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North Carolinians can feel free to move about without wearing masks in most settings, inside and outside, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ease, Gov. Roy Cooper said Friday. Cooper’s announcement comes a day after new guidelines released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC said people who are fully vaccinated can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by state and local rules or where required by private businesses and employers. North Carolina went a step further Friday, by lifting mask requirements for everyone, regardless of whether they have been...

Does anyone know how to contact the admin? Want to ask a question.

Why no threads on the death of Cokie Roberts?

What’s with all this Fox promotion of women’s soccer?

... and why should we care what he says?

You all surely have liberal Facebook "friends" who constantly spam you with news of obama or criticisms of conservative principles. Well, my liberal weenie "friends" have been strangely silent about the muslim escalation of the war against Christianity evidenced by the murder of our ambassador in Libya and the sacking of our embassy in Cairo.

The five broadcast television networks will be rolling out 23 new one-hour dramas for the upcoming season. That would normally be good business for Hollywood's hometown industry — with bookings for soundstages and plenty of work for the costumers, camera operators and caterers needed to put a show on the air. Excerpted. See more at site.

Winston-Salem, NC-- Police in Winston-Salem are investigating a shooting on University Parkway that left one man dead. Police said it is early in the investigation, but an armed man walked into Kevin Powell Motorsports on University Parkway. An eyewitness told News 2 that employees from the business ran into his place of work and told him that a man armed with a shotgun started shooting inside the business. They told the eyewitness the officer shot and killed the gunman. According Assistant Chief Barry Rountree, an on duty, working detective went into Kevin Powell Motorsports and was told by a customer...

EquallyWed.com has proposed a National Starbucks Appreciation Day in direct response to the overwhelming national support at Chick-fil-A on Mike Huckabee’s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day. Starbucks is on record for supporting marriage equality, and the LGBTQ community and its wonderful allies are ready to let its dollars speak for them on August 7, 2012 at Starbucks everywhere.

I learned something about political campaigns at the Johnny Reid Edwards trial last week. I knew that politicians lie, and I knew that people campaigning for politicians lie. What I didn't know is that all the people working for the campaign are lying to each other, or at least that was the case in the Edwards presidential campaign. Harrison Hickman, the pollster for the campaign who testified on Monday, May 14, said that the Edwards campaign wasn't a lot different from the other presidential campaigns he had worked for, and he admitted would send out polling information he thought was...

I learned something about political campaigns at the Johnny Reid Edwards trial last week. I knew that politicians lie, and I knew that people campaigning for politicians lie. What I didn't know is that all the people working for the campaign are lying to each other, or at least that was the case in the Edwards presidential campaign. Harrison Hickman, the pollster for the campaign who testified on Monday, May 14, said that the Edwards campaign wasn't a lot different from the other presidential campaigns he had worked for, and he admitted would send out polling information he thought was...

Peyton Manning has a new home. Manning will be playing in Denver next season. This is coming from ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. The Denver Broncos have signed Manning as the legendary quarterback is playing somewhere other than Indianapolis. The Colts released Manning in early March, which made him the one of the biggest names in NFL free agency history. The Broncos were the first team to get an interview with Manning and they were one of the favorite teams all throughout the process. The Broncos are taking a chance on Manning. He’s undergone four neck procedures in a short period of...

Watching a high school all-star game on ESPN. Instead of North vs. South, East vs, West, or red team vs. blue team, it is the black team vs. the white team. ?

The management of the debt-burdened Detroit Symphony Orchestra canceled the rest of its season on Saturday, after executives and the players failed to resolve a strike that has lasted four and a half months. The players had voted to reject what orchestra executives had said was their final contract offer, calling it unacceptable. The players pointed to large increases in health care costs, a requirement that musicians pay some travel costs, a one-member reduction of the orchestra roster and greater authority by management in determining community and educational concerts. The proposal also included large pay cuts. The musicians had said...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) - The ABC Commission has revoked the alcohol permits for the Touch nightclub on Patterson Street after officials said club employees tried to cover up a shooting. Greensboro Police and ALE officials requested the revocation after they said in sworn affidavits to the ABC that club personnel hid two people who were shot at the club Oct. 16. Club personnel also tried to prevent officers from entering the premises and denied that shots were fired inside the club that night, ABC officials said. There have been numerous police calls for shootings, stabbings and other disturbances since the...

Permit me to lean on the vast FR knowledge base.I have a phone number out there that I've had for maybe 30 years. It resides in a computer somewhere and is forwarded to my local number.I'd like to find out who the carrier is for this number.I've called the local phone company and also Bellsouth. Neither of them can help me because they are not responsible for the number.The question is, does anyone know of a grand super poobah of phone numbers who can tell me who is the carrier for this number?

Days after the NAACP clashed with Tea Party members over allegations of racism, a video has surfaced showing an Agriculture Department official regaling an NAACP audience with a story about how she withheld help to a white farmer facing bankruptcy -- video that now has forced the official to resign. (snip) The Agriculture Department announced Monday, shortly after FoxNews.com published its initial report on the video, that Sherrod had resigned. More at link.

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North Carolina joins 17 other states considering immigration legislation similar to the law Arizona recently passed, which is designed to identify, prosecute and deport illegal immigrants. Sen. Don East (R - Surry) has introduced a resolution in the North Carolina state senate to pass immigration legislation that would criminalize not carry immigration documents and would give police the power to detain anyone they suspect is in the country illegally -- turning them over to immigration officers. "I think the states have the right and the legal and moral right to see after their own if the federal gov will not,...