October 29, 2010
Andrew Orr typically made fun of his girlfriend Jill Hayes for dressing up their dogs, Ciara and Molly. But one evening earlier this month, he slipped a pair of T-shirts on them.Ciara’s read “Marry,” and Molly’s read, “Me.&rd...
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John Walsh and Keri Blizniak started dating in spring 2007. Several months later, Blizniak’s father learned he had advanced lymphoma. Shortly after that, her mother found out she had fourth stage inoperable lung cancer.Walsh’s own father die...
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January 12, 2012
Five minutes before the show, Kevin Mills dons the suit.“Once you put that suit on, and you’re all made up, you totally get in the zone,” he said. “Without that suit, I’m just Kevin.”With the suit, he’s the King.
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January 10, 2012
GREENSBORO — A federal judge on Monday agreed to postpone the start of the trial for six Latin Kings members charged with racketeering until at least the beginning of March, citing the complexity and enormity of discovery material.
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December 22, 2011
REIDSVILLE — The city's Confederate monument, a solider felled by a wayward van earlier this year, soon will stand watch over some of his comrades on a cemetery property owned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.But the fight to keep him in d...
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December 14, 2011
GREENSBORO — Gang leader Jorge “King Jay” Cornell and five of his alleged associates pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal racketeering charges.They were denied bail, however, and will remain locked up.
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December 11, 2011
EDEN — Cancer patients in and around Eden will no longer have to make the 35-mile drive to Greensboro for radiation therapy planning.The final component for a complete cancer treatment program is being put in place at Morehead Memorial Hospital.
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November 19, 2011
GREENSBORO — The staff at Evans-Blount Community Health Center has seen cancer patients, treated people for diabetes, given weight loss advice and in the past year helped to fill a void in a part of the city that has not had a full-service hospital...
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November 17, 2011
GREENSBORO — Lewis Black feels each day as if he has “been punched in the head 50 times.”The degeneration of political discourse in America has only made his job harder.
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October 20, 2011
Cecelia Thompson officially is the Triad’s favorite blogger.Her site, modmealsonmendenhall.com, received more votes than any other blog in Go Triad’s recent Readers’ Choice survey of area businesses, attractions and personalities.
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October 3, 2011
GREENSBORO — A hunter stumbles into camp. He is shot in the right leg and screaming, “Help me, I’m bleeding!” The paramedics, who had been attending to another injured hunter, rush over, ask what happened and start cutting his pant...
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August 25, 2011
At the height of his fame in the mid-1980s, Hulk Hogan wrestled in front of 93,000 fans at the Pontiac Silverdome.He was the first, and to date, only professional wrestler to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated.He was the star of a Saturday morning cart...
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August 23, 2011
GREENSBORO — Raleigh musician Beaux Foy joined a group of young poets at the McGirt-Horton Branch Library in Greensboro on Monday to help kick off a statewide campaign to encourage people to sign up for a library card.“I’m very stoked to...
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August 22, 2011
LEVEL CROSS — The explosion knocked Staff Sgt. Ben Seekell straight into the air.He landed on his chest. His ears were ringing. His left leg was missing.He had also dropped a leash he was holding and the first thing he asked was, “Where&rsquo......
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August 12, 2011
The past year has been eventful for the local retail sector, with the opening of Tanger Outlets in Mebane and the addition of new stores at several area shopping centers. Tanger Outlets has proven to be a popular attraction since opening in November 2010.
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August 10, 2011
Paul Greene bends down and grabs a vine sprouting out of the ground, measuring about a half-inch thick.“That’s the one,” he says. “It all comes from this one.”Then, he looks up. And up. About halfway up his beanstalk clings...
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August 8, 2011
Shoppers across the Triad this weekend sought out deals and filled their shopping carts as they prepared to send their kids back to school.The state’s sales-tax holiday, which ran from 12:01 a.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, drew crowds to places su...
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March 31, 2011
Journalist Steven Roberts often tells people that being married to a Catholic has made him a better Jew.Similarly, his wife, journalist Cokie Roberts, says being in an interfaith marriage has made her more knowledgeable about her Catholic faith.
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March 10, 2011
The legend lives on, due in large part to Gordon Lightfoot.
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March 4, 2011
The Oak Ridge couple who had their baby in a minivan beside Bryan Boulevard on Valentine’s Day — and the 911 operator who talked them through the birth — will be featured on “The Dr. Oz Show” March 11.
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November 19, 2010
GREENSBORO — Nine years ago, the words “Privet Drive” flashed on the silver screen and a man with a long, gray beard appeared on a suburban street awaiting the arrival of a baby wizard.
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July 27, 2010
Darryl Pierce didn't hear many obscenities coming out of chef Gordon Ramsay's mouth. But in a way, he kind of wished he had. Pierce, a 28-year-old public relations specialist who grew up in Greensboro, presented his cooking to Ramsay last spring when he w...
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June 10, 2010
Vinny Savage was watching a Tar Heels basketball game at home on Dec. 3, 2005, and during halftime decided to step out. Inside his house, the phone rang. His wife picked up and came outside with the receiver in hand. "It was my dad," Savage said...
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May 14, 2010
Sir Marc d’Aubigny slips into his armor, puts on his helmet, grabs his sword and marches into battle for the defense of Middlegate. The battlefield: Lake Daniel Park in Greensboro. Middlegate is Guilford, Rockingham, Randolph, Davidson and Stokes c...
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April 30, 2010
GREENSBORO -- Four-year-old Khalid Amos lifts his shirt up and reveals a faint scar on his chest. "That's my port," he says. "That's where they put the medicine in, take blood out." Khalid was diagnosed two years ago with neuroblastoma...
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