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While GOP candidate McCrory portrayed the state as staggering through a period of decline, Dalton, the state’s Democratic Lt. governor, said North Carolina was on the rebound.

Modified: 05/22/12 07:43:42 PM

Following an at times heated two-hour exchange, Wake County school board members agree to meet one-one-one with Superintendent Tony Tata to start their relationship anew.

Modified: 05/22/12 09:34:16 PM
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The jury deliberating the fate of John Edwards will be back at it again on Wednesday after breaking for the afternoon without a verdict.

Modified: 05/22/12 06:26:54 PM
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Fracking was originally billed as the golden key to unlocking a 40-year supply of natural gas and reversing North Carolina’s dependency on other states for energy. Proponents said it was the state’s ticket to an economic revival and newfound status as an energy supplier.

Modified: 05/22/12 04:25:44 AM
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The tears of eugenics victims and their weakened champion's return to Raleigh in a wheelchair made the House committee vote endorsing compensation for people sterilized under the auspices of a government board more emotional than a run-of-the-mill debate on a bill.

Modified: 05/22/12 08:54:05 PM
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Florida's top congressional Democrats broke with President Barack Obama on Tuesday over his administration's decision to issue Fidel Castro's niece a visa to attend a conference this week in San Francisco.

Modified: 05/22/12 09:15:55 PM

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