A three-judge panel today denied a request to delay the May 8 primaries.
Registered Democrats and advocacy groups are fighting new Republican-drawn districts for legislative and congressional seats.
They wanted the primaries moved from May to July to allow time for courts to rule on their lawsuit.
Alexander Peters, a special deputy Attorney General, said challengers waited too long to ask for the preliminary injunction.
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“This man is going to kill me; she always said that,” a friend of Chahnaz Kebaier said Sunday. 
A state program, started in 1989, would pave every road in North Caroilna. It has cost hundreds of millions of dollars and now will upgrade roads that serve few homes. 
The jury deliberating the John Edwards case broke for a long holiday weekend Friday with no verdict and no indication of how close together or far apart they are on any of the six counts. Meanwhile, courthouse observers are abuzz about alternate jurors dressing in the same colors. Keep up with the latest political stories with our free daily e-mail newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox!
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