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From the Editor: Richard Morgan looks at old photos of himself from when he weighed 265 pounds and sometimes cries.
Modified: 02/11/12 05:05:43 AMFrom the Editor: Bob Morrison didn't want to return to Haiti. His previous visit five years ago did not end well.
Modified: 01/28/12 04:51:06 AMFrom the Editor: There's a pill that reduces your risk of diabetes, high-blood pressure and some cancers.
Modified: 01/07/12 04:12:15 AMFrom the Editor: In Sunday's profile about our Tar Heel of the Year, education reporter Jane Stancill writes that the honoree has "serious credentials and the exuberance of a schoolgirl."
Modified: 12/31/11 06:06:37 AMFrom the Editor: Robert Willett, a veteran photojournalist at The News & Observer, was cooking dinner for his wife and two daughters recently when he heard from Scott Sharpe, our director of photography.
Modified: 12/24/11 04:53:07 AMFrom the Editor: After WakeMed extended a hostile bid to buy rival Rex Healthcare earlier this year, we invited leaders from both organizations to The News & Observer to discuss WakeMed's offer.
Modified: 12/10/11 09:43:29 AMFrom the Editor: Tony Debo, a former WTVD sports reporter and anchor, survived a helicopter crash nearly 20 years ago after a Friday night high school football game in Wilmington.
Modified: 12/05/11 12:52:24 PMFrom the Editor: Durham DA Tracey Cline says Judge Orlando Hudson used The N&O to undermine her. Which was news to me, as I've never met Hudson or communicated with him. If The N&O is going to be part of a clandestine conspiracy, I want to be in the loop.
Modified: 01/27/12 03:26:51 PMFrom the Editor: When Chapel Hill police officers handcuffed and detained a News & Observer reporter last weekend, their actions were rare for the Triangle - and unnecessary.
Modified: 11/19/11 09:33:38 AMFrom the Editor: Maybe it's good that the football coaches at State and Carolina argued about which has the stronger team academically.
Modified: 11/05/11 06:39:38 AMFrom the Editor: Amy Dunn's three children have heard it from her many times: "If it's not on sale or we don't have a coupon, we're not buying it."
Modified: 10/29/11 05:53:28 AMFrom the Editor: Butch Davis, when he was football coach at UNC, pledged to provide a record of business calls he made on his personal cellphone.
Modified: 10/22/11 04:27:31 AMFrom the Editor: The 850 people of Concrete, Wash., had been without their own newspaper since the Concrete Herald folded in 1991 after 90 years.
Modified: 10/15/11 04:00:54 AMFrom the Editor: Lee Buono is a neurosurgeon. A patient, thrilled that Buono had restored his speech, urged Buono to call the person who inspired him to enter medicine.
Modified: 10/01/11 05:03:42 AMFrom the Editor: Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline has a problem with facts. She races by them like a reckless driver through a red light.
Modified: 01/27/12 03:26:52 PMFrom the Editor: Cars. Cash. Prostitutes. Academic fraud. Scandal after scandal in college sports threaten the integrity of universities and the jobs of the people who run them.
Modified: 09/03/11 05:16:27 AMFrom the Editor: Michael, a boy who grew up in New York City, wanted a dog. For years. He even gave his parents a PowerPoint presentation about why he should get a puppy.
Modified: 08/27/11 04:36:40 AMFrom the Editor: "I am a 78-year-old still-grieving widow," said the handwritten letter from Joan Coogan of Morehead City that arrived in July two years ago. "Barry Saunders is such an innovative, entertaining writer. My husband was most impressed with his writing. ... I had to laugh at today's article."
Modified: 08/20/11 04:41:14 AM








