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High Fructose Corn Syrup, One Lump or Two?

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jun 24, 2012 | Common Science

“Corn isn’t fit for pigs to eat.” Alvin Danner Between 1980 and 2010 the percentage of adults in the US who were obese more than doubled, from 15% to 33%. A number of root causes have been suggested for this “obesity...

Favorite Summer Fashion Trends

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Jun 21, 2012 | The Fashion Plate

The official days of summer have arrived. That means beach trips, poolside parties and backyard bashes are in the mix. What’s hot this summer on the fashion scene? Bask in bright colors and bold prints. Fortunately...

Clyde Edgerton: Translating memories into fiction

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 20, 2012 | D.G. Martin

Is he just writing about himself? The many fans of Wilmington-based author Clyde Edgerton often ask this question when they are reading his books a they come to parts that are just too real to be made up. As Edgerton explains on...

How to save a mountain

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 18, 2012 | D.G. Martin

There were lots of reasons some people in Avery County wanted to stop a rock mining operation on the beautiful Belview mountainside. *Tracy and her Aunt Ollie, because preliminary blasting operations had cracked the foundation...

Fracking will affect air & water quality in the Triangle

Posted by The Commentators | Jun 18, 2012 | The Commentators

Triangle residents may not realize that fracking areas run through Wake, Durham, Chatham, Orange, and Lee counties, affecting the water supply of 2.4 million people. This map shows watersheds and fracking areas (slide 2 at this...

Bronze Age Part II: The Case of the Missing Copper

Posted by Jeff Danner | Jun 18, 2012 | Common Science

“. . . For the Ocean that was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say ‘the Pillars of Heracles’ [Straits of Gibraltar] there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia...

How To Write A Best-Selling Book: An Expert's Advice

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 15, 2012 | D.G. Martin

How would you like for Nicholas Sparks to teach you how to write a best-selling book? The author of New York Times #1 bestselling books will tell us how it is done on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch this (Sunday) afternoon at...

Remembering Favorite Son Doc Watson, Part 2

Posted by The Commentators | Jun 15, 2012 | The Commentators

Click here for the first half of Richard Taylor’s in-depth tribute to Doc Watson. Speakers told how Doc saw with his ears. Doc’s long time bass player and driver T. Michael Coleman emotionally remembered how Doc would...

Taking Entrepreneurs Under Its Wing

Posted by The Commentators | Jun 13, 2012 | The Commentators

Where are all the jobs? That’s a question everyone is asking these days, especially if you’re one of the jobless here in Orange County. Don’t give up hope! There may be light at the end of the tunnel. The town of Chapel Hill...

Back In Time, Jill McCorkle's Timelessness

Posted by D.G. Martin | Jun 12, 2012 | D.G. Martin

About Jill McCorkle’s upcoming new novel, Lee Smith says it is McCorkle’s “best ever.” Wow! This news will stir up the enthusiastic fans that McCorkle earned with her novels (“The Cheer Leader,” “July 7th,” “Tending to...

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