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By Staff Editor | August 31

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is backing more than political candidates these days. Bloomberg endorsed Colombian pop-phenom Shakira in the race ...

A home after the storm

By JULIE TURKEWITZ | August 31

The trio shows up regularly at Tupelo's, a Southern- and Creole-style bistro in Hillsborough. They order gumbo or shrimp remoulade and talk about home ...

U.S., state poverty rates stalled

By LINDSEY NAYLOR | August 31

State and U.S. poverty rates have stopped their uphill climb for the first time in four years, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Tuesday. The ...

Fall of Troy: Sneak attack hard-core

By Bryan Reed | August 31

MUSICREVIEW The Fall of Troy The Fall of Troy 3.5 stars Dear At The Drive-In, I just wanted to let you know I've moved on. It's been obvious ...

'Heart' shoots beyond sports flick fare, scores

By Rachel Brody | August 31

MOVIEREVIEW The Heart of the Game Four stars "The Heart of the Game" has enough game to be interesting and enough heart to be inspirational, without ...

40 Ounces gets high - and mighty

By Staff Editor | August 31

The High and Mighties want you to get your dancing shoes on. With a new name and new songs ready to go, the Chapel Hill pop-rock-ska outfit - formerly ...

Police log

By Staff Editor | August 31

A woman was arrested on misdemeanor charges of child abuse Tuesday evening, according to Chapel Hill Police reports. Reports state Sandra De Leon Santos, ...

Students still awaiting rugs for residences

By Weesie Vieira | August 31

On Campus Marketing, UNC students' official source for residence hall room carpeting, has been sweeping information regarding recent carpet shortages ...

'3' may or may not be magic, but worth a try

By Beth Mechum | August 31

MUSICREVIEW ActionReaction 3 is the Magic Number 3 stars 3 is the Magic Number, but for what? Maybe for the number of bands lead singer Jason ...

Bowles delays tuition proposal

By ELIZABETH DEORNELLAS | August 31

The much-awaited long-range tuition proposal that UNC-system President Erskine Bowles planned to present in September will be kept under wraps for another ...

French Impressionist film lingers, lets down

By Shelley Fullwood | August 31

MOVIEREVIEW "Gabrielle" 1 star If you're looking to waste an hour and a half of your life on an anticlimactic conversation between between a husband ...

Ex-student attacks school

By TED STRONG | August 31

HILLSBOROUGH - A former Orange High School student opened fire on school grounds Wednesday afternoon and was arrested on charges of first-degree murder ...

Finding the words

By EMILY FISHER | August 31

Several students stand nervously at a dry-erase board, markers poised. The professor utters a guttural sound and markers fly, right to left, looping and ...

Sorority rush season kicks off with a bang

August 31

It's official: Rush has begun. Wednesday's Panhellenic kick-off event marked the occasion as nine hand-clapping, foot-stomping cheers introduced each ...

Crass 'Beerfest' is a sloshy movie mess

August 31

MOVIEREVIEW Beerfest 1 star Don't kid yourself: Movie critics have one of the easiest jobs in the world. C'mon, they're paid to watch movies ...

Logo sales fall in ranking

By ERIN ZUREICK | August 31

UNC's reign at the top officially is over. After filling the No. 1 spot for royalties collected from collegiate merchandisers for five straight years, ...

Green project closer to sprouting

By JESSICA SCHONBERG | August 31

More than 50 people gathered Wednesday to recognize the opening of Greenbridge Development's design center in Chapel Hill.

Funding options for building schools on table

By ERIN FRANCE | August 31

About 100 representatives from 38 N.C. counties participated in a forum Wednesday to discuss non-traditional funding alternatives for school construction. The ...

Holy power pop! Popes give standout show

By MARGARET HAIR | August 31

CONCERTREVIEW Smoking Popes with Criteria Cat's Cradle Sunday, Aug. 27 4 stars In 1993, Chicago's Smoking Popes penned one of the least-fitting-for-the-music ...

Student play gets 'Closer' to stage

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | August 31

"Sometimes when you hold a mirror up to people, they're not going to like what they see, and this is very much a true mirror - it's ugly but true," senior ...