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Study: In Cities Across the Country, Driving Electric Is Cheaper Than Gasoline

November 28, 2017 Guest Author or Contributor

New Study Shows Electric Vehicles Cheaper to Operate, Maintain Than Conventional Cars By Seth D. Michaels, Union of Concerned Scientists It’s much cheaper to charge a car than fill it with gasoline, according to the […]

Report Spotlights Massive Retirement Funds for CEOs

December 20, 2016 Kay Whatley

100 CEOs Have as Much Retirement Wealth as 41% of All US Families, 59% of African-American Families, and 75% of Latino Families By Sarah Anderson, and Domenica Ghanem, Institute for Policy Studies The Institute for Policy Studies on December […]

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The Strange-ness: School Start Times can Harm Learning

October 25, 2013

Research from 1980 forward has shown that teenagers require adequate time for sleep. Learning and thinking improve for teens who get a good night’s sleep. Yet schools still start early in the day, average teens staying up later, and […]

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New BigFoot Activity Book Helps Kids Learn

April 5, 2019

Activity books are a great way to encourage reading and learning. BigFoot activity books are especially beloved by parents, as they are at once educational and fun. The latest BigFoot activity book, released just this […]

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The Zebulon Cougar

August 1, 2015

Originally published in The Grey Area newspaper (printed) August 1, 2011. ___________________________________________________________ By Frank and Kay Whatley In the July 1, 2011, issue of The Grey Area, we reported cougar sightings within Eastern North Carolina over […]