pictured rascal the spaniel who got too close to a paper shredder daily mail call it an ear miss rascal the spaniel with owner jackie wells. he lost part of one ear after it got tangled in a paper shredder curiosity may have killed the cat but rascals story shows it doesnt do the dog much good either. the springer the ghosts of desert storm opednews.com seventeen ye......
[Show More]

back from a long thanksgiving holiday. i realize a lot of this is old news but im just catching up on my reading. heres what ive got guilford county schools superintendent mo green defends his decision to hire former charmeck pr pro nora carr greens biggest fan the nr is predictably noncommit tal the ns editorial also halfquestions the ......
[Show More]

theyll take it. the lexington dispatch reports an incorrect legal description of the winston road area one of four the lexington city council voted to annex in july forced the council to repeal that area from the citys annexation plan. the councils vote to delete the winston road area from the annexation plan came after the board met in closed session. the legal cha......
[Show More]

troublemaker previewed todays silly nr story on the eeoc complaint against the city of greensboro. officers involved in the complaint and their attorney want an sbi probe into the publication of their names in the rhino supposedly a violation of north carolina personnel laws. interesting that troublemaker says today the nr totally side stepped and bullshitte......
[Show More]

nicole scherzinger who needs no introduction a list of the 14 convicts pardoned by the presiden t carjacking suspect clubbed with frozen turkey topping the most dangerous cities list is new orleans two michigan cities in the top six spitzers hooker according to another call girl has a b eautiful youknowwha t google is awesome scary 823......
[Show More]

... it makes sense. but we need to demonstrate that we can build a fan base and we can raise the funding before we think beyond basketball . full editorial... httpwww .newsreco rd.comcon tent2... and over e asy......
[Show More]

increasing the number of deerautomobile collisions decreasing the number of turkey shoots.......
[Show More]

greensboro resident tim tribbett says hell give president obama the same respect liberals have shown president bush over the last eight years whenever he makes a mistake i will try to exaggerate it. i will miss no opportunity to call him a liar even if i know he is not. i will pretend he is an idiot when he makes a verbal gaffe. i will hope all of his policies are embarrassing fai......
[Show More]

nr editorial page editor allen johnson disses the aquatic center thats part of the recentlypassed 20 million parks bond buying into the yes weekly theory that voters were somehow swindled. i agree that city council member mike barber tacked the swim center onto a hastily put together bond package. but if memory serves me right barbers advocacy for the swim center was w......
[Show More]

not a good week if you like exciting finishes. the margins of victory in the socon this week 25 23 51 23 and 25. elon blew a backdoor shot at becoming the third socon team in the fcs playoffs. no. 2 appalachian state beat western carolina 3510. the mountaineers won comfortably without quarterback armanti edwards out with a bruised hip tommy bowman writes. appalachian state held......
[Show More]

apologies for the lack of uh quality analysis to which piedmont publius readers have become accustom. ive just been living outside my own head for a few days which is a good thing to do from time to time. jlf commander john hood thinks its a good idea too as evidenced by a little strategy session down at hq earlier in the week. that said ill take a gratuitous shot at o......
[Show More]

...ng footprint fedex is establishing in the state. the company has plans for a fedex air hub in greensboro and also has a ground hub in charlotte. contact lanita withers at 3737071 or lanita.wit hersnews record.com ......
[Show More]

fortunately the news record is owned by a company that has newspapers in cities that still have a hockey team. this resulted in a sports cover on former greensboro monarch mike butters. mike is general manager of the norfolk admirals john brophys old job. but is also acting not acting like an actor but getting paid to act. from the article butters credits i......
[Show More]

the winstonsalem journal editorializes on the new taxpayerfunded downtown stadiums construction delays rightly saying that 4 0som ebody ought to give a lot of details both to lay rumors to rest and because the public has a right to know all the facts on this situation. that somebody is billy prim. however the journal goes on the project has been a bright spot......
[Show More]

funny sometimes how fast things change. so fast at times its hardly worth calling oneself a pundit not that it ever is financially or otherwise but still making predictions can be so ego deflating. a case on point is dustin longs latest . long looks back at the year just past and makes 10 predictions for 2009. no sooner did i finish reading his prediction matt kenseth would ......
[Show More]

five ways to keep the alzheimers away. carolina increases tuition for instate students more than for outofstate students. best dog story of the day. steve barrys is giving up the ghost . everything you want to know about jonestown . mild winter not so far . the yugo is finally dead . believed to be the nations first openly transgen......
[Show More]

guilford county schools is expected to lose 5 million as part of statewide budget cuts. superintendent mo green has ordered hiring freezes for vacant positions but. not on the chopping block is the hiring of a new chief of staff. last week the school board approved hiring nora carr. she currently works for charlotte mecklenbur g schools as the top public relations official. carrs......
[Show More]

michael troy lewis sentenced to 23 years in prison for his role in the sexual assault of three unc football players. i guess judge and jury decided not to give him a chance.......
[Show More]

the greensboro city council voted last night to buy the the canada dry and coliseum inn properties with council members mike barber trudy wade and mary rakestraw voting against with mayor yvonne johnson absent. a couple of things only one greensboro resident the old guy who bless his heart speaks out against every incentives deal at public hearings spoke out agai......
[Show More]

informative story in mondays news record about the art planned for the downtown greenway . one of the artists commissioned to create a signature work for the greenway is brower hatcher. hes based in rhode island and according to the paper has some 40 public art projects to his credit. hatchers greensboro work will be a colorful 40foot sculpture of stainless s......
[Show More]

in north carolina a 12yearold greensboro boy is in critical but stable condition after a drunk driver hit him last tuesday afternoon. drew gardner and taylor rhynehardt were playing near a creek bed when a van driven by michael charles parks rolled through a stop sign and drove through 40 yards of wood before striking gardner and then crashing into a tree. gardner who is at baptist hospi......
[Show More]

now the somali pirates have a tanker full of crude oil. what are they going to do with it do they have a refinery flurries on tuesday mark cuban charged with insider trading . twelve common things you do that make you a cyber criminal . swedish dance bands . russia has a spy in nato eight of the most beautiful mountains in the world. the worst day ever seen th......
[Show More]

you really have to wonder just what kind of spin gcs superintendent mo green is getting ready to put on us. for starters meck deck has some thoughts on incoming public relations pro nora carr saying hes tired of her duplicitous spinning recently illustrated in the cms facebook controversy. now none other than liberal columnist leonard pitts parachutes in and of......
[Show More]

protesters turned out is scores of cities across america to protest the unprecedented stripping of rights from gays and lesbians with the passage of californias proposition 8 as well as the passage of antimarriage amendments in arizona and florida. updated here is a roundup from more than 110 cities across the united states great and small where people joined the impact . from new yor......
[Show More]

people are still filing out of what i imagine to be very congested spaces and rallies across the country but i thought id go around the web and find some reports. ap gay rights supporters waving rainbow colors marched chanted and danced in cities coast to coast saturday to protest the california vote that banned gay marriage there and urge supporters not to quit the fight for the r......
[Show More]