Sunday sampler
The holiday season is certainly upon us, with Christmas and Hanukkah stories on the front pages of the papers in Charlotte, Greenville and Elizabeth City, among others. That is a Sunday sampler another...
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If you care about state government, today’s newspapers are for you. Most of the big ones have stories about the inauguration of Gov. Pat McCrory and an outlook of what a Republican-controlled capital...
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Big story of the day for Raleigh’s and Charlotte’s front pages was the inauguration of Gov. McCrory. Fortunately, other papers didn’t see it that way. Asheville — “You make me want to puke,” Bothwell...
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It’s a good day for good journalism from the state’s newspaper front pages. Burlington — The Times-News tackles the loooooong backlog of cases sitting in the SBI Crime Lab. This isn’t a new story, but...
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I’m surprised to see the big snow in New England as the front page centerpiece in both the Charlotte Observer and the News & Observer. Fortunately, those two papers have other compelling local...
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Many of the state’s papers published an AP story about the possible return of payday lending, which is one of the dumber ideas coming out of Raleigh these days. If nothing else, the story illustrates...
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A lot of meaty issues-oriented journalism on the front pages of state papers today. Charlotte — Well, you have to love public servants sworn to uphold the law willingly breaking the law because they...
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Not much today, I fear. Oh, to be sure there are many good local stories, but they don’t rise to the enterprise, the surprise, the compelling that I look for. (Yes, it’s a personal view.) But there are...
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Most of the state’s front pages feature an Easter story or Easter theme. Because the stories are pretty much the same by tradition, I’m going to let you find those on your own, with one exception:...
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It’s a good day for stories about scoundrels. Asheville — The Citizen-Times profiles a high-flying money manager living the high life who stole million from more than 100 clients. Caught and convicted,...
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