-back hair made Marty quite a character to behold.
By Michael Gagnon | 21 Nov 2007

The mother of a murdered man reads a poem about him written by his daughter
By Shae Simms | 14 Nov 2007

Sad fact: More than 20,000 cats and dogs are killed every year in the Triangle's shelters.
By Beth Livingstone | 8 Aug 2007

And I thought to myself, "Nope, we're gonna do this. It's for the best. I don't need to be back out here."
By Mike Kelly and Jeffrey E. Stern | 2 May 2007

Church leaders, family members and farm work advocates gathered under the trees in Raleigh's Nash Park near midday holding black flags to commemorate the otherwise invisible deaths.
By Sandy Smith-Nonini | 14 Mar 2007

Durham police are trying to locate Anthony Harris "Concrete" Graham, who has been missing for several weeks.
By Jeffrey E. Stern | 7 Mar 2007

Let me tell you a secret. There's a lot of grumbling right now within Durham's black community.
By Carl Kenney | 10 Jan 2007

My heart hurts. It aches for my nappy-headed compatriots.
By Leslie J. Ansley | 6 Dec 2006

My red Daelim-Cordi moped was a sort of concession birthday present from my sympathetic parents when the courts revoked my driver's license the day before I turned 21.
By Laura Eshelman | 29 Nov 2006

For whatever reason, I took it to heart when I read that Brad Will, a U.S. journalist with IndyMedia, had been shot dead by Mexican paramilitaries while filming a popular protest on Friday, Oct. 27.
By Sandy Smith-Nonini | 8 Nov 2006

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