NewsTrust - Most Recent Stories

Intense memories for Elizabeth Edwards as a mother, mentor

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - By Michael Biesecker - Dec. 12 (News) - Elizabeth Edwards was loved, lauded and then laid to rest Saturday in a grave next to the son she lost nearly 15 years ago, a searing family tragedy that compelled her husband to seek public office.

NewsTrust Rating: 2.9 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

DA won't appeal sex offender case

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By Jesse James Deconto - Sep. 18 (News) - The Orange-Chatham District Attorney's Office has decided not to appeal a judge's ruling last year throwing out charges against two registered sex offenders for going to church. In December, Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour ruled a new state law unconstitutional because it prevents certain registered sex offenders from being within 300 feet of a place where children might gather. Baddour acknowledged the state's compelling interest in protecting children, but he said, "there are less drastic means for achieving the same purpose." Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/09/18/687947/da-wont-appeal-sex-offender-case.html#ixzz107n354XR

NewsTrust Rating: Not rated yet - See Info » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

Body tissue scheme spurred by profits - Local/State - News & Observer

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By Sarah Avery - Oct. 10 (News) - ". . . Guyett operated Donor Referral Services in Raleigh and Las Vegas for nearly two years with little scrutiny, while collecting as much as $9,000 on the body parts of a single donor.

NewsTrust Rating: 3.6 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By Warren P. Strobel - Apr. 23 (News Report) - The Army general who led the investigation into prisoner abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison accused the Bush administration Wednesday of committing "war crimes" and called for those responsible to be held to account.

NewsTrust Rating: 3.6 average (not enough reviews) - See Reviews » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

Natural gas utility to pay customers to save energy

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By John Murawski - Mar. 24 (News Report) - Piedmont Natural Gas, the state's biggest natural gas utility, will start paying customers to become more energy efficient.

NewsTrust Rating: 3.3 average - 3 Reviews » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

Ending the Gitmo disaster

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By David H. Schanzer - Oct. 30 (Opinion) - President Bush said last year that "it should be a goal of the nation to shut down Guantánamo," but it now appears this goal will be unfulfilled when he leaves office. His recent decision not to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay for aliens accused of being terrorists is regrettable.

NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

U.S. company: crash lawsuit governed by Islamic law

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By Joseph Neff, Jay Price - Jun. 23 (News Report) - To defend itself against a lawsuit by the widows of three American soldiers who died on one of its planes in Afghanistan, a sister company of the private military firm Blackwater has asked a federal court to decide the case using the Islamic law known as Shari'a.

NewsTrust Rating: 2.9 average (not enough reviews) - See Review » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

Hard ball

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:35:04 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - Feb. 05 (Editorial) - Thanks to laws that mandate release of documents pertaining to the recruitment of industry, North Carolinians now have a clear and very ugly picture of just what went on behind the scenes as Caldwell County officials and legislators sought to land a Google computer center for Lenoir. It was no small deal: Google could bring as much as a $600 million investment and 200 jobs. The company got a sweet little arrangement, too, with tax breaks that could amount to $100 million over 30 years. Incentives are just part of the recruiting game these days. States and localities have to balance what they can offer -- in Google's case, huge tax breaks on things such as electricity and equipment used by the company -- versus the economic benefit of having a company come to town. And companies are not shy about asking for the moon and stars, because the market is very competitive.

NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 average - 3 Reviews » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

Grand jury didn't intend to indict officer

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:45:45 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - By Mandy Locke - Dec. 13 (News Report) - In one day, veteran lawman Christopher Long went from being accused of murder to living in legal limbo. To blame: a grand jury foreman's errant slash of a pen.

NewsTrust Rating: 4.2 average - 3 Reviews » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer

'Hardball' not so hard for Edwards

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:26:02 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - By Rob Christensen - Dec. 13 (News Report) - In fact, Edwards seemed to have little trouble fielding questions, ranging from the war in Iraq to his relative lack of foreign policy experience to his political ties to organized labor, before a live UNC-Chapel Hill crowd and a national TV audience. "This is not hardball, this is batting practice," Matthews complained to the audience during a commercial break. "This guy is killing me. He couldn't do this four years ago."

NewsTrust Rating: 3.7 average - 10 Reviews » - Review It Visit NewsTrust | About | Sign Up | Disclaimer