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The Beaver Queen Pageant is a mix of costumes, excess and shady dealings. It boasts participants with names like Scarlett O'Beavah and Cherry Cherry Bang…

The Sacrificial Poets are a local slam poetry team known for powerful spoken word performances that address important social issues like race and…

Drilling for natural gas contained inside of a sedimentary rock called shale has taken off in recent years in some states. But a team of environmental…

We think of our bodies as being our own private property, but in reality, that privacy is often violated. According to Duke University professor Karla…

Go to a competitive swim meet and you are likely to encounter a sea of white faces. Minorities are notoriously underrepresented in the sport.But about 14…

On a night in 1994, Patricia Young of Nashville, Tennessee was asleep in her bed when she was startled awake by a masked man who had broken into her…

More than any other American sport, baseball is a game where mental focus is as important as speed or strength. The challenge for coaches has long been…

North Carolina was among the last Southern states to secede from the Union and the complex factors that led to the state's slow conversion to the…

Journalist and historical researcher Kevin P.Duffus has unraveled some of the most puzzling mysteries of the North Carolina coast. Duffus argues that the…

An 18th century home and several other historic buildings sit on a tract of land on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh known as Mordecai Historic Park. Neighbors…