A cross-section of a French black Perigordtruffle reveals a marbled countenance with a texture somewhere between a nut and an apple..

Is it a story about love? A story about greed? That would depend on who's telling it. It's primarily a story about family, but also one about storing up treasure and what happens when people get old and start to lose their wits, about what people need at the end of their lives and who gets what after theyre gone.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson addressed CHANGE's annual fall assembly in Winston-Salem. "We learned a bad lesson well -how to survive apart - and must learn to live together," Jackson told those in attendance. [photo by Keith T. Barber].

Civic and volunteer experience: United Way Board; Winston-Salem Arts Council; NC League of Municipalities; president, NC Metropolitan Mayors Coalition; NC Local Government Commission;

The Greensboro mayor's race is the marquee Triad election this year, between a seasoned but soft-spoken public servant who in 2007 built a coalition across the city to become Greensboro's first African-American mayor, and a retired CPA with bona fide civic creds and an outspoken disposition favoring dramatic change in city government.

The city should pay legal costs and issue an apology to former police Chief David Wray and his associates.

Previous elective experience: Elected mayor in 2007, has served on city council since 1993, including six years as mayor pro tem

More than just a a single house or haunted hayride although both of those components are present Woods of Terror boasts over a dozen different attractions and a nightly cast of 130 performers. It's the biggest attraction of its kind in a threestate radius, and its fans- many of them long-time regulars say it's the beast errr, best.

Park your car in the gravel lot, walk down a crumbling slip of asphalt that passes over the tracks and follow a thin trail tramped down into the knee-high grass. As you approach the treeline start calling her name. She'll hear you, but she may not answer.

The waiting area is filled nearly to capacity. Deep blue wallpapered walls surround the small room. The inhabitants of the chairs all sit quietly, only disturbing the silence with occasional flips of magazine pages. A nurse opens a door to the left and calls a name and an empty chair finally opens up, only to be filled a few moments later.