Rivals.com - Duke University Basketball

"There was a school of thought as recently as a year or two ago that the Duke program had slipped from its place among the nation's best. Now with a national championship last season, being the nation's top-ranked team going into next season and enjoying a formidable recruiting class for 2011-12, the Blue Devils will be among the country's best teams for the foreseeable future -- we need to get used to the idea."

- Rivels.com

Movie Fone - Historic Durham Athletic Park

"The ballparks are like cathedrals" is how Crash describes the stadiums of the Major League, but the minor-league DAP (as true Durhamites call it) possessed a cultish charm of its own; it was, after all, Annie's chosen house of worship for practicing her faith in "the church of baseball."

- Movie Fone

Associated Press - Locopops

"I hope that it's not just a trend," said Bicknell, who quit her corporate job and opened [Durham-based] Locopops in 2005. "Popsicles have a wonderful thing in that they're current and they're also nostalgic, which is kind of neat. We strive on our menu to have a little something for everybody."

- Associated Press

Bloomberg - Duke University

"Duke University said its investments rose 13 percent in the past year, beating gains of Harvard University, the world’s richest school, and matching returns of a broad group of institutions."

- Bloomberg

USA Today - Durham

"In an interesting non-conference matchup this weekend, No. 1 Alabama travels to Durham, N.C., to face off with Duke...And the folks at Duke are preparing to be invaded by crimson."

- USA Today

Decatur Daily - Durham

"So the Saturday trip to Duke represents somewhat of a change of pace from the Southeastern Conference venues...And Durham, N.C., is bracing for the influx."

- Decatur Daily

The Roanoke Times - Durham

"Every week, he drove from the job site to the company headquarters in Durham, N.C., or he met a courier halfway, and he picked up the payroll -- all in cash.

- The Roanoke Times

The Wall Street Journal - Shoeboxed.com Inc.

""I got carded," gripes the now 25-year-old chief executive of Shoeboxed.com Inc., a start-up company in Durham, N.C."

- The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal - School House LLC

"Still, Ms. Weeks says she doesn't try to hide her age from her six employees, who include older and younger professionals based in New York, Durham, N.C., and Sri Lanka."

- The Wall Street Journal

Money Magazine - Durham

Durham would rank as a retiree Mecca even without Duke University’s stellar lifelong-learning program. Residents enjoy four seasons -- but without them being too extreme. Homes are affordable, the area is dotted with golf courses and parkland, and the region is home to a renowned university medical center.

- Money Magazine

NewsOk - Only Burger

"Big Truck recaptured the lead, only to end up in a constant battle for the top spot with Durham, N.C.-based Only Burger."

- NewsOK

The New York Times - Counter Culture Coffee

“We have a special obligation to the decaf drinker,” said Peter Giuliano, director of coffee and an owner of Counter Culture Coffee, based in Durham, N.C. “Those guys are the true believers. They’re not drinking coffee because they need to wake up. They’re only drinking coffee because they like the taste.”   

- The New York Times