2011-05

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New cash crops from old seed

With a multibillion-dollar budget hole to fill, it’s no wonder that state lawmakers have looked past traditional sources of income.
 2011-05

Pulling strings

Dustin Miller met his man in a cramped bathroom inside the El Paso, Texas, airport — two guys and a big guitar in one tiny stall.
 2011-05

Regional Report Charlotte May 2011

Nexxus Lighting reached an agreement to sell its light-emitting-diode bulbs through Lowe’s.
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Regional Report Eastern May 2011

The North Carolina Global TransPark’s $39.7 million IOU to the state Escheat Fund underscores Benjamin Franklin’s axiom that those who go borrowing end up sorrowing.

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Regional Report Triad May 2011

Miller Brewing Co. tried in the ’80s and lost. So did developer-turned-reality television star Donald Trump in 2004.
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Regional Report Triangle May 2011

For a purveyor of pornography, Adam & Eve has become a respected business leader.
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Regional Report Western May 2011

Volvo Construction Equipment North America LLC will close its sales and rental operations in Asheville by September 2012, moving 220 jobs — averaging $82,400 a year — to Shippensburg, Pa.

 2011-05

Regulation play

If anyone decides to compile a list of the most unsettling sentences ever found in a news report, I’ll nominate this candidate.
 2011-05

Signs on the dotted lines

To detractors, they are “litter on a stick.”
 2011-05

Thrills and spills

It’s not unheard of for a journalist to risk his neck for a story, but Doug Kalajian had his throat cut reporting one.
 2011-05

Under the Yellow Flag

The NASCAR season roared off to a storybook start Feb. 20 when an implausibly young and polite unknown won the Daytona 500 in a car gussied up to look like David Pearson’s old Mercury, down to the gold “21” on its flanks.
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