November 26, 2004 – 8:01 am
Did you know that there is a Turkey, North Carolina? How about that North Carolina is the nations second largest producer of turkeys? I thought it was peacocks, but that is one of those "boy, am I hungover" stories for a different time. And, speaking of Turkey, can someone wake Ogre up? He live blogged […]
November 24, 2004 – 8:21 am
The State Board of Elections certified nearly all results from the Nov. 2 election on Tuesday, but withheld approval of the outcome of two statewide races that are the subject of protests. In a five-minute teleconfernce, the board members signed off on the final results for scores of races, including President Bush’s victory over John […]
November 22, 2004 – 7:00 pm
The Carteret County voting failure has brought a lot of hand-wringing to elections officials and "I-told-you-sos” from activists who sounded the alarm about electronic balloting months ago. A touch-screen voting network there failed to record more than 4,400 votes cast before Election Day because its data storage was full — the result of outdated software […]
November 21, 2004 – 8:17 am
This is the kind of thing that I am totally clueless about until I read about it, listening to mostly rock, country, talk, and what is now considered "oldie’s" (Stones, Zepelins, Rush,etc) rather then the "young folks (that hurt)" stations: (RALEIGH, NC)– It’s an investigation that has stirred commotion on both sides. For two years, […]
November 18, 2004 – 7:24 am
On the surface, this might make the Demorats happy: Elections workers and reporters crammed themselves into a tiny storage room Tuesday and angled for their best views of a black metal box the size of a large briefcase. And then they studied a three-word electronic message — "Voter log full" — that some in the […]
November 16, 2004 – 7:40 am
From WRAL: Election officials began the tedious task of looking at questionable ballots from Tuesday’s election by hand on Thursday. The ballot instructions showed voters how to complete the arrow on the ballot, but hundreds of people scribbled dots, drew double lines or put the line in the wrong place. The voting machines could not […]
November 13, 2004 – 7:45 am
Me hearties, the annual Marine Corps Toys for Tots drive is on. Please pop by their website, find out where the local drop off center is, and make a child smile.
November 12, 2004 – 8:30 am
From News14: Gov. Mike Easley continues to get special mentions in the national media — along with a half-dozen or more others — as a possible Democratic contender for the presidency in 2008. For now, Easley is shrugging off a spotlight he has never fully embraced and, through a spokeswoman, joked about the attention. "It […]
November 11, 2004 – 7:55 am
The woman who admits she ran down a man on Interstate 40 took the stand Wednesday in the case against a friend who tried to cover for her. Rabah Samara faces felony and misdemeanor hit-and-run charges for his role in the death of Stephen Gates. Gates was changing a flat tire on Interstate 40 on […]
November 11, 2004 – 7:06 am
It may not have been just the Raleigh office of the GOP that was vandalized: The suspected anarchists may have destroyed more than the Republican headquarters. Some homes in Raleigh were recently vandalized and police believe members of the underground group may be responsible. One homeowner who says the Bush/Cheney sign on his lawn made […]
