For decades people, young and old, have migrated to Florida for opportunity, retirement, and warm weather. But Florida is getting crowded. If the oceans rise just a few feet most of it will be under water. So now the place to go is North Carolina. It's not as hot, has fewer gators in the kitchen and has beautiful mountains to retreat to when the water rises. Is North Carolina the new Florida?http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 20 Nov 2008 3:55:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29132/americas-top-10-cities.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe best cities are those where you can not only find work and affordable housing, but are also infused with culture and creativity, Kiplinger's Personal Finance writes. Its (somewhat surprising) top 10: Houston: Flush with museums, nightlife, and a teeming job market.http://www.newser.com/story/29132/americas-top-10-cities.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 08 Jun 2008 21:23:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28235/the-nations-best-beach.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWith its fine, white sand and relative seclusion, Florida's Caladesi Island—on the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa Bay—is the nation's best beach, says a Florida professor who issues annual rankings. This year's runners-up, from the AP: Hanalei Beach, Hawaii Siesta Beach in Sarasota, Florida Coopers Beach in Southampton, New York Coronado Beach in San Diegohttp://www.newser.com/story/28235/the-nations-best-beach.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 22 May 2008 21:42:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27542/best-place-to-live-charlotte.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCharlotte is the best place to live in America, thanks to an affordable array of housing options and a healthy economy, says Relocate.com’s annual list. MarketWatch runs down the rest of the list: San Antonio, Texas Chattanooga, Tenn. Greenville, SC Tulsa, Okla.http://www.newser.com/story/27542/best-place-to-live-charlotte.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 15 May 2008 17:22:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26818/fcc-to-test-tvs-digital-era-in-n-carolina.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWilmington, NC, will be a test market for the switchover to all-digital television, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US as a whole is to change from analog signals by Feb. 17, but Wilmington could flip by Sept. 8 as broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commissions worry over how the process will play out.http://www.newser.com/story/26818/fcc-to-test-tvs-digital-era-in-n-carolina.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 08 May 2008 13:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26773/executions-are-back-so-are-fairness-issues.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe problem with the death penalty isn’t the method of execution, it’s “poor people getting lousy lawyers,” the director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project tells the New York Times . Now that the Supreme Court has green-lighted lethal injection and Georgia has resumed executions, opponents are pointing at shoddy public defense systems they say aren’t equipped to mount an adequate capital defense.http://www.newser.com/story/26773/executions-are-back-so-are-fairness-issues.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 08 May 2008 13:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26714/obama-wins-easily-in-nc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBarack Obama won the North Carolina primary today, foiling Hillary Clinton's hopes of an upset in her bid to sway superdelegates, the Washington Post reports. It's Obama's first win in a big state since February. Obama won decisively, 56% to 42%. In his victory speech, Obama tweaked Clinton for calling the state a potential "game changer." Voters decided "the only game that needs changing is the one in Washington," he said.http://www.newser.com/story/26714/obama-wins-easily-in-nc.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 08 May 2008 13:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22478/pilots-gun-accidentally-fires-in-cockpit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA pilot’s gun went off in the cockpit of a US Airways plane just as it was landing in North Carolina this weekend, the AP reports. It was the first time a gun was discharged inside a plane since pilots were armed in the wake of 9/11. Though no one was hurt in the incident, the plane has been taken out of service.http://www.newser.com/story/22478/pilots-gun-accidentally-fires-in-cockpit.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 08 May 2008 13:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/17559/foreign-buying-spree-reaches-deep-into-us.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAs the dollar drops, foreign investors are buying up US enterprises large and small, from multi-billion-dollar stakes in Wall Street banks to ownership of chemical factories and construction companies in the likes of North Carolina. Canadian, British and German companies have been expanding their portfolios in the US for years, but the Middle East and China are quickly catching up. And it makes some politicians queasy, the Washington Post reports.http://www.newser.com/story/17559/foreign-buying-spree-reaches-deep-into-us.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 08 May 2008 13:25:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/91297/drug-store-chains-in-north-carolina-ready-for-boomers-retirement-daily-news-jacksonville-nc-.html?refid=rss_all_defaultDuring the 1840s, the money was in gold mining. In the 1920s, it was industrialization, and in the '90s, computer technology.But for the next few decades, senior citizens will be the new market share lusted after by both national and local companies alike.Baby Boomers are set to start retiring in a few years -- it will be the biggest group to quit working in the history of the United States, some say the world. Sure, rest homes and assisted-living developments will reap big benefits, but there's another service industry waiting in the wings: pharmacies.http://www.newser.com/story/91297/drug-store-chains-in-north-carolina-ready-for-boomers-retirement-daily-news-jacksonville-nc-.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 15 May 2008 18:05:56 CDT