June 16, 2007 – 4:11 pm
I’m flabbergasted RALEIGH, N.C. — Mike Nifong violated 27 of 32 rules of professional conduct during his prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players falsely accused of rape, a disciplinary committee ruled Saturday. The committee, after deliberating for a little more than an hour, unanimously agreed with the bar on almost every charge, including the […]
June 15, 2007 – 7:59 pm
If he thinks he is going to get any sympathy, he has been smoking something Raleigh — The man who once pursued rape, sexual assault and kidnapping charges against three former Duke lacrosse players who were later declared innocent by North Carolina’s attorney general says he will resign. "My community has suffered enough," a tearful […]
June 15, 2007 – 5:15 pm
From the Raleigh N&O letters to the editor In response to your June 12 editorial, "Stagnation," I wholeheartedly disagree that passing the Senate’s cart-before-the-horse immigration legislation is better than enacting no reform at all. The Senate immigration bill rushes to legalize millions of illegal aliens, which is not the urgent matter at hand. I stand […]
June 12, 2007 – 9:58 am
Though, he won’t be sitting in the prosecutors chair RALEIGH – Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong, under fire for his handling of the Duke lacrosse case, begins his battle this morning against professional misconduct charges brought by the N.C. State Bar. Nifong faces ethical and professional misconduct charges over his handling of the lacrosse case. […]
June 12, 2007 – 1:26 am
Are you paying attention, Mr. President? Raleigh — A Raleigh man pleaded guilty Monday to trying to run over a pedestrian who yelled at him to slow down. Doroteo Calles Hernandez, 23, of 605-A Charleston Road, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to kill, hit-and-run and driving while impaired. He was originally charged with attempted […]
June 5, 2007 – 6:10 pm
Imagine my shock and dismay when I read this (06/05/07 — RALEIGH) – Eyewitness News has learned the man charged with drunken driving in crash that killed a man Monday morning is in the United States illegally. Sources with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement in Wake County tell Eyewitness News this afternoon that Michael Caldera De Latorre, 24, […]
June 5, 2007 – 12:01 pm
Well, now, via Ogre, I found this ugly tidbit (Fox News) An ordinance restricting the number of flags allowed up for display has some North Carolina business owners seeing a lot of red, and not as much white and blue. The city of Raleigh has limited the number of American flags — and any other […]
May 23, 2007 – 4:06 pm
No, seriously, he did (Raleigh N&O) House Speaker Joe Hackney said today that he will use the power of his office to kill the proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage. "I said at the beginning of the session that we will control the agenda, and that’s what we will do," the Orange County Democrat said. Hackney […]
May 21, 2007 – 6:54 pm
After a tough time, this is good news for them ANNAPOLIS, MD. – Back in March when the Duke men’s lacrosse team had ascended to the position of the top-ranked lacrosse team in the nation, head coach John Danowski said it was too soon for the Blue Devils to own that distinction. With losses to […]
May 21, 2007 – 4:50 pm
From WRAL: There was another round of good-byes for military families Sunday, this time in Raleigh, where an Army Reserve unit is being called to active duty. Members of the 535th Military Police Battalion will be deployed to Iraq. For 145 soldiers in the 535th, they were saying farewell for at least a year. There […]
