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Killer voter, Tata tales, and other items of interest

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The news that a voter registration drive within state mental hospitals helped notorious Chapel Hill killer Wendell Williamson cast a ballot in this year’s election continues to attract publicity. Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s article on Williamson’s registration appeared on the Drudge Report website and attracted notice from Lucianne.com, NewsMax.com, and the Beaufort Observer.

The News & Observer‘s “Wake Ed” blog cited a prediction from Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies, that Wake County’s recently fired school superintendent will not be named the next state school board chairman.

The Duplin Times published N.C. Education Alliance Fellow Kristen Blair‘s column analyzing new SAT results and their implications for the education of boys. An Asheville Citizen-Times article about a local school contamination controversy cited JLF.

An article about interest rates at GoBankingRates.com featured analysis from Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Fergus Hodgson. PRWeb.com promoted that article, which led to its publication on websites for the News & Observer, Fayetteville Observer, and WRAL Television.

CarolinaCoastline.com referenced CJ contributor Hal Young‘s recent review of Dinesh D’Souza’s movie about President Obama.

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