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Durham, North Carolina is located in Durham County. Zip codes in Durham, NC include 27706, 27704, and 27722. The median home price in Durham is $179,900 which is roughly $89/per square foot. More Durham information.

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2 hrs ago | HeraldSun.com

Durham police warn of cell-phone thefts

In most cases, the suspect or suspects obtain the phone from the victim under the pretext of borrowing it to make a call.

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6 hrs ago | Cross Roads News

Southwest DeKalb grads earn degrees in ...

India Ali, Omari Crawford and Sikenah Baxter received law degrees on May 11 from North Carolina Central University School of Law in Durham.

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10 hrs ago | HeraldSun.com

Jet-engine plant in line for city incentives

City officials will decide early next month whether to contribute $400,000 to a multi-government business-incentive package benefiting GE Aviation, which has plants in Durham and three other North Carolina towns.

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14 hrs ago | News Observer

NC bridges are safe, DOT engineer says

A car heads eastbound on Hillsborough St. as it drives under the I-440 Beltline bridge in Raleigh, NC on May 24, 2013.

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Fri May 24, 2013

News Observer

Durham manager honors longevity of absent council member

Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield took a moment during a council meeting last week to recognize a milestone: the 30th anniversary of Councilman Howard Clement's tenure on the City Council.

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HeraldSun.com

Ways to observe Memorial Day in Durham, Chapel Hill

The solemn remembrances of the United States military's dead begin at dawn Saturday in Chapel Hill, when veterans and Boy Scouts will place U.S. flags at the graves of more than 400 men and women buried in the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery on Legion Road.

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Reuters

Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk

Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with an increased risk of suicide in a new study of U.S. veterans.

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Daily Kos

Congressional Gold Medal Bill Honoring the "Four Little Girls"

President Obama is set to sign a bill Friday that honors the victims of Birmingham's 16th street Baptist church bombing which took place on September 15, 1963.

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News Observer

Armed robber sought in Durham for SunTrust heist

The robber, who prominently displayed a black, semiautomatic pistol, fired no shots, and no one was hurt in the incident.

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The Cary News

Backstory: Treasure hunt turns into team-building business

When he was a young boy, Putnam, owner of Motley Clue Adventures, and his three cousins were running amok while visiting their grandmother in Pickens, Miss.

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Oakland Post

Rev. Philip Cousin, Jr. is the New Pastor at SF Bethel A.M.E. Church

The Rev. Philip Cousin Jr., a longtime religious and political leader in Durham, North Carolina was appointed new pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church in San Francisco.

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Thu May 23, 2013

HeraldSun.com

Vote on 751 South utility deal coming June 3

City Council members have scheduled a vote June 3 on whether they'll go along with a renewed request from the would-be developers of 751 South for city annexation, water and sewer.

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News Observer

Murder defendant's brother sticks up for him

Derek Abaroa visited his brother and sister-in-law at their home on Ferrand Drive in fall 2004.

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HeraldSun.com

Blue Greenberg: In Durham, two means of visual escape

Submitted/Courtesy of the Durham Art Guild Peter Aitken's "Mountain in the Clouds, New Zealand," is on view at the Durham Art Guild.

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HeraldSun.com

Triangle Opera Studios makes Durham its home

Triangle Opera Studios, which gives local opera singers with potential for careers as professionals a chance to perform, is moving to Durham.

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HeraldSun.com

From drawing to device: Splatspace putting manufacturing skills into more hands

Splatspace is a nonprofit organization that calls itself "Durham's hackerspace," but the term "hacker" in this context does not mean breaking into protected databases.

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FiveThirtyEight

The Choice Blog: Let's Hope College Doesn't Go According to Plan

Maimuna Abdi Yussuf , a Somali student at African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, is one of eight high school seniors around the world who are blogging about their college searches.

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Planning

North Carolina Senate budget puts brakes on transit

May 22--DURHAM -- Budget writers in the N.C. Senate are tinkering with Gov. Pat McCrory's proposed shakeup of state transportation spending to make it even harder for local governments to obtain state aid for transit projects.

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HeraldSun.com

Editorial: New day for Victory graduates

The 33 people who earned their special diplomas on Tuesday became the largest graduating class ever for the mission program.

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HeraldSun.com

Injured military compete in Valor Games

About 100 injured military veterans and those on active duty are competing against each other this week in the Valor Games Southeast.

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