In North Carolina, Mecklenburg County Commissioner Bill James expressed his concern about the high-rate of herpes infections.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that one in six Americans has herpes, and 48% of African-American women are infected.
James thinks he knows the answer.
“The problem is worse in the African-American community because there is more promiscuous [...]

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Asheville, North Carolina, faces a lawsuit because it just seated a city council member whose presence violates the state constitution.
It really is ridiculous because this lawsuit was played out once before in 1961 and settled definitively.
On November 3, Cecil Bothwell placed third with 17.8% of the vote. That was enough to give him a seat on [...]

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A North Carolina man is facing hundreds of dollars in fines per day because he painted on his home, “Screwed By The Town of Cary.”
William Bowden claims that his disagreement with the town started years ago during a road widening project. The road in front of his house was raised several feet. Bowden had to [...]

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The video doesn’t show the actual swing, but a woman at a town hall meeting in North Carolina punched a man. It appears he is pressing charges. As he leaves the room, escorted by police, someone shouts, “Do you have health insurance?” A few people chuckled, and I think he responds negatively to it.
It’s sad [...]

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The Durham, North Carolina City Council has approved beehives for the backyards of city residences but the fate of chickens remains undecided.
After approving beekeeping inside the city, the city council spent half-an-hour musing over the fate of chickens raising. A group called the Durham Hens has pressured the council to allow the poultry inside the city limits.
The [...]

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In North Carolina, the Department of Health and Human Services decided to get rid of some surplus items.
One of the items was a filing cabinet. Fortunately, for the state, it had an honest buyer.
It seems that someone left 57 client files inside.
The file cabinet buyer notified the state of his find. The state has since [...]

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The owner of a Gibsonville, North Carolina parking lot is forbidding Obama supporters from using his parking lot. Tim Henderson is a McCain supporter. He has placed two signs in the parking lot banning Obama supporters. Many residents, including the city’s mayor, have expressed their dissatisfaction with Henderson’s signs.
However, Henderson has said he would not [...]

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Dana Soles is a Republican running for the Chowan County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina. He is also being charged for felony larceny with a court date on September 23. Soles claims that the charges against him are politically motivated. The crime? Uh, Soles was caught stealing a watermelon from a farmer’s field.
Soles said [...]

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The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles notified 10,000 license plate holders that it would be sending replacement plates to those who have the letters “WTF”. WTF is a common acronym in texting for “What The Fuck.”
Unfortunately, the DMV sleuths failed to look at their own website, which prominently displayed WTF-5505.
A surprised Bill Gore, the [...]

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Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced his retirement on the last day of filing in February. Of course, he escorted his assistant Wayne Goodwin to the elections department so Goodwin could file for the position. Goodwin says he did not know until the night before of Long’s decision. Long, however, made a comment to the media [...]

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