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- What kids can give: Use the holiday spirit to introduce…
- ASHEVILLE — On Thanksgiving Day, hundreds of people across Western North Carolina, including children, will generously give of their time to help feed the hungry and offer warmth to the homeless. Soon after comes January, when the holidays…
- Asheville Citizen-Times
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- Increased traffic calls for more caution, not speed
- The 1980s police drama “Hill Street Blues'' has faded from many memories, but it carried with it a trademark line that is a good rule to follow when we're out on the highways this holiday weekend. After a morning briefing Sgt. Phil…
- Asheville Citizen-Times
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- On Thanksgiving Eve, time for the turkeys
- 1:10 A.M. — My 12th annual turkeys aren’t worthy of Thanksgiving invitation. I serve these tasteless birds — folks guilty of inept, stupid, unpleasant or conniving acts in 2009 — a day early. A drumstick roll, please. 10. Warren Wright. The…
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- Before you buy plants, make sure they have healthy root…
- Confound it, I don't have the sense I was born with. I've read that you shouldn't buy a flat of plants without poking on the bottom of one cell to see if the plant will pop out, roots, dirt and all, so you can tell if it has a healthy root…
- Rock Hill Herald
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- News Analysis: U.S. economy on long transition to recovery
- TA Associates Realty, which has over 30 markets in the United States and Canada, was listed as one of "The 30 Most Influential Players in Real Estate in the World ... strongholds such as Michigan, California, Florida, North Carolina,…
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- Thankful, even for the disasters
- We came. We Saw. We conquered that tough old bird: Tradition. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving 2009 and, in addition to basting the bird and stuffing our faces, there can sometimes be a heaping of family tradition that is hard to swallow. Dinner…
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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- The spirit of this season: Be thankful, spend less
- NEW YORK — Sometime in the 1980s, when he was living on the street, the kid who later became the seminal rapper KRS-One stopped at the Bowery Mission for a sandwich. He doesn't recall what kind, only that it was served with respect. On…
- USA Today
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USA Today- Fiberon Horizon(TM) Decking Resonates with Homeowners
- NEW LONDON, N.C., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- For Bobby Parks, a deck builder in the Atlanta, Ga. area and owner of Peachtree Decks and Porches, the tropical look and colors of Fiberon Horizon(TM) decking have been a huge hit. (Photo:…
- Biloxi Sun Herald
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- Spouse's finances fair game under proposed ethics law
- ... proposed new form. "I think it's very manageable and attractive." He noted that states that got high grades from the Center for Public Integrity, including North Carolina and Louisiana, have long, complicated disclosure forms ...…
- Charleston Gazette
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- Border barriers lower rates
- For many years I ran an agency in Rhode Island that recruited families to adopt children from the state's child welfare system. Like many such organizations, we had a "waiting child" feature on a local television station. After a TV spot…
- Washington Times
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