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Boehner bends a little, but temporary solution won’t be enough

John Boehner, with Republican approval ratings in a nosedive, gets his caucus to go along on a temporary debt ceiling increase, but the speaker has a long way to go to get his tea partyers to face the reality of shutdown and default.

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Fayetteville police officer Stacy Sanders, 39, offers James Smith, 59, a donated jacket underneath the Person Street Bridge spanning the Cape Fear River. "I'm not surprised by the numbers. I'm not surprised by the children and the families that are homeless but I am surprised by the lack of resources," said Sanders, the department's homeless specialist."The thing that bothers me the most is that my hands are limited."

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    Patrol owes public details on speed trap that nailed troopers

    Some North Carolina Highway Patrol troopers were snared in a speed trap with radar guns and cameras from the ABC show “20/20.” More explanation from the Patrol is needed.

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    Mitch McConnell’s vanishing act

    Matt Bevin isn’t a member of Congress or an administration official. He lives in Louisville and runs a family business that makes bells. But he has played a pivotal role in the shutdown by sidelining Mitch McConnell, the Senate Republican leader.

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    How allowing NC schools to be ‘graded’ fails our students

    State-mandated A-F grades will intensify the narrow range of material that standardized tests cover, compounding the damage this kind of testing has done to American education. Because grades will paint a portrait that is often far more negative than reality, they will further undercut confidence...

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    How manufacturing is leading the economic comeback in NC

    It’s easy to understand why the most respected names in manufacturing are investing once again in North Carolina. Manufacturing has always been the backbone of state’s our economy.

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    NC recipients need to dig deeper into their BCBS letters

    The new plans listed in the letters represent only a suggestion from BCBSNC. Instead, NC residents should shop around for the best-fitting plan. All of the new policies sold to consumers will be comprehensive, and the insurance companies are not allowed to deny coverage or charge more based on a...

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    John Philpot: DHHS irony

    Reading the Oct. 9 news article “Key details withheld from N.C. response to Medicaid audit”: I am once again reminded of how often ideology trumps facts in the McCrory administration. How ironic that those charged with caring for the health and welfare of North Carolinians in fact ...

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    Mark Sullivan: Wos and Brownie

    Regarding your Oct. 9 news article “DHHS comes up short on answers”: The personnel and policy blunders of Secretary Aldona Wos and Gov. Pat McCrory mirror the legacy of George W. Bush and FEMA.

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    Brad Bradshaw: Dumb multitasking

    Alas, again recently I was almost hit by someone staring at her smart phone while driving a car. This time it was a woman in a white Volkswagen heading south on Six Forks Road. She had to swerve into the center turn lane to prevent crushing my motorcycle (and me).

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    Joe Elinoff: McCrory’s Medicaid bluff

    It appears that officials of the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services might have altered audit findings in an attempt to show that the administrative cost of Medicaid is far worse than it really is (“Key details withheld from N.C. response to Medicaid audit,” Oct. 10 news story...

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    Curt Torell: Too-big pact

    MaryBe McMillan’s Oct. 10 Point of View “A trade bill disastrous to N.C.” exposes the myths of “job creation” in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement and the dangerous push to grant presidential “Fast Track” signing authority. McMillan’...

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