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Durham, North Carolina is located in Durham County. Zip codes in Durham, NC include 27706, 27704, and 27722. More Durham information.

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3 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Warming Station Opening at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham tonight

The city of Birmingham will open Boutwell Auditorium late this afternoon as a warming station for those seeking shelter from the frigid weather.

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6 hrs ago | News Observer

Pine straw pileup slows I-40 in Raleigh

An officer with Raleigh Police Department cleans up pine straw spread on I-40 near the Hammond Road exit in Raleigh on Sunday, Feb.

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6 hrs ago | News Observer

Pine straw pileup slows I-40 in Raleigh

An officer with Raleigh Police Department cleans up pine straw spread on I-40 near the Hammond Road exit in Raleigh on Sunday, Feb.

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9 hrs ago | News Observer

The impatient patient

Couldn't find the surgeon's office in Durham. Neither could my GPS. Drove right by it and wound up in a strip mall with a Burger King, dry cleaners, Chinese restaurant and nail salon.

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13 hrs ago | HeraldSun.com

Strangely beautiful, bea...

By Cliff Bellamy cbellamy@heraldsun.com; 419-6744 DURHAM - Want to see an alternative version of what happened to Marilyn Monroe in 1962? Canadian filmmaker Brian MacDonald provides it in "Murder and UFOs," a roughly 20-minute film starring Monroe, Jack and Robert Kennedy, mobster Sam Giancana, and aliens.

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17 hrs ago | News Observer

CVS fences Carrboro property

CVS had initially decided against a fence at 201 N. Greensboro St. but felt it had no choice after activists occupied a vacant building there to protest the company's plans, a spokeswoman said.

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Sat Feb 11, 2012

News Observer

Losing him, loving her

Lina Kok, left, and Diane Daniel look through photos to post on their travel blog.

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HeraldSun.com

Coming soon: Mardi Gras Parade

You know I love a parade. Durham is going to have a new one soon. Huzzah! This parade will be the party kind of parade, a parade of the Marry Durham crowd variety.

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HeraldSun.com

SUV crashes into furniture store

By KEITH UPCHURCH kupchurch@heraldsun.com; 419-6612 DURHAM - The driver of an SUV plowed through the window of a furniture store in southern Durham on Friday afternoon, cutting the small building nearly in half.

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News Observer

Top drawer by Joyce Clark Hicks. Send news and photos to The News &...

Top drawer by Joyce Clark Hicks. Send news and photos to The News & Observer, P.O. Box 191, Raleigh, N.C. 27602; email forhomeandgarden@newsobserver.com Learn the ins and outs of caring for houseplants at 11 a.m. today at Logan Trading Company in downtown Raleigh.

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Fri Feb 10, 2012

News Observer

Restaurant News

Oro Restaurant and Lounge should open this spring at the corner of Martin and Wilmington streets on the ground floor of the RBC Plaza.

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News Observer

More buses, departure times for Triangle Transit's Durham / Raleigh Express

Crosstown Traffic is all about getting around in the Triangle. Bad drivers and traffic hassles.

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News Observer

Cline seeks to delay inquiry on removal from office

Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline is seeking to delay an inquiry set to begin on Monday to determine whether she should be permanently removed from her office.

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The Charlotte Observer

Veterans offer DNA for study

Durham VA Medical Center Nurse Rose Smith draws blood from Army Master Sgt. Clarence Gray, 59, at the Durham hospital last Friday.

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News Observer

Fishbone documentary tells story of great promise lost

The punk-funk pioneers from Los Angeles put on incredible live shows and influenced a generation of crossover performers with a sound that was equal parts anger, joy, punk, soul, heavy metal and ska.

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News Observer

At last: Aretha plays Durham

Well, the fifth time was the charm. After standing the Triangle up four times on concert dates since 2005, Aretha Franklin finally showed up, holding forth Thursday night at the Durham Performing Arts Center.

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Thu Feb 09, 2012

PhysOrg Weblog

Deadly bird parasite evolves at exceptionally fast rate

A new study of a devastating bird disease that spread from poultry to house finches in the mid-1990s reveals that the bacteria responsible for the disease evolves at an exceptionally fast rate.

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WRAL.com

UNC system committee: Raise tuition by average of 8.8 percent

A University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee on Thursday recommended raising tuition and fees at all campuses by an average of 8.8 percent.

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Independent Weekly

Durham council could grant 751 South water at Feb. 20 meeting

Despite initial plans to wait until a civil lawsuit was over, Durham's City Council has now decided it will consider at a meeting Feb.

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News Observer

Durham reports 3,000 gallons of sewage sludge spill into Ellerbe Creek

About 3,000 gallons of sewage sludge leaked into Ellerbe Creek Wednesday when an underground pipeline ruptured at 3:30 a.m. The sludge spilled onto the grounds of the North Durham Water Reclamation Facility, the city's Water Management Department reported today.

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