Across the country there is growing consensus among lawyers and legislators that the child pornography laws are too blunt an instrument to deal with an adolescent cyberculture in which all kinds of sexual pictures circulate on sites like MySpace and Facebook.
Modified: 03/21/10 05:04:41 AM
With Democrats increasingly confident they have enough support, the House of Representatives planned Saturday for a historic vote today that would enact the most dramatic changes in the nation's health care system since the creation of Medicare nearly half a century ago.
Modified: 03/21/10 05:05:58 AM
On a recent Saturday at the Carrboro farmers' market, people are gathered around the Chapel Hill Creamery table despite the 45-degree weather.
Modified: 03/19/10 01:19:51 PM
As the economy continues to put people out of work, twisting lives in unforeseen and unimaginable directions, many more people have taken the dire step of asking for help with feeding their families.
Modified: 03/21/10 06:22:54 AMBudget woes have already led to higher trash-pickup rates and one layoff for this Johnston County town. Next to feel the pinch could be the community's annual July 4 fireworks show.
Modified: 03/20/10 10:42:16 PMPicture "renewable energy," and you probably think of turning windmills and sun rays on solar panels. Now add to that mental catalog a pile of old tires.
Modified: 03/20/10 10:37:22 PM
A panel of national and local education researchers and retired Wake County school administrators urged the community Saturday to fight to maintain the school system's socioeconomic diversity policy.
Modified: 03/20/10 10:37:19 PMAbout 120 million census forms have been mailed across the nation, kick starting a once-in-a-decade process that will help decide how more than $400 billion in federal money is spent each year.
Modified: 03/20/10 10:37:18 PM
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More than a year after Johnston County Sheriff Steve Bizzell publicly made disparaging remarks about Hispanic residents, he continues to enjoy widespread popularity.
Modified: 03/20/10 09:12:13 PMNorth Carolina wire More
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say one person has been killed in a crash after a chase by the Highway Patrol.
Modified: 03/21/10 04:54:54 AMEducation More
John Tedesco, whose election to the Wake County school board in November helped form a majority against the school system's policy of busing for economic diversity, has emerged as the group's front man in its push for neighborhood schools.
Modified: 03/21/10 06:19:13 AMHealth/Science More
The Internet has emerged as one of the greatest threats fueling the illegal wildlife trade, making it easier to buy everything from live baby lions to wine made from tiger bones, conservationists said Sunday.
Modified: 03/21/10 06:49:55 AMPeople More
Standing at the pulpit of Mt. Level Missionary Baptist Church last fall, the Rev. Mikael Broadway gave a pep talk for a march against Charlotte banks and what he called their "loan shark" credit card fees.
Modified: 03/14/10 05:10:38 AMWeird More
It was a sticky - and potentially stinky - rescue for a Colorado wildlife officer who pried a peanut butter jar off a skunk's head Saturday in Grand Junction.
Modified: 03/20/10 07:00:04 PMNation/World More
With Democrats increasingly confident they have enough support, the House of Representatives planned Saturday for a historic vote today that would enact the most dramatic changes in the nation's health care system since the creation of Medicare nearly half a century ago.
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