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Disgraced financier Bernard
Madoff arrived with much fanfare in July at the Federal
Correctional Institute in Butner (BFCC), NC, to begin serving his
150-year sentence for orchestrating the biggest Tupperware party in
the history of finance. As a native North Carolinian, I began
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The weather outside is telling us that those pretty green
leaves over yonder might be turning into something even prettier
soon - red, orange, and yellow. Boy do I love the… Read More »
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By Amy Boshnack
Did you know that North Carolina schools teach an abstinence-only curriculum. For those of us slow on the uptake... that means no contraception is discussed at all! So they teach you how to…
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Hello my fellow shiners! A couple of days ago I was browsing through the chats and there was a new member that was blogging for the first time and was interested in finding friends possibly from the same area.I don't recall her screen name.I kinda lost my place,you know how it is when you're… Read More »
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In Durham, North Carolina, the minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls, are having a horrible season. However, things may be looking up for the team as they have signed a promising rookie pitcher, "Ebby Calvin LaLoosh (Tim Robbins). The team hires a catcher by the name of "Crash… Read More »
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There is no gas up here in the hills. I noticed there is none in Charlotte either. How boring to just go to work and home for fear of getting stuck on the side of the road w/ an empty gas tank!!!! I feel like we are in a third world country. What;s up?
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A pit bull in Greensboro, NC attacked a one-year-old girl. How does something like this happen? The dog is a pet, and the child went to touch the pooch's puppies; when she did, the dog bit her. Nasty stuff. Hopefully the kid will be OK. All the facts aren't known yet, but I do wonder if some... Read More »
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A lot of love went into the pulled pork sandwiches on the Eastern North Carolina menu. The initial challenge of adapting this style of barbecue for the home kitchen is that in North Carolina, they cook over wood, in a pit, and they most often cook the whole animal, which is enormous—and it takes all day. I wanted to see what I could do in the oven, for those people who don’t have pits or smokers (or at least don’t have any interest in standing over them all day, adding coals to the fire).
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i was so lucky to spend the weekend (memorial day weekend) in my home state of north carolina and as always as soon as I walk into the airport i was excited just to be there . this time as i waited for my luggage to arrive i experienced a moment of spark . arriving at the charlotte douglas airport... Read More »
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