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Breaking News NFL Draft: What Does Minnesota Vikings Have to Do With Northeastern, North Carolina? Congratulations Travis Bond #76
Bertie County can smile much bigger and cheer a lot louder. Bragging rights go to the county with the drafting of native Travis Bond by the Minnesota Vikings to the NFL. A student at the University of North Carolina, Travis has worked hard over a number of years to position himself to fulfill his dream.…
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Girl Rising: A Film About 9 Girls 9 Countries Poverty, Human Rights and Their Struggle for the Right to Learn
From the Olduvai Gorge in East Africa through to the middle passage, people of color are reminded of their journey from the motherland when watching a “human” documentary featuring the tragedies turned victories of nine girls from nine countries. The film focuses on nine girls fighting against horrific odds for human rights and for their…
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BLOG SIDEBAR: Tired of Planet Earth?You Could Be A Candidate for Colonizing Mars Applications Available July 2013
Establishing new territory has always been a difficult process. There are the brave that decide to tackle both the human and the environmental challenges that will either propel the conquering stage forward, or will defeat your effort. The world population clock says the earth has 7 billion people and counting. With this, counting comes political…
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PART 1: A Look at African Americans in the Market Place: $1.1 Trillion and Counting Highly Influential and Growing Consumer Segment
County Impact often gets request to comment on various issues that are meaningful to people of color and issues relevant to low wealth communities. Taking a look at African American spending power has been such a request. African American spending power is projected to reach over $1.1 Trillion by 2015. Data that tracks African American…
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Tragedy in Boston and Texas: Remembering Those Who Have Suffered Great Loss
While the world had its eyes on the Boston Marathon bombing, the people of WACO Texas had their lives ripped apart as well. In the early evening hours just north of Waco Texas, a fertilizer plant exploded last week. In its path were a nursing home, apartment complex, and firefighters that rushed to the scene…
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No “Sidebars” Please! Let’s Stay Focused on Good Reporting and Accurate Information Gathering Verifying Confidential Sources:CNN John King Comes Under Fire
Networks scramble to be the first to report breaking news. So was the case yesterday when CNN’s senior correspondent John King reported the Boston Marathon bombing suspect was “a dark skinned male”. This report, of course, was not substantiated by FBI or Boston’s authorities. It was a case of false information. Unfortunately, his reporting did…
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K-3 Class Size Limits Lifted: NC General Assembly Votes
Today the North Carolina General Assembly voted to end class size limits giving more flexibility, as they say, to district leadership as they determine how resources are to be allocated for grades K-3rd. Boosting student achievement requires a number of variables with class size being just one. It has been said teacher quality, access to…