Minneapolis NewsLocal news for Minneapolis, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Dams Pose Growing Risk- March 25, 2008 "They constantly fail all the time. Yes, sir. You can look fine on the outside but not be fine on the inside." The collapse last year of the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis brought to light what North Carolina dam-safety inspectors already know. via WNCN-TV Raleighhttp://www.topix.net/city/minneapolis-nc/2008/03/dams-pose-growing-risk?fromrss=1 Military vehicle plant stalled- March 21, 2008 "Making vehicles is hard. The quality control you get with a big automaker just isn't there in a small-batch producer." In a celebratory spirit last summer, state and local officials announced a deal to bring an armored vehicle maker and hundreds of well-paying jobs to this Person County town marked by vacated textile and ... via News Observerhttp://www.topix.net/city/minneapolis-nc/2008/03/military-vehicle-plant-stalled?fromrss=1 Goldsboro artist shows work- March 13, 2008 "I began to chase landmarks, particularly the kind that were disappearing -- Ocean View Plaza at Carolina Beach, Sportsman's Pier on Atlantic Beach, the pontoon bridge connecting Sunset Beach, the eastern North Carolina tobacco barns" Artist Brenda Behr will be featured in Lowe Gallery at the Wilson Arts Center and Hammond Gallery at the Boykin Center through April 26. via Wilson Daily Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/minneapolis-nc/2008/03/goldsboro-artist-shows-work?fromrss=1 Curator ferried damaged Jewish relics from Baghdad- March 10, 2008 "He was able to do tours at the Judaica gallery up to two weeks before his death" During her 10-month deployment to Baghdad in 2003, Army Reserve Maj. Cori Wegener helped repair the recently looted Iraq National Museum, clean artifacts fetched from cesspools and rescue Jewish-Iraqi archives ... via News Observerhttp://www.topix.net/city/minneapolis-nc/2008/03/curator-ferried-damaged-jewish-relics-fro... Police: More crime in rental properties- March 4, 2008 "We're seeing those as a result of the foreclosures in these communities" Study: Foreclosures add to higher rates in newer homes and subdivisions JULIA OLIVER jolivercharlotteobserver.com Violent crime is almost four times as likely to happen at rental properties than at ... via The Charlotte Observerhttp://www.topix.net/city/minneapolis-nc/2008/03/police-more-crime-in-rental-properties?fr... |