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Don Davis Jr. | HPE

618-B Park St. is now the address of record for council candidate Tony Davis.


Candidate clears residence challenge
HIGH POINT – Tony Lee Davis assures the voters of Ward 2 that he lives in their ward, and he's there to stay.
Early College facility opens for students
ASHEBORO – The students of Randolph Early College High School are off to a good start and in a new facility on Randolph Community College's main campus.
Adjustments remedy voting machine shortage
State bars admissions to health facility
Pair of events leads to busy upcoming tourism weekend



Today's Lifestyles


DAVID HOLSTON | HPE

Thirteen-year-old Marie Creakman stuffs a straw mattress at the High Point Museum. Marie is one of 18 Junior Interpreters the museum has trained as volunteers.


Local youths get a chance to learn – and teach – history
HIGH POINT – Lauren Matlosz remembers the numerous weekend trips to the High Point Museum with her grandmother, Diana Lorber. She remembers, too, the costumed interpreters who demonstrated skills from yesteryear and explained how artifacts were used.

Now, the 10-year-old High Point girl will be the costumed interpreter, sharing her knowledge with other museum visitors.

Entertainment
AP Top Entertainment News At 7:15 p.m. EDT
Gwen Stefani gives birth to second child
`Desperate Housewives' stars teaming up for Emmys
Today on the presidential campaign trail
Seinfeld to be pitchman for Microsoft
Titanic treasures to go on display at Ga. aquarium
Actor Jean Reno released from Martinique hospital
Crow aims to upload voters with free download
NBC trying to keep the Phelps glow
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Health/Med
Face transplant patient can smile, blink again
FDA: Irradiating spinach, lettuce OK to kill germs
Jump in US measles cases linked to vaccine fears
FDA investigates possible Vytorin link to cancer
Insurance gap leads some elderly to forgo medicine
Cervical cancer shots less cost-effective with age
Trace arsenic in water may be linked with diabetes
Stem cell advance may help transfusion supplies
New study backs angioplasty through the wrist
Many think God's intervention can revive the dying

Seashells 101


Cymatium raderi


Architects of the sea
"It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, “Lay Morale”

Today's Sports


David Holstom | HPE

Josh Berry (6) of Trinity and Edgar Castrellon of East Davidson battle for the ball in a nonconference contest Wednesday at Trinity. The host Bulldogs prevailed, 4-1.


NASCAR lower boom on Gibbs
NASCAR hit Joe Gibbs Racing with some of the harshest penalties in history, including the indefinite suspension of seven crewmen, as punishment Wednesday for trying to distort results of testing following the Nationwide Series race last Saturday at Michigan International Speedway.
Great Quale goes for the gold
Let the games begin!

As the world's best athletes compete for gold on the Olympic stage, what better time for our area's best prep football teams to start testing their mettle on the gridiron?
Crazy eights lead way for Seniors

AP Wire Video


Nation World
Obama says he's made his veep choice
US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops
Russians dig in but still promise Georgia pullout
Obama casts McCain as rich, out of touch
Gators among those fleeing Fay's Florida deluge
Mom of missing Fla. girl released on $500,000 bail
Bodies identified from plane crash in Spain
Weak economy spurs growth for community colleges
Beijing police grab foreign and Chinese activists
Norway: Russia to cut all military ties with NATO


Business Wire
FDA investigates possible Vytorin link to cancer
Heinz gains, Hormel hurts on high costs in quarter
Burger King 4Q profit rises 42 percent
Barnes & Noble's 2Q profits fall 15 percent
GM announces $500M investment for small car
Cost-cutting boosts Gap's 2nd-quarter profit
FDA: Irradiating spinach, lettuce OK to kill germs
Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Ala. workers
Merrill, Goldman, Deutsche in deal with regulators
Treasurys slip after jobless data, oil price jump







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August 21, 2008

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