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Suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline is set to appear today for the beginning of a special inquiry that could cost her the elected position she has held since 2009.
Modified: 02/12/12 11:53:50 PMCity administrators and council members came away from a Friday meeting on next year's budget with some good news and a good many questions.
Modified: 02/11/12 09:36:51 PMCourt proceedings are often about whether someone broke a law. But an inquiry scheduled for Monday into the conduct of suspended Durham District Attorney Tracey Cline will focus on whether she has violated a vague legal standard written to ensure that prosecutors are fit for duty.
Modified: 02/12/12 11:38:34 AMSeven-term Raleigh City Councilman John Odom knows all too well about the rigors of running for office every two years. Odom wants the city to consider four-year terms. He says it would result in better government.
Modified: 02/10/12 08:56:53 PMA water-sewer hookup vital to the 751 South subdivision project is on the agenda for the City Council's Feb. 20 meeting.
Modified: 02/10/12 10:06:56 AMCourt dates have been scheduled for the 30 protesters who were arrested at Wake County school board meetings in 2010.
Modified: 02/10/12 10:09:26 AMState More
State Rep. Bill Faison started laying the groundwork for a maverick run for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in September, months before Gov. Bev Perdue announced she would not run again.
Modified: 02/12/12 11:53:42 PMNational More
Movie super spies James Bond and Jason Bourne use them. So do real-life presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who says he pays his taxes, and untold numbers of Americans who don't. Swiss banks and their secretive counterparts around the globe may sound like the exclusive province of the wealthy, the mysterious or the shady, but anybody can legally open an offshore account.
Modified: 02/13/12 04:06:59 AMContact the N&O Capitol staff
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