Raleigh’s Red Hat Software To Host Free Concert For 20th Anniversary

By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Red Hat software, the open-source Linux company that was one of the first major technology firms to emerge in the Triangle during the dot com boom, will host a free concert later this year. The August 2nd concert will…

CBS News Says Computer Hacked Possibly By Obama Administration

By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – A CBS News investigative journalist is saying that both her work and home computers have been “compromised” and are “under investigation,” possibly by officials within the Obama administration. Sharyl Attkisson, who has won Emmy awards for her investigative reporting…

Duke Energy Shuts Down Raleigh Nuclear Reactor Due To “Potentially Uncontrolled Radiation Release” Flaw

By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Duke Energy shut down the nuclear reactor at the Shearon Harris Power Plant near Raleigh last week after it determined that a quarter inch crack on the reactor vessel needed to be repaired.  The reactor is offline and could…

Raleigh Students Claimed Water Balloons Were Filled With Urine, Bleach

By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Some parents have complained that a police presence was not necessary when water balloons were thrown by students as part of an end of school prank last week.  The prank resulted in seven students and one parent being arrested…

Tour Of Raleigh Chicken Farms To Be Held Saturday

Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The ninth annual Tour D’ Coop event, a one-day tour of chicken coops and urban farms, will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2013 from 10am to 4pm. The event collects non-perishable food items and raises money for…

President Obama Faces Three Scandals In IRS, Benghazi, And Spying On Reporters

By Jim Malone, VOA, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The recent history of second term U.S. presidents indicates trouble will come at some point. You just don’t expect it to come three at a time with roots both foreign and domestic. But…

Obama Administration: Driving After A Drink With Dinner On The Town Should Be Illegal

By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – In a recently released report, an Obama administration official is recommending that the blood alcohol limit for criminal charges to be filed in Driving Under the Influence (DUI) cases should be lowered by almost half. National Traffic Safety…

OPINION: Some Books You Won’t See On NC Bookwatch

By D.G. Martin, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Here are some important new books you will not learn about on UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch. Before I explain, let me tell you a little bit about the books. Popular novelist Clyde Edgerton’s “Papadaddy’s Book for New…

NOTES ON QUOTES: Betsy Ross And The American Flag Controversy

By Gordon and Marcia Mercer, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – “We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country, separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing…

Report: State Ignored Warnings About PCB’s In NC Lakes

By The Raleigh Telegram YADKIN RIVER, NC – According to a report by the Associated Press this week, a North Carolina state agency seems to have kept quiet about high levels of toxic PCB’s in three lakes fed by a North Carolina river despite results…