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Monday, October 1, 2007
News A New Drag Strip, too?
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 11:42 AM
— Cartoon by Jim Hunt
News Letter: Spay/Neuter Programs Work
Posted By Karen Shugart on Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 10:52 AM
Letter writers in the pages of Hendersonville's newspaper, the Times-News, are debating whether mandatory spay and neuter programs reduce euthanasia rates.
The former director of Buncombe County's animal shelter says that jurisdiction's mandatory law does work.
Film This Week's Filmtastic Photos (and a trailer too!)
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 10:49 AM
The Brave One, starring Jodie Foster
News Did you see Clarence Thomas on 60 Minutes?
Posted By Karen Shugart on Mon, Oct 1, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Talk around the office this morning came around to Steve Kroft's largely sympathetic interview with Clarence Thomas on 60 Minutes last night.
The portrayal of Thomas as a friend to the downtrodden contrasts (to say the least) with my memory of him as someone who officiated one of Rush Limbaugh's weddings. Limbaugh is many things, but sympathetic to the poor ain't one of them. Here's a few links to reviews of his book My Grandfather's Son: A Memoir :
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Question the Queen City: An unsolved double murder 5
Did they ever catch the killer from the Mulberry Church Road murders?
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Question the Queen City: Who set fire to the nightlife? 3
From 1971 to 1976, 17 nightclubs in Charlotte burned to the ground. Who did it?
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Question the Queen City: The Richard Wearn House is saved 5
For years, the house has seemingly been on the chopping block.
