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It could cost more, but we want to do the right thing ... I don't want to do anything that's going to hurt the health of the lake.
I'm even somebody that pulls for Duke! We have so many great teams. That's one of the great things about North Carolina -- the best college basketball in the nation
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Jim Hunt crowd gets together
The old Jim Hunt crowd got together Friday to celebrate the 75th birthday of the four-term governor and to present a check for his personal office at the new Hunt Library on the Centennial Campus. A check for $146,000 was presented to Hunt to help pay fo from Under the Dome Read more »
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Obama’s North Carolina math problem
RALEIGH, N.C. — The state Democratic Party here is consumed with an ongoing sexual harassment scandal. The embattled governor is so unpopular she decided not to run for a second term. And supporters of same-sex marriage were dealt a crushing defeat at th from MyFOX 8 WGHP Read more »
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Four decades later, Ben Chavis and the Wilmington Ten seek a declaration of innocence
News & Observer file photo Archival photos of Wilmington 10: Ben Chavis, right, speaks at a news conference the day after Gov. Jim Hunt's decision to reduce the sentences of the Wilmington 10. Hunt refused to pardon the group. 1978 Somebody firebombed Mi from The News & Observer Read more »
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Obama's Trouble in North Carolina
[I]t’s hard to find a Democrat in the capital of Raleigh who believes the president, saddled with the burdens of governing and a sputtering economy, can stir the enthusiasm of 2008 and repeat his near-flawless North Carolina performance. “My heart says h from Beat the Press Read more »
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Wilmington 10 members seek pardon from Perdue
RALEIGH -- Forty years after their conviction, the Wilmington 10 are asking Gov. Bev Perdue to declare them innocent, saying pardons would “remove from North Carolina this stain of shame” from a case that became an international symbol for civil rights i from The News & Observer Read more »
