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February 8, 2010
The media swarms the entrance to the Chatham County courthouse to catch a glimpse of former Edward's aides. DTH/Alyssa Champion

PITTSBORO —As it poured rain, a crowd of reporters with TV cameras, recorders and microphones waited by a door to the Chatham County courthouse.

One woman called her videographer and told him to get down there — Andrew and Cheri Young were leaving the building soon.


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Atlas Fraley died after a football scrimmage in August 2008.

After 18 months of unanswered questions about their son’s death, a high school student’s family is taking legal action.

Malinda and David Fraley are suing former Orange County paramedic James Griffin, county emergency medical services and Orange County itself for wrongful death by negligence.

Italee Lucas never needed more than one word to measure her success.

“My dad always told me to be undeniable,” the junior guard said. “It means don’t let anyone question your work ethic, whether you’re a leader.”

Lucas has continued to fight for that recognition this season alongside junior guard Cetera DeGraffenreid.

Popping up on Facebook newsfeeds and Twitter posts all weekend, it’s the article men and women are talking about.

Chances are, even after election day, students won’t really know who they elected to be the next student body president.

It won’t be because the votes won’t be counted correctly or because the name won’t be announced, but because the nature of the election process does not always present great insight into the type of leader the candidate will be, students and voting experts said.

Environmental health specialist Shaquetta Cooper checks the temperature of chicken at a local grocery store deli. DTH/Daixi Xu

Shaquetta Cooper can easily recite what temperature different foods should be kept at, the distance a bathroom must be from a seating area and how bright the lights should be.

Just by smelling an acidity test strip, she can tell if there’s an imbalance in a bleach cleaning mixture.

A search committee will begin a hunt for a new head of the advising department this week.

Carolyn Cannon, the current associate dean of academic advising, announced her retirement plans at the end of last semester. She will continue to work to the end of the academic year.

Ira Glass, host of “This American Life,”  amused at UNC on Saturday.

Soon after he started out in radio, Ira Glass “invented” the perfect storytelling formula.

Friends have since pointed out that he isn’t the first to have cracked the secret of narrative storytelling. Not that the popular public radio host likes to admit that.

“I personally invented this, not Jesus,” Glass said, eventually acknowledging that the structure of Jesus Christ’s parables bear some resemblance to the style of stories featured on “This American Life.”

UNC plans to respond soon to an ultimatum issued by the state, asking the University to explain why it waited two months to report a leak of treated wastewater.

Sophomore Lauren Ruscoe finished first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:00.94. DTH/Phong Dinh

In the final session of this weekend’s inaugural Triangle College Cup, someone kept coming up short.

And to the delight of North Carolina swimming and diving coach Rich DeSelm, it wasn’t UNC swimmers.

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