http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/northcarolina/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:44:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419613/posts RALEIGH, N.C. A new law took effect at midnight prohibiting smoking inside essentially all restaurants and bars in the state. Noncompliant customers can face $50 fines while repeat business offenders can be penalized $200 a day. There's a toll-free number and Web site to log complaints. http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/6727376/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419613/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 18:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405322/posts A strange story surrounding a North Carolina city council election has suddenly become national news. Cecil Bothwell won his election fairly, a fact no one disputes. However, the former head of the Asheville NAACP has attempted to block Bothwell’s seating by pointing out an obscure clause in North Carolina’s state constitution that bars atheists from holding public office. The dispute will likely have to be settled in federal court: Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2405322/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:33:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408911/posts WILMINGTON, N.C. — The body of an elderly woman remained in her bed for up to eight months even though caretakers paid daily visits to the house and kept it tidy, authorities said Wednesday. Sheriff's deputies were investigating the suspicious death of Blanche Matilda Roth after the corpse was found in her suburban home in Wilmington, on the Atlantic coast, on Tuesday following a call to authorities. AP via FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2408911/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:03:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397591/posts NOTICE: This article is G-rated; it has nothing to do with female anatomy; it concerns ceramic jugs. The utilitarian form called the "jug" -- basically, a fat bottle with a handle -- was dressed up in colorful glazes early in the North Carolina art pottery era, transforming an everyday object into a work of art. Backcountry Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2397591/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:42:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394544/posts ASH, N.C. -- Brunswick County Sherriff John Ingram announced in an emailed statement today that he is shifting his political affiliation to the Republican Party. Ingram could not be immediately reached for comment. "Though my career in law enforcement as a Democrat has brought me to this place in time," Ingram said in the statement, "it is my humble choice to live as my conservative principles and discipline desire." the Sun News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394544/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:36:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393150/posts Sarah Palin, the hottest name in the Republican Party, took a detour from her book-signing tour Sunday to dine with Billy Graham at his mountaintop home in Montreat."He's followed her career and likes her strong stand on faith," said son Franklin Graham, who was present for the 2 1/2-hour get-together. "Daddy feels God was using her to wake America up."The former Alaska governor and 2008 GOP vice presidential candidate told Billy Graham about how she came to faith in God as a girl in Bible camp.She quizzed him on the presidents he's known and wanted his take on what the... Charlotte Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393150/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:26:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391064/posts Cops: Girl Raped, Killed On Day She Was Taken 29-year-old man faces sexual assault, murder charges in 5-year-old’s death Police say Shaniya Davis was raped and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mom reported her missing from the trailer park. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was sexually assaulted and asphyxiated Nov. 10, the day her mother reported her missing from the trailer park where she was staying, according to the warrant. Authorities embarked on a... APReport http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391064/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:13:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388829/posts The girl's father, Bradley Lockhart, said he had a one-night stand with Antoinette Davis and mostly brought up their daughter before letting Davis take care of her. A month later, Shaniya Davis was dead, her body dumped off a rural road and her mother accused of selling her for sex. "She was an amazing young lady," Lockhart said of his daughter. "Every day was special with Shaniya. Once she was your friend, she was your friend for life." On Monday, searchers discovered the girl's body off a rural road, nearly a week after her mother reported her missing from a... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388829/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387896/posts A new aviation business park and long, isolated runways in eastern North Carolina could be keys to attracting commercial space-travel companies here, according to experts who attended a forum Thursday at Elizabeth City State University. Leaders in the industry spoke during the daylong NewSpace Commerce Forum, including Jeff Greason, CEO of XCor Aerospace in California; Robert Richards, CEO of Odyssey Moon Lt d.; and Jeff Krukin, a consultant in the field who helped organize the forum. The Virginian-Pilot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2387896/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387585/posts Body of Shaniya Davis found along the side of a road in rural N.C. Mother sold the child last week into underground slavery. Last seen on a hotel video camera. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2387585/posts#comment Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:26:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386858/posts When Jugtown Pottery kicked off the North Carolina art pottery movement in the early 1920s, its owners focused on two lines of ware: traditional lead-glazed "dirt dish" earthenware and new, colorful pieces based on oriental designs. Potters in the surrounding area observed no such strictures; whether by genius or by serendipity, they used colorful art-pottery glazes on anything that went into the kiln, pitchers included. The pitchers sold and, some nine decades later, they still sell. Backcountry Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2386858/posts#comment Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:58:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375348/posts North Carolina elections officials penalized former Gov. Mike Easley's campaign $100,000 Friday for not reporting flights provided by a political ally and asked prosecutors to investigate whether he or others broke laws by trying to hide them or other expenses. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375348/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:16:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374410/posts RALEIGH -- After having spent much of his life as the hunter, former Gov. Mike Easley is the prey. Easley rose in politics as corruption-busting district attorney and a consumer-oriented attorney general, then as an outsider governor who didn't like good ol' boy politics. That image is a distant memory. On Monday, Easley's reputation suffered deep damage as the State Board of Elections opened several days of hearings into allegations of election-law violations that occurred during his eight years as governor. Gone were the stories of Easley as the young drug-busting prosecutor who kept a shotgun next to his bed... Observer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374410/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369442/posts On October 20, the North Carolina State Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the petition requirement, 2% of the last gubernatorial vote, does not violate the State Constitution. The plaintiffs are the Libertarian and Green Parties. This is the case that was filed in 2005. The 2% requirement for 2010 and 2012 is 85,379 signatures. North Carolina’s requirement is the second most severe in the nation, both on a percentage basis and a raw number basis, when one compares each state’s easier method for getting on the ballot for president. Here is the decision. The Court also upheld the 2%... Ballot Access News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369442/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2369378/posts I believe that Christianity is the single best influence on mankind. It is responsible for Western civilization's flourishing, it is responsible for the heights of freedom and liberty that untold billions of humans have enjoyed and will enjoy in the future. Certainly the bedrock of that success is the Christian Bible. So, don't go calling me a religion hater or a Christian basher. There. That is said. Now, the story is that a "pastor" in North Carolina is having a book burning event for his fool followers and one of the books he is burning is any copy of the... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2369378/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368543/posts Hundreds of people have been arrested in Texas and around the country what officials say is the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel in the U.S WASHINGTON (October 22, 2009)—U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calls the arrests of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids in Texas and across the country the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating here. Holder said at a news conference Thursday that the arrests over the past two days were aimed at the U.S. operations of the La Familia cartel. Click here to find out more! Holder... kwtx TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368543/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367632/posts Gun store posters take flak By Geoffrey Cooper - Rocky Mount Telegram Tuesday, October 20, 2009 NASHVILLE — For more than a week, a local gun shop owner has been under scrutiny regarding certain advertisements outside his front door. Nashville Guns owner Dennis Nielsen has been met with the watchful eyes of a few county officials and town residents for the storefront posters of women holding guns. Facing two documented complaints, Nielsen maintains that he has done nothing wrong and runs a clean business. Facing the Washington Street sidewalks are two posters inside of Nielsen’s gun shop windows. The first... Rocky Mount [NC] Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367632/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364175/posts A large trough is in place over the eastern U.S. and will remain so through this weekend allowing for it to be quite cold for this time of year. Temperatures will be averaging between 15 and 25 degrees below normal! Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2364175/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:08:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363347/posts NEW YORK – A mortgage fraud crackdown announced Thursday resulted in the arrests of dozens of people, including six lawyers, seven loan officers and three mortgage brokers in four states. Thirty-one people were arrested in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Carolina. They were among 41 people charged with engaging in mortgage fraud scams that defrauded lenders out of more than $64 million in home mortgage loans. Of the 10 other defendants, one was expected to surrender later Thursday, four were previously charged and five remained at large. Authorities gathering for an afternoon news conference in Manhattan said the crackdown,... news.yahoo.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363347/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:46:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361825/posts . The Bank of America 500 Saturday Night 7:25 pm Eastern from Lowe's Superspeedway Speed Channel Pre-Race at 5:00 ABC Pre-Race at 7:00Green Flag at 7:41 Please give your support to the FR Canteen - Dedicated to our troops, veterans, and their families: The FR Canteen God Bless Our Troops Please pray on this day, and every day, for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm's way around the world in defense of our liberty, and for the families awaiting their safe return. Jayski http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361825/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:57:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360963/posts RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes. The project in North Carolina has already helped nab at least one suspect. Agents are eager to look for more criminals and possibly to expand the effort nationwide. But privacy advocates worry that the method allows authorities to track people who have done nothing wrong. "Everybody's participating, essentially, in a virtual lineup by getting a driver's license," said Christopher Calabrese, an attorney... hosted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2360963/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:56:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357132/posts The FBI on Wednesday announced that it had charged 53 defendants, the largest number ever charged in a cybercrime case, following a multinational investigation into a phishing scheme that operated in the United States and Egypt. Thirty-three of the 53 defendants named in the indictment have been arrested, the FBI said, and several others are being sought. The investigation, dubbed "Operation Phish Phry," began in 2007. Authorities in Egypt have charged 47 defendants linked to the phishing operation. Phishing is a form of social engineering that attempts to convince Internet users, via e-mail or other means, to provide online credentials... informationweek http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357132/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 23:19:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357052/posts The Rebecca jug is an enduringly popular form of North Carolina art pottery. The "Rebecca" got its name from illustrations of the Biblical story of Rebecca at the Well (in Genesis, Chapter 24). The classic shape of the Rebecca is that of an ewer (a vase-shaped water jug) with an elongated, over-arched handle. [Pictures] Backcountry Notes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2357052/posts#comment Wed, 7 Oct 2009 21:26:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2354887/posts RALEIGH, N.C. — Not everyone who paid to see Irish rock band U2 perform at Carter-Finley Stadium got to see the Saturday night show due to traffic back-ups. "We were really disappointed,” concertgoer Carrie White said. White spent $250 on U2 360° tour tickets for her husband’s birthday. She said they were stuck in traffic for three hours, and were then told no parking was available. "One of the state troopers told us, ‘Too late. All lots are full. Go home and see you next year,’” White said. The state Highway Patrol said the traffic congestion was not due to... WRAL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2354887/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2350693/posts Here is another video of school children reciting praises to President Obama - this time from a school group in North Carolina. They say several times "Change has come, Change has come." About President Obama, they say: "Uniting blacks and whites...being both Obama cannot take sides." They even manage to work in Obama's Campaign themes of "Hope, Change, and Yes We Can." . . . (VIDEO) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2350693/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:10:15 GMT