March 8, 2005 – 7:44 am
From the Raleigh News and Observer: Lawmakers from Chapel Hill and Orange County will be asked to support the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act, which says same-sex marriages in other states can’t be recognized in North Carolina; support adding sexual orientation to the state’s hate crimes law; and oppose a constitutional amendment that […]
February 8, 2005 – 8:48 am
For those who are not aware, which includes at least half the folks in the Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Research Triangle Park, and the surrounding communities), the politicians want to build a regional rail system. Most people seem to be against the plan, including the Raleigh News and Observer, who has discussed the […]
February 4, 2005 – 6:14 pm
Finally, North Carolina has a new Agricultural Commissioner. Today, current Democratic Commissioner Britt Cobb conceded to challenger, Republican Steve Troxler. The issue goes back to the issues in Carteret County, which the Dems nationally have said is proof of "massive, widespread, intentional, fraud by the Republicans and George Bush." Let me stop laughing for a […]
February 1, 2005 – 7:21 am
Headline from WRAL.com: Report Finds Several Mistakes Lead to Man Being Declared Dead Ya think? Franklin County workers checked a man’s vital signs only once before wrongly declaring him dead and saw his eyes twitch afterwards, but chalked it up to involuntary muscle movements, according to a report. The report found that only one emergency […]
January 29, 2005 – 8:25 am
Slight happenings with Larry Green, the man who was pronounced dead, sent to the morgue, then found to be alive by the coroner. From varying local reports, print, tv, radio, he had surgery Friday and is still critical, but his full condition is being guarded. The report on what went wrong is being guarded, as […]
January 28, 2005 – 9:16 pm
From the front page of the Raleigh News and Oberver: Iraqi expatriate Benjamin Nissan, a beautician who said he likes to dress like Elvis Presley, casts his ballot today in Skokie, Ill., as voting begins in Iraq’s first independent elections in more than 50 years. SOUTHGATE, Mich. (AP) – Hundreds of Iraqis streamed into polling […]
January 27, 2005 – 8:11 am
Here is a pretty good story from the Raleigh News and Observer, lots of details on what happened to Larry Donnell Green, the man from a few posts ago who was pronounced dead, then found to be actually alive while at the morgue. And, according to WRAL.com, he has shown some improvement, moving his feet […]
January 26, 2005 – 7:20 am
Perhaps I should have created a new category called "HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!" for this story: A medical examiner studying a body in a morgue was shocked when he saw the man take a shallow breath. Larry Green was removed from the morgue at the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department and taken to Duke University Medical Center in […]
January 23, 2005 – 7:31 pm
An interesting study, submitted for thy approval (courtesy of Incessant Rant). The 2004 Tax Freedom Day study. According to the study, North Carolina is number 32 on the list, with our Day having been on April 6th. Overall, the true Tax Freedom day is April 11th, the earliest it has been since 1967. Since I […]
January 18, 2005 – 8:06 am
A month-old argument sparked a fight Monday night inside the Triangle Town Center shopping mall that left two teenage brothers suffering from stab wounds, police said. The unidentified victims, ages 18 and 16, were taken to WakeMed Raleigh Campus for non-life-threatening injuries. One was stabbed in the buttocks and the other on the back near […]
