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• n  the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina and Georgia and Alabama
• n  a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land
• n  the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley

• Nestled in the pine-carpeted piedmont just south of the border between North and South Carolina, Heritage is the third most popular theme park in the country (after the two Disney .

• Piedmont
• Piemonte

News & Articles

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• Piedmont schools to auction 500 laptop computers
  Piedmont City Schools on Monday will auction 500 used laptop computers purchased in 2010 as part of a project to issue computers to each student in grades four through 12.
  June 16, 2013 - Anniston Star
• Piedmont family shares winning $1M lottery ticket
  GREENSBORO, N.C. — Lottery officials said a Piedmont family is sharing a winning $1 million lottery ticket bought in Greensboro....
  June 15, 2013 - FOX 8 WGHP
• Piedmont police arrest burglary suspects
  PIEDMONT -- A parolee was one of three men arrested Tuesday after police said they tried to burglarize two homes on Blair Avenue.
  June 13, 2013 - The Piedmonter

Quotes

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• Beverly Perdue in MarketWatch (press release)
  Commenting on the announcement, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue said, "We welcome today's announcement which represents not only a significant investment by Piedmont Natural Gas and Progress Energy Carolinas in critical energy infrastructure...
• Jacques Rogge in Chicago Tribune
  IOC President Jacques Rogge said "absolutely not to the question of whether the Turin deficit would cast a shadow on the future of the Olympics. If I look at the enormous legacy that is left for Torino, the Piedmont [region] and Italy, I think...
• Mike Easley in Leland Tribune
  Rain has been plentiful in the eastern part of the state, but parts of the Piedmont and western North Carolina have received only half their normal rainfall,said Easley. "We learned a lot about conserving water during the past year, and we...