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USA TODAYAdviser recounts Edwards' wife reacting to affairRocky Mount TelegramAP GREENSBORO, NC (AP) — A former adviser to John Edwards recounted Wednesday how the former presidential candidate's now-deceased wife indignantly confronted her husband, baring her chest in front of staff members the day after a tabloid reported ...Edwards the victim of political PuritanismCoshocton TribuneEx-aide describes John Edwards' visit with donor whose money was later used to ...Washington PostFormer aide...Read Full Story

Russell Simmons spoke at a Press Conference to announce his new daytime job as Editor-in-Chief over at GlobalGrind.com. Russell wants to serve the Hip Hop community by giving them what they want in a forum that speaks to the readers interest. He's all about movement and doing the next big thing and when he commits himself to something, he commits himself 100%. I'm with you Russell, the diva is over here getting her grind on too.... Toccara Jones looking fabVanessa and Angela Simmons with LL...Read Full Story

Someone should blow up the pig farm. It smells like shit all up and down Ann -_- Grace Charles M. Schulz Theatre at Knott’s Berry Farm Redskins just bet the farm on RG3! Better hope he turns out skins fans! I’m at The Durken Family Farm (Litchfield, Minnesota) Weird, why does my daughter’s strawberry toothpaste remind me of college? Oh, it smells like Boone’s Farm. State Farm ripped off a widow & two little girls, yet CEO Ed Rust Jr. got a $5.26 million raise! ($11.66 MILLION in 2006) Not...Read Full Story

Police say bystander, 13, hurt in mall shootingRocky Mount TelegramIn December 2009, Risheen Robinson fired at a group of teenagers near Best Buy. No one was injured in that shooting. Robinson was convicted in 2010 of four misdemeanor counts of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the 2009 shooting.Read Full Story

Homebodies: NC Wesleyan men win again vs. Everett, women fall shortRocky Mount TelegramAfter falling behind, 7-0, NC Wesleyan controlled the remainder of the first half and went into halftime up seven points. The Bishops' 2-3 zone continued to give Greensboro (13-8, 4-4) trouble in the early portion of the second half, ...and more »Read Full Story

Homebodies: NC Wesleyan men win again in Everett, women fall shortRocky Mount TelegramAfter falling behind, 7-0, NC Wesleyan controlled the remainder of the first half and went into halftime up seven points. The Bishops' 2-3 zone continued to give Greensboro (13-8, 4-4) trouble in the early portion of the second half, ...Read Full Story

Deseret NewsOccupy, civil rights groups join in North CarolinaRocky Mount TelegramAP RALEIGH (AP) — Members of a traveling Occupy group met Thursday with civil rights leaders in Greensboro and announced marches reminiscent of the one in Selma in the 1960s in an unusual confluence of interests of blacks and the mostly white anti ...Occupy, civil rights groups join at NC eventDeseret Newsall 11 news articles »Read Full Story

p type="articleSubhead"Rapper says his faith helped him 'make it through one of the toughest times of my life.'br/By Gil Kaufman/ppa href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1603049/20090120/t_i_.jhtml"img type="photo"src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/bands/t/ti/ti_hiphop_inaugural_ball/281x211.jpg"//abr/i type="articlePhotoCaption"T.I. arrives at the Hip Hop Summit Action Network Inaugural Ball on Monday/i/pp type="articleText" pbWASHINGTON, D.C./b -- Patting his pants pockets, a href...Read Full Story

In honor of Barack Obama's inauguration, Jay-Z will perform at the Warner Theater, while T.I., Young Jeezy and LL Cool J will be co-hosting a gala at the Harman Center for Art.Read Full Story

Article by By Natasha Robinsonm, Rocky Mount Telegram. Source: http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/school-board-reviews-its-bad-checks-policy-298719.htmlThe Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education decided in a nonbinding vote to have Federal Automated Recovery Systems collect on bounced checks after receiving a significant increase in bad checks this year. The school system receives an average of 35 insufficient funds monthly, up from an average of about eight monthly, finance officer Susan...Read Full Story