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  A Deer Takes a Dip

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 1, 2009 1:10 PM ET

  easy on your joints, provides a great aerobic workout and it's just fun to swim around like you're a little kid again. Not convinced? Just ask a North Carolina deer who literally jumped through a roof to take a dip in an inviting-looking indoor pool. The daredevil deer was determined to swi Read More

  More like this in: Swimming, The Charlotte Observer, Deer, US, Life & Style, Animals & Pets
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  The Purpose Prize Honors Doing Good After 60

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  A unique award recognizes those who would rather give back than sit their retirement years out. Read More

  More like this in: New York, California, Farmers, Hope, Restaurant, Veterans, Colorado, Military, Missouri, Civic Ventures, Terrorism
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  Add Testosterone Insult to Election Injury

  By John Casey | Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:23 PM ET

  political elections highly unique dominance contests." The researchers plan to repeat the study, this time using fans of Duke and University of North Carolina basketball teams, to see whether the winning team boosts fans' hormones.  Photo courtesy of World Economic Forum, vi Read More

  More like this in: Barack Obama, University of Michigan, ABC News, John McCain, Duke University, Testosterone, Elections, Presidential Election
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  Public Libraries Help Erase Digital Divide

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Oct 22, 2009 2:31 PM ET

  A new initiative by the Knight Foundation aims to enable more public libraries to offer patrons Internet services and training. Read More

  More like this in: Florida, Grants, Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Knight Foundation, Finland
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  'Infecting' Students With Volunteerism

  By John Casey | Fri Oct 9, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  earthquake, according to an article by Jay Price in the News Observer.That feat is just one of the many projects Giancola has guided as director of North Carolina State's Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, or CSLEPS."Beyond the comfort zone is where more than 1,500 NCS Read More

  More like this in: Haiti, Ghana, Habitat for Humanity, Peru, Sri Lanka, Nicaragua, North Carolina State University
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  Improving a Difficult Period for Women in Africa

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Wed Oct 7, 2009 7:35 PM ET

  potential." Importing pads simply isn't an option: a month's supply of pads could easily cost African women a day's worth of wages. Researchers at North Carolina State University are taking this issue seriously, and they're doing something about it. With the support of Sustainable Healt Read More

  More like this in: Africa, Education, NewsWise, Rwanda, North Carolina State University, World, Science, Africa, Healthcare
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  North Carolina Town Held "Dirty Dancing" Memorial In Swayze's Honor

  By Wynter Mitchell | Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:13 AM ET

  misty over the thought of this touching tribute that is being planned in Swayze's honor.According to Us Magazine, residents of Lake, Lure, North Carolina – the town where it was filmed – had memorial service for the 57 year-old actor who died last week of pancreatic cancer. O Read More

  More like this in: Michael Jackson, The New York Times, US Magazine, Entertainment, Celebrity
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  Man Inhales Plastic Cutlery at Fast Food Joint

  By Sarah Parsons | Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:29 PM ET

  A North Carolina man recently removed a plastic piece that lived in his lung for two years. Read More

  More like this in: Fast Food, Duke University, Wendy's, US, Science, Regional/Local, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness
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  Kids Get Safer, Greener Routes to School

  By John Casey | Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  the group hopes to help communities find solutions to traffic congestion, poor air quality and high rates of childhood obesity and related diseases. North Carolina state transportation officials are doling out more than $1.1 million in grants to six projects in the Charlotte region designed to ge Read More

  More like this in: Children, Schools, Transportation, Quality Of Life, Obesity, Air Quality, The Charlotte Observer, Department of Transportation
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  Dave Matthews' Late Saxophonist Still Giving

  By David Jenison | Sat Sep 12, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  Society and Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, all organizations he supported during his lifetime. He's also setting up four-year college scholarships at North Carolina Central University, University of Virginia School of Nursing and to Albemarle High School (Moore's alma mater) for music student Read More

  More like this in: Dave Matthews, Toys For Tots, Virginia, Habitat for Humanity, Dave Matthews Band, University of Virginia, Entertainment, Music