September 30, 2007
RALEIGH — The compromise children health insurance bill passed by Congress last week is a good deal for North Carolina financially. It would fix a historical funding shortfall peculiar to the state by boosting the federal tax money sent here under t...
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September 23, 2007
RALEIGH — The small hologram patch that began showing up on North Carolina driver's licenses in December hardly looks like the first step down the road to perdition, or a multinational union that sacrifices national sovereignty. But motor vehicle ad...
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September 22, 2007
GREENSBORO — North Carolina will open a long-discussed crime lab in Greensboro, most likely by next summer, Attorney General Roy Cooper said Friday. The Council of State, made up of North Carolina's top elected officials, is scheduled to approve a...
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September 11, 2007
Depending on which local member of Congress you talk to, Monday's testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker was either reason enough to stick with the so-called troop surge or the answer to entirely the wrong question. &quo...
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Meet Federal Judge William Osteen's replacement: Judge William Osteen. The Senate on Monday confirmed William Osteen Jr. to serve as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, which is based in Greensboro. Osteen will replace h...
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September 6, 2007
RALEIGH — Call it mooo-shine. Raw, unpasteurized milk occupies a dicey niche under North Carolina law. Despite a prohibition on sale for human consumption, enthusiasts work to find regular supplies and regulators work equally hard to make sure it's...
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September 5, 2007
State Sen. Kay Hagan said Tuesday she is "looking into" a run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Elizabeth Dole. The Greensboro Democrat's name has been raised frequently by political analysts in the past nine months as a potential...
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August 30, 2007
RALEIGH — Some mental health patients find it hard or impossible to get the services they need because government officials and private providers have struggled to keep up with the rapid pace of changes demanded by North Carolina's mental health ref...
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August 28, 2007
Steve Fields would normally get two or three cuttings off his hay crop during the year, enough to feed his herd of 300 cows and sell some. "This year, it's looking like all we're going to get is one," said Fields, who with his wife owns the Rock...
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August 18, 2007
RALEIGH — Auto insurance rates for North Carolina motorists are some of the lowest in the nation. That's a fact that both attracts and is threatened by drivers from out of state who register their cars here to buy cheap insurance. Over the past few...
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August 12, 2007
RALEIGH — Rep. Harold Brubaker's desk is in the front row of the House chamber. For nearly a quarter of the 1,400 votes the House took this year, no one was sitting there. Still, the Asheboro Republican wasn't the most truant member of the General A...
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RALEIGH — Rep. Harold Brubaker's desk is in the front row of the House chamber. For nearly a quarter of the 1,400 votes the House took this year, no one was sitting there. Still, the Asheboro Republican wasn't the most truant member of the General A...
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August 9, 2007
North Carolina may be the 10th largest state by population, but Tar Heels shouldn't expect to be a top 10 destination for presidential contenders in either the 2008 primary or general elections. Quirks of timing, history and demographics typically keep N...
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August 1, 2007
RALEIGH — The federal courts had already taken former House Speaker Jim Black's freedom and power. "It's the purpose of my sentence to take the money," Judge Donald Stephens, of Wake County Superior Court, told Black, a Mecklenburg County...
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