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Motherhood means an array of things, but it’s not something any of our writers can pretend to know about first hand — most of us don’t even have kids.

A: You may early vote through May 5, or go to the current precinct to be transferred to a new precinct on May 8. If you’re not registered or your registration is out of date you can register and vote at the same time Q: Do I need to present picture ID to vote? A: No, you only need to state your name.

You can believe the hype from both major political parties: This year’s election is the most pivotal in decades, both nationally and in North Carolina. It will determine whether Obama holds the White House or the conservative backlash of 2009 gains traction.

The yellow fliers caused murmurs of disapproval among the dozens of candidates and campaign volunteers stationed outside the Forsyth County Building. They plied voters with campaign literature on the first two days of early voting for the primary election last week.

And this year’s list is full of surprises. So what are you waiting for? Grab ahold of it. Crack it open. Take a deep draught. The Best of the Triad awaits. And if you disagree with the results, drop us a line at editor@yesweekly.com. Or, better yet, remember to vote next year at yesweekly.

Of course, by the time he made his directorial debut, Needham was already renowned in Hollywood circles as the highest-paid stuntman and most in-demand stunt coordinator/second unit director in the business. Yet it was no easy sell when he decided to take the reins of Smokey and the Bandit.

RiverRun’s opening-night selection ought to appeal to theater buffs, as it offers a behind-thescenes look at the 24-Hour Musicals benefit in New York City, in which four 15-minute musicals are conceived, written, rehearsed, choreographed and produced — all in a 24-hour period.

There`s something about North Carolina in the spring: the fresh air, the sunshine, the smell of grass and flowers. It make us want to get outside, drink beer and listen to music. There are hundreds of festivals in the Old North State, but everyone can agree that the best ones happen in the spring and summer.

Irritated by Greensboro’s ambitions to surpass Winston-Salem’s coolness, two Twin City elected officials have issued a challenge, suggesting that members of each city’s council participate in a kind of “Hunger Games” at the Hanging Rock District Cub Scout District Day Camp.

Mayor Rebecca Smothers announced this week that California-based grocery chain Trader Joe’s intention to open a High Point store along West Main Street. After beginning renovation on the empty TGA Furniture Inc. building on April 1 and retrofitting the facility, Smothers said the company plans to open by mid summer.

The package was rumored to be full of XTC, a drug popular in the 1980s that has recently made a resurgence with older, white conservatives who initially confused it for Viagra because of the common side effects. It all started in a retirement community outside Fort Lauderdale, said one internet commenter.

“People who don’t even live downtown were starting to gather here at all hours of the night,” said Center Pointe spokesperson Kafka Davis. “It got worse after working hours. People were drinking alcohol, listening to music. Some of them were just standing around talking to each other on the street.

What the hell was I thinking? The games in the Greensboro Coliseum won’t start until tomorrow. I’m here to pick up my media credentials, find my seat on Press Row and watch some of the competing teams take practice on the floor.

It`s no accident that visitors and residents alike confuse the new Guilford County Detention Center for a benign commercial development downtown — my roommate asked if I had seen the new apartment complex on Edgeworth Street and Sheriff BJ Barnes said it was specifically designed to look more like a hospital.

Aloi is a gymnast, and a very solid one. She is now competing for UNC-Chapel Hill, where she is a sophomore majoring in psychology. On the night of Friday, Feb. 24, in front of 1,223 people, during a home meet against George Washington University, Aloi tied her personal best score on the floor exercise with a 9.

We say that a calendar year is 365 days, and it is, more or less. But it takes just a little bit longer for the Earth to make its lap around the sun, about 6 hours, making a full year 365.24219 days. So we add a day every four years, a process known as intercalation.

Felicia Hayes stood under the awning outside the Winston- Salem Transportation Center on Liberty Street on a mild Thursday evening as she waited for the 6 p.m. bus back to Greensboro About a dozen people had gathered at the bay under streetlights warding off the gathering dusk.

Tonight the dream lives in the auxiliary basketball court at Winston-Salem State University, a perfectly serviceable expanse of seasoned hardwood, with rudimentary bleachers and old-school fiberglass backboards — not up to par for the WSSU Rams...

Whenever two people join together as one, love exists between them, no matter if they speak different languages, come from different backgrounds, have different skin color or — as is the case with the subjects in this week’s cover stories — share the same gender.