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A tale of two candy bombers
Colonel Gail S. Halvorsen grew up on a farm in rural Utah. As the second World War approached, Halvorsen would frequently look up from his laboring as a sugar beet farmer, awestruck by planes flying […]
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Family fruitcake for everyone
Sitting high on the hill in the middle of the vast country fields, is a fruitcake and chocolate factory where men and women have been molding the fruitcake and dipping the peanuts into chocolate all […]
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Peter Lamb and The Wolves bring their signature jazz to their third album
Tenor saxophonist Peter Lamb just turned 40. At his home in Raleigh in the Mordecai neighborhood, we sipped the same bourbon pushed by Bill Murray’s character in the film “Lost in Translation.” The familiarity and […]
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Seasonal celebration
This year Hanukkah begins the evening of Saturday, Dec. 24 when the first candle of the menorah is lit at nightfall and will end the evening of Sunday, Jan. 1.”A few years back when Hanukkah […]
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Rogue One offers lens into high-stakes Star Wars rebel mission
Los Angeles From the moment “Rogue One” begins, “Star Wars” fans will notice a glaring difference from previous films in the franchise: the lack of a scrolling text that tells what led up to […]
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AT&Ts DirecTV Now hopes to lure millennials with Taylor Swift content
New York AT&T Inc on Tuesday launched exclusive content from pop star Taylor Swift, part of an effort to distinguish its new DirecTV Now streaming television service in a crowded online entertainment market.DirecTV Now […]
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North Carolina poinsettia industry is blooming
In 1825 the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Joel Poinsett (an amateur botanist) brought us the beauty of the Euphorbia pulcherrima. Since that time the colorful wonder that is the poinsettia plant has been gracing […]
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A home front holiday
In the land of sunshine, beaches, theme parks, and car races, Shakiyah Demelien was studying for her business degree at the University of West Florida when she met Guily Demelien.”When I met him, he was […]
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La La Land, Moonlight lead Golden Globe nominations
Los Angeles Nominations were announced on Monday for the 2017 Golden Globe awards for movies and television. The Golden Globes, organized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be handed out at a gala […]
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Optimistic women live longer
BOSTON – Women who have a sunny outlook on life may live longer than their peers who take a dimmer view of the world, a recent study suggests. Researchers analyzed data collected over eight years […]