http://www.yourstreet.com/news/nc YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us North Carolina is getting its first Nordstrom Rack, the lower-priced alternative to the Seattle chain that specializes in designer clothes and luxury goods. The Nordstrom Rack will be in the Renaissance Center, just across the road from The Streets at Southpoint Mall... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756497/durham-is-getting-a-nordstrom-rack Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:24:08 -0800 Editor's note: J.P. Giglio is one of 60 AP voters. • JP Top 25 archive • AP, USA Today polls • Pollspeak (how everyone else voted) The top eight didn't change for the first time all season but No. 9 through No. 25 is the same roulette wheel it has been since... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756501/jp-top-25-week-12 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:04:08 -0800 A symbol of North Carolina's tobacco history located in downtown Winston-Salem is on the market. Cigarette maker Reynolds American is trying to sell its historic former headquarters, the Winston-Salem Journal reports this morning. The Reynolds building is worth about... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756502/reynolds-american-wants-to-sell-historic-headquarters Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:02:08 -0800 While Friday’s 87-71 loss to Syracuse was both staggering and humiliating for North Carolina’s basketball team, the experience should provide the Tar Heels with a valuable measuring stick. For an inexperienced, still-uncomfortable team, which Carolina is,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756525/tudor-unc-will-learn-from-loss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:08 -0800 NEW YORK -- After beating Ohio State on Thursday night, North Carolina coach Roy Williams said he believed his Tar Heels could be a very good basketball team -- he just wanted to come sooner than it was. Judging by the sixth-ranked UNC's 87-71 loss to Syracuse in the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756536/syracuse-87,-unc-71 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:28:08 -0800 North Carolina will be packing its bags the week before Thanksgiving next season, too. The Tar Heels will be one of eight teams participating in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off; they will play Nov. 18, 19 and 21. They will be joined by Davidson, Hofstra, Minnesota,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756538/heels-to-play-in-puerto-rico-next-season Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:08 -0800 \"Explosion R010R\"/4ms Pedals Ed Note: We're pleased to introduce guest contributor Robin Sinhababu, a North Carolina native and current East Austinite. Each week, Robin will be interviewing folks who, as he puts it, "create Austin's food, music, events, and sense... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6756169/radio-ist-list-dan-green-of-4ms-pedals Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:08 -0800 The tie atop the ACC preseason poll was the first in the 41-year history of voting, although if pressed to pick a winner, Duke had 25 first-place votes to North Carolina's 20. Other observations on the poll: 1. This is the 19th time North Carolina has been picked to... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751940/more-on-the-preseason-poll Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:13:08 -0700 GREENSBORO - Media members at the ACC's Operation Basketball event on Sunday placed their votes for the conference's 2009-10 predicted order of finish and it was the first time in 41 years there's ever been a tie for first place. Duke and North Carolina both received... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751941/2009-10-acc-hoops-preseason-poll Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:00:08 -0700 Obama/Holder: Blacks Too Stupid To Vote For Unidentified Democrats Attorney General Eric Holder, and by extension his boss President Obama evidently believe that African-Americans in a small community in North Carolina – a population comprised of 65% blacks, mind... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751714/conservative-thoughts-obama-adminstration-insults-the-blacks-now Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:55:08 -0700 Number of comments: 1 No kidding.  Some group in North Carolina plans to burn Bibles on Halloween. Funny part, or ironic part:  It’s a church doing the burning. And in case you’re hungry, “We will be serving Bar-b-Que chicken, fried chicken, and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751721/millard-fillmore-s-bathtub-so,-did-you-hear-the-one-about-burning-bibles-o Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:36:08 -0700 Sept. 21, 2008   Road work enhanced official's property Board member says all projects in public interest By Dan Kane and Ben Niolet, staff writers A state Board of Transportation member from Jacksonville steered roughly $375,000 in public money to road... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751965/back-story-on-sewell,-pierce Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:13:08 -0700 Richardson Farms Ed Note: We're pleased to introduce guest contributor Robin Sinhababu , a North Carolina native and current East Austinite. Each week, Robin will be interviewing folks who, as he puts it, "create Austin's food, music, events, and sense of... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751651/radio-ist-list-lance-clark-of-richardson-farms Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:03:08 -0700 Image via Sprint has been teasing Chicagoans for over two years with its proposed WiMax, a 4G wireless network that would blanket the city with high-speed internet access. Although the network was originally supposed to be available in 2008, PC World reported that... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751627/wimax-to-finally-hit-chicago-next-month Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:08 -0700 Here at H-Town Rock we've been dreaming up an interview feature for a while, so we're proud to announce our new weekly feature: Get to Know a Houston Band. This week we sat down at Rudyard's with GTRS for a chat covering their everything from their album White Night... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6752286/get-to-know-a-houston-band-gtrs Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:08 -0700 Lost in the Trees (good god look at them all!) I’m glad I finally got to experience North Carolina-based Lost in the Trees last night at Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. I arrived in time to catch the last handful of local cello-looping folk master Wes Swing, who... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751576/lost-in-the-trees-return-to-the-ville Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:30:08 -0700 RALEIGH, N.C. -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749885/fbi-starts-monitoring-driver-ids Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:00:08 -0700 RALEIGH, N.C. -- It could be an effective -- and controversial -- way to search for suspects. The FBI has begun using face-recognition technology to help locate people suspected of crimes. The source of the faces -- the photos taken when people get... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747311/fbi-using-facial-recognition-technology-to-find-suspects Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:26:08 -0700 RALEIGH, N.C. —In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of chin widths and nose sizes. The project in North... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6749538/fbi-scans-driver-s-license-photos-in-hunt-for-fugitives Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:07:08 -0700 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - It was just a little over two years ago when two-time series champion Tony Stewart accused NASCAR officials of "playing God" by manipulating races through phantom debris cautions. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6747774/a-word-of-caution Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:00:08 -0700