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NEWS 2/10/14 10:22pm

LGBTQ parades crucial to awareness, acceptance from Croatia to US

By Michael Papich

As more states accept same-sex marriage, two speakers at Elon University took time to compare and contrast the fight for LGBTQ  rights in the United States to that in Croatia. Mima Simic, a writer, film critic, television host and Croatian Zagreb Pride Organization’s “LGBT Person of the Decade,” addressed the audience in the Isabella Cannon Room Feb.

NEWS 2/10/14 9:21pm

In 2014, Governor McCrory looks to lead 'Carolina Comeback'

By Stephanie Lamm

Gov. Pat McCrory held a press conference Jan. 21 where he laid out his administration’s agenda for the 2014 short session. In the State of the State address last year, McCrory promised to focus on the three E’s: economic growth, education reform and increasing government efficiency.

NEWS 2/10/14 8:11pm

President Obama outlines federal minimum wage increase

By Michael Papich

The State of the Union address usually serves to rally the nation for a new year, but this year, President Obama introduced a new policy to raise the minimum wage for federal workers by executive order. In the plan laid out after the address, the Obama administration would only provide federal contracts to companies that pay their employees a minimum of $10.10 per hour.

NEWS 2/10/14 7:08pm

Evidence suppressed in United States v. Alexis Gray

By bmcgovern

A handwritten note containing plans for committing and cleaning up a murder cannot be admitted as evidence in the prosecution of United States v. Alexis Gray, due to a ruling by Federal Judge William Osteen. The note was discovered in a "sippy-cup" in Gray's gold Acura, a closed container that Elon Campus Police did not have a valid warrant to search.

NEWS 2/10/14 12:09am

Freshman arrested Friday for felony drug charges, misdemeanors

By Michael Bodley

An Elon University freshman was arrested Friday, Feb. 7 inside his Danieley I apartment for five drug-related charges. Orion Ezra Sires, 19, was arrested by the Elon Police Department for three felony charges: possession of marijuana with intent to sell or deliver, manufacturing of marijuana and maintaining a vehicle, dwelling or other place for controlled substances. The freshman was also arrested for two misdemeanors: possession of drug paraphernalia and  possession of up to one-half ounce of marijuana. Bond was set at $30,000.

SPORTS 2/9/14 1:03am

Jack Isenbarger three-pointer pushes Elon past Georgia Southern

By afeather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olgip0B1WgY&list=UUaKWsFcrO1yoE5qHmYq419g ELON, N.C.-- With its leading scorer out with the flu and an abysmal shooting performance to show for on the night, the Elon University Men's basketball team managed, against all odds, to hang around long enough to set up a game-winning three-pointer by Jack Isenbarger

NEWS 2/8/14 11:12pm

berren salcedo - 2014-02-08 23:12:51

 

Hi, this is Berren Salcedo with FOX Sports 1 in Los Angeles. We were looking to use your footage of Elon's game-winning three-pointer to defeat Georgia Southern.

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La clínica de atención médica local ofrece una ayuda vital a los residentes sin seguro del condado de Alamance

Valerie Epperson, residente del condado de Alamance, afirmó que no cree que estaría viva si no fuera por la Clínica Open Door del condado de Alamance, una clínica que brinda atención médica gratuita a personas sin seguro médico. “Cuando empecé a ir a la clínica, mi diabetes estaba descontrolada y comía lo que quería. Simplemente no me importaba”, dijo Epperson. “Cuando tienes a alguien que te ayuda, te mantiene alerta y te recuerda constantemente: ‘Tienes que hacer esto. Tienes que dejar de hacer aquello’”.

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Local healthcare clinic provides lifeline to uninsured Alamance County residents

Alamance County resident Valerie Epperson said she doesn’t think she would be alive right now if it were not for the Open Door Clinic of Alamance County, a clinic that provides free healthcare to people who do not have insurance. “When I first started, my diabetes were out of control, and I was just eating anything I wanted. It’s like, I just didn’t care,” Epperson said. “When you have someone there to help you, it keeps your mind open all the time about, ‘Hey, you need to do this. You need to stop doing this.’”

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