Tag Archives: North Carolina

North Carolina vs. Amazon, Durham food in New York Times

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Shannon

North Carolina continues its pursuit of taxes “by any means necessary” by demanding that Amazon.com provide all of its North Carolina customer records, including what books, movies and music we have purchased in the last 7 years (here’s the full … Continue reading →

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A satellite image from NASA shows a white dusting of snow over North Carolina’s coast and the islands of the Outer Banks. The snow was beautiful on the ground as well as from outer space.

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Shannon | Leave a comment

High-speed rail coming to North Carolina…

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Shannon

It was exciting to learn yesterday that part of the stimulus package includes $520 million for North Carolina to improve its rail infrastructure. The funds will go to improving rail lines to handle high-speed trains and to building new stations, … Continue reading →

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Haiti in context, and how you can help

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Shannon

Haiti is an ill-fated country. Not that I believe in curses (certainly not of the Pat Robertson variety) — or even fate, necessarily — but there is no denying that Haiti has received more than its share of misfortune. Even … Continue reading →

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I understand there was some kind of memorial service going on yesterday, but I really didn’t see much about that on the Interwebs. So instead, I’ve got a lot of local (North Carolina) news to share this morning. First, I … Continue reading →

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Shannon | Leave a comment