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Nature can be kind of cruel, but sometimes it can be kind of cool.

"Nature," the Durham County deputy sheriff told me Sunday morning, "can sometimes be cruel." He was right. Trying to prevent that cruelty...

Hero? I've got your hero right here.

Everyone who knows me knows that if I have one fault, it's that I'm too modest. That's why it's so uncharacteristic of me to say that...

"Oh God. You too, God?"

Oh God. Not you too, God! God: Yep, me too. Morgan Freeman, who has played God in one movie and hosts a T.V. documentary series called...

Mama Dip was a great woman. She could cook, too.

Even now, two decades after I first met Mildred Council, it's hard to tell what was more impressive - the second-helpings she served of...

Who you calling' ugly, Ugly?

I remember the one time in my life that I called someone ugly. It was freshman year at St. Augustine's College and I had somehow snagged...

Cosby's message was good, but his presentation was garbage.

Many people think the best "The Cosby Show" episode was the one where the Huxtables, with Rudy on lead vocals, sung "The Night Time Is...

For a few hours, Durham will be music's hottest spot.

"Say, did y'all ever get that cloning thing fixed?" I never found out, because the scientist at the University of Utah's Health Sciences...

Tar Heel Great Needs Your Prayers.

Bill Chamberlain, UNC basketball great, needs your prayers. Whether you're a Heel, A Wolfpack, an Eagle or a Blue Devil, won't you hoist...

Bob's Baby Backs Ain't Comin' Back

As much as for his books and movies, Gore Vidal is remembered for his oft-stated belief that one should “never pass up a chance to have...