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Wire - North Carolina

Big stakes, small target

The Senate campaigns of Elaine Marshall and Cal Cunningham are in the hunt for that most elusive of prey - the Democrat who plans to vote in the June 22 runoff.

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HEALTH & SCIENCE

Scrutiny likely for SIDS criteria

Some N.C. lawmakers say they want to study how the state identifies SIDS deaths following a Charlotte Observer investigation into unexplained baby deaths.
TECHNOLOGY

Medical devices' dark side

Thousands battle a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prevents people from pursuing legal claims against the makers of faulty medical devices such as heart pumps, artificial joints and implants.
TRAVEL

Battleship to stay in N.C. for repairs

The battleship North Carolina is staying home for repairs instead of hitting the high seas again.
NATIONAL POLITICS

Unions fuel third-party organizing

On Friday night in this quiet southeastern North Carolina town, a team of college students went door-to-door, asking people to sign a petition to put a third political party on the ballot.
NATIONAL POLITICS

Ex-Blackwater officials indicted

Five former Blackwater employees broke a series of federal firearms laws to give the company a leg up over rivals in the military contracting and training business, according to a federal indictment issued Friday.
LOCAL POLITICS

Focus on modern injustice, Belafonte tells SNCC reunion

At 83, singer Harry Belafonte can boast a deep connection to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: sending bail money to its leaders who were jailed for their protests, flying to Mississippi during the Freedom Summer voter drive, entertaining activists with his famous Banana Boat Song.
CRIME

Lifers could be released from prisons

A Supreme Court decision on the length of a "life" sentence may force the state to release 20 violent offenders.