http://www.ncnewsonline.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 30 May 2006 03:04:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_150030510.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_150030510.html As 06/06/06 nears, the devil’s in the emails — and the billboards, the talk shows and even the election booths. For many, those triple sixes conjure up the infamous Number of the Beast — 666 — cited in Revelations 13:18. Hollywood, rock stars and a conservative pundit are all hopping on the apocalypse bandwagon. Thu, 25 May 2006 11:43:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_145114520.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_145114520.html When it comes to art, usually the eyes have it: But a new exhibit makes the provocative suggestion that art is right under your nose, too. “Scent is Life,” open through July 1 at Philadelphia's Esther M. Klein Gallery, features 16 interactive installations and 106 scents in all. Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:00:08 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_052100008 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_052100008 Small towns across the country bear the scars of IraqMCKEESPORT (AP) -- Edward "Willie" Carman wanted a ticket out of town, and the Army provided it. Raised in the projects by a single mother in this blighted, old industrial steel town outside Pittsburg Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:45:23 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_048024523 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_048024523 IRS raids tax preparers in seven citiesWASHINGTON (AP) -- IRS criminal investigators this week conducted raids in seven cities to shut down tax preparation businesses suspected of abusing a one-time telephone tax refund.The Internal Revenue Service, i Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:23:26 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_262072643 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_262072643 Records raise more questions about tissue taken from body of Alistair CookeNEW YORK (AP) -- The medical records that accompanied the body of "Masterpiece Theatre" host Alistair Cooke were wrong in just about every possible way. His name was misspelled. Fri, 25 Aug 2006 23:53:10 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_237235805 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_237235805 North Beaver orchard wins complimentsBy MARYALICE MELI mameli@ncnewsonline.comFor one dairy farmer, Thursday's inspection of the 43-acre Dawson's Orchard in North Beaver Township was an eye-opener. "You learn a lot on these tours," said Blanche Kind, Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:23:11 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_224153123 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_224153123 When piercings aren't enough, some go extremeTREND: Extreme body modification features a wide range of alterations, including some people who get horns implanted on their heads or remold their ears to make them pointy.DALLAS (AP) -- Allen Falkner's t Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:23:10 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_224152943 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_224152943 BODY MODIFICATION: Common TermsHere's a look at some common terms in the underground trend known as body modification:*Transdermal implants: Implants that begin beneath the skin but protrude outside, such as metal spikes or beads.*Subdermal implants: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:08:05 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_219080945 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_219080945 Dog parks have fur flying in some communitiesBOWWOW: Dog parks are a product of increasing dog ownership, growing recognition that exercise and socializing can reduce canine misbehavior, and the lure of rubbing elbows with fellow dog lovers.DAYTON, O Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:53:11 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_210020123 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_210020123 Slave's story undergoes scientific scrutinyEAST HADDAM, Conn. (AP) -- Archaeologists have begun digging up the 200-year-old graves of a slave family in hopes of separating fact from fiction in the legend of "the black Paul Bunyan."The dig has the bless Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:23:03 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_199082523 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_199082523 Residents turn out for 30th annual Enon Valley Community DayBy JOSIAH LOCKLEY jlockley@ncnewsonline.comIn Lawrence County, community events don't come much quirkier than Enon Valley Community Day. But it's a good kind of quirky. There was something t10 years later, TWA families still in pain but trying to move onNEW YORK (AP) -- Andy Krukar boarded TWA Flight 800 with a diamond ring in his pocket. He was planning to place it on his fiancee's finger at the Eiffel Tower during a romantic weekend in P Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:32:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_100102911.html http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_100102911.html Nearly 300 former and current Lawrence County residents enjoyed a sunny, windy, and chilly picnic last month in Nokomis, Fla. Tue, 28 Mar 2006 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_339111636 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_339111636 Pay 'Rent' its due -- applaudAs near as I can tell, there is only one bad thing about watching movie musicals.No applause.Sometimes there should be. Especially when the musical numbers are as good as those in "Rent."Getting to clap would be a way to Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:45:00 +0000 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_314164554 http://www.ncnewsonline.com/featurestories/local_story_314164554 By Patricia HeathcoteEditor, The News:Please bring back James Kilpatrick's column, "The Writer's Art."The photo of anti-tobacco posters on the walls at Laurel High School, in the Nov. 2 edition of The News, shows how much we need it.Didn't any teache