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Published: Mon, Nov. 10, 2008 12:30AM
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closeHOW JITTERY ARE THE COFFEE QUAFFERS?
Today we find out whether Americans really are cutting back. Starbucks Corp. will release its fourth-quarter financial results.
A MIDWEEK TRIBUTE TO VETERANS
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Tuesday is Veterans Day, a holiday that refused to surrender to the make-all-national-holidays-on-Monday movement. Federal offices are closed. Liquor stores are open (except for those in Johnston County).
BAPTISTS GATHER IN GREENSBORO
The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina begins its annual session in Greensboro today.
MISS THE HIGH DUDGEON? DON'T MISS THIS
If you're getting weary of all this post-election goodwill, you can take in a panel discussion Tuesday titled "Satire in American Politics" at the Sanford Institute at Duke from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Among the panelists are political cartoonists Kal Kallaugher of the Economist and Dwane Powell of the News and Observer, and two staff members of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Kevin Bleyer and Adam Chodikoff. Admission is free. For more information, call 613-7309 or go online to www.pubpol.duke.edu.
MINDS MEET ON MORTGAGES, GOP GOVERNORS
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on mortgages.
Meanwhile, the Republican Governors Association will open its annual conference in Miami. It runs through Friday.
BUSH HOSTS INTERNATIONAL LEADERS
On Friday, President Bush hosts a dinner at the White House for world leaders attending an international summit on the financial crisis. The summit convenes Saturday.
WAKE WILL UNFURL REASSIGNMENT DRAFT
Wake school administrators are planning to release the draft multi-year student reassignment plan online Saturday morning. For the first time, it will list possible assignments for the next three years. That means it will easily involve more than 10,000 students.
HOT TICKET
Magic and illusion take the stage at the Progress Energy Performing Arts Center with the Raleigh debut of The World's Greatest Magic Show on Wednesday and Thursday. Several top magicians and illusionists will appear -- and disappear. Tickets: www.broadwayseriessouth.com or call 834-4000.
A RELIABLE RUN FOR 25 YEARS
Sunday is the 25th Annual Old Reliable Run to benefit the Triangle United Way. The Old Reliable Run is the longest-running 10K in North Carolina, attracting more than 2,500 participants and nearly 2,000 spectators to downtown Raleigh. The 5K starts at 1 p.m, the 10K at 2 p.m. For more information: www.unitedwaytriangle.org.
AT THE WATER COOLER
What will Bush say about being president when he hosts Obama at the White House today? "It's a heckuva job"?
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