Friday, October 17, 2014

First Drip (10/17/14): Berger and Tillis to challenge gay-marraige ruling, NoDa partners with Uber, more

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House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate President Phil Berger will appeal the ruling last week that allowed gay marriage in North Carolina. They'll have 30 complaints to take their grievances to the 4th Circuit. Gov. McCrory has said he won't challenging the rulings.

Here's one way to fix your neighborhood's parking issues. The NoDa Neighborhood Business Association will partner with Uber to offer customers of the car service discounts at certain businesses. In case you haven't noticed, light rail and apartment construction has affected parking availability in NoDa.

A nurse who was in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan's bodily fluids has been quarantined on a cruise ship she boarded in Galveston, Texas, bound for Belize, and another nurse who rode on an airplane after working with the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. may have exposed 800 people - and whoever rode on the plan after her - to the disease.

Fifteen people are feared dead after a ventilation grate at a concert in South Korea collapsed. The country is still reeling from a ferry disaster that likely killed 300 people (some are still reported as missing).

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