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North Carolina has been ranked as the third best state in the country in which to do business, according to a recent CNBC article. Virginia and Texas were ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively. The ranking was based on a number of criteria. Interesting, North Carolina ranked higher than either Virginia or Texas in both cost of doing business and the quality of the workforce. … [Read more...] about NC Ranked Third Best State for Business

Chef Ashley Christensen, owner of Poole's Diner, will take on Bobby Flay on the Food Network's Iron Chef show. According to the Food Network site, the show will run on the following times: Jul 24, 2011, 10:00 PM ET/PT Jul 25, 2011, 1:00 AM ET/PT Jul 28, 2011, 11:00 PM ET/PT I first became a Christensen fan when she was with the now-defunct Vin. The meals at Vin were … [Read more...] about Ashley Christensen vs Flay on Iron Chef

A recent Forbes article ranks the Triangle as the most gas-guzzling metro area in the country. The average Triangle household drives 21,800 miles per year. Assuming an average 20.3 miles per gallon, that is 1,074 gallons per year. Charlotte ranked 2nd worst. The Triad area ranked 6th worst. It is worth noting that Raleigh ranked fairly low on a recent Forbes air quality … [Read more...] about Triangle Ranked the Most Gaz-Guzzling City

WUNC reports a story about North Carolina's own nuclear close call in 1961 when a B-52 with two nuclear weapons aboard crashed near Goldsboro. Some remnants of the nuclear bomb remain buried there. … [Read more...] about Recalling North Carolina’s Nuclear Close Call

Forbes has ranked Raleigh as the 3rd least toxic city in the United States. Good news: #1 in water quality. Bad: # 41 in air. Forbes created the ranking of 80 US metro areas based upon five equally-weighted factors: the Air Quality Index and the Toxic Release Inventory compiled by the EPA; Sperling's Health Index for each metro's water quality and air quality ratings; and … [Read more...] about Raleigh ranked third LEAST toxic U.S. City