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  • July 2008

    • Jogger in Mystery Murder Abused by Hubby: Family

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 18, 08 9:37 AM CDT

      Jogger in Mystery Murder Abused by Hubby: Family

      The family of a woman found murdered in North Carolina has won custody of her two children after they told the court that her "mentally unstable" husband had been emotionally abusive and had been involved in an affair. No suspects have been named in the mystery murder, but police have taken a DNA sample from the husband. More »

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      murder  • North Carolina  • child custody  • domestic abuse  • Raleigh

    • Husband Charged With Soldier's Murder

      newser  |  Fayetteville Observer (NC)  |  Jul 14, 08 4:48 PM CDT

      Husband Charged With Soldier's Murder

      Police today charged the husband of a missing Army officer with first-degree murder in her death, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Authorities discovered a charred corpse, believed to be the body of 2nd Lt. Holly Wimunc, yesterday near Camp Lejeune, NC. The husband, a marine, is stationed there. He and an alleged accomplice also face arson charges. More »

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      murder  • North Carolina  • Camp Lejeune  • Arson

    • Soldier Missing After Blaze in NC Apartment

      newser  |  Fayetteville Observer (NC)  |  Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Soldier Missing After Blaze in NC Apartment

      North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident. Police found her car in the apartment's parking lot. More »

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      North Carolina  • soldier  • Army  • missing soldiers  • domestic violence  • military families  • restraining order

    • Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 5, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

      Many remember Jesse Helms as an unflinching bigot who fought civil rights and foreign aid, but the former North Carolina senator also softened some views and befriended Bono, John Hunt writes in the Wall Street Journal . “Contrary to his reputation, Helms did change his mind,” Hunt notes: He reversed his position on aid to Israel and partnered with Bono to combat AIDS and poverty in Africa. More »

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      North Carolina  • conservative  • civil rights  • Ronald Reagan  • senator  • Republican  • Jesse Helms

    • Ex-Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

      newser  |  News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  Jul 4, 08 10:44 AM CDT

      Ex-Senator Jesse Helms Dead at 86

      Jesse Helms, a polarizing figure who represented North Carolina in the US Senate for 30 years before retiring in 2003, died today in Raleigh, the News & Observer reports. He was 86. A pro-segregation TV commentator before entering national politics, the first Republican senator from North Carolina since Reconstruction opposed virtually every piece of civil rights legislation that crossed his desk. More »

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      North Carolina  • conservative  • civil rights  • Republican  • Senate Republicans  • segregation  • conservatives  • Senate GOP  • Jesse Helms

    • Even Obama Can't Whistle Through Dixie

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jul 1, 08 8:04 AM CDT

      Even Obama Can't Whistle Through Dixie

      Barack Obama is running a 50-state campaign, and some of his more breathless supporters have talked up the candidate as the first Democrat to win the South in decades. Not so fast, writes Thomas F. Schaller. As the political scientist explains in a New York Times op-ed, the Obaman dream of retaking the South rests upon false assumptions about race and voting patterns. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Obama 2008  • race  • Georgia  • North Carolina  • Virginia  • black voters  • South

  • June 2008

    • Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

      newser  |  Fayetteville Observer (NC)  |  Jun 30, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

      Police say the pregnant soldier whose body was found in a North Carolina motel last week was murdered, the Fayetteville Observer reports. The Observer , meanwhile, received a letter from someone claiming to be the killer, which contains a symbol sources say was also drawn in lipstick in the room where Megan Touma, 23, was found. More »

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      murder  • US military  • investigation  • North Carolina  • soldier  • Army  • pregnant  • Fort Bragg

    • Obama Aims to Take Back the South

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 30, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Obama Aims to Take Back the South

      Barack Obama thinks he can do something Democrats have found impossible for 40 years: win the South. Dixie has been bright red ever since the Civil Rights Movement, but it's also full of black and young voters who either aren't registered or don't usually vote. So the potential in demographic groups key to Obama's candidacy "is just incredible,” his deputy campaign manager tells the New York Times .  More »

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      Barack Obama  • Georgia  • North Carolina  • Virginia  • demographics  • black voters  • South

    • How Obama Could Get Gored

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jun 19, 08 3:04 PM CDT

      How Obama Could Get Gored

      Observers are speculating about a split decision in November, with John McCain winning the presidency while Barack Obama takes the popular vote—and Harry Siegel, in Politico, says the chances might not be that slim. Obama looks likely to build massive margins in coastal states (already safely Democratic) while making inroads in Republican bastions—though not enough for an Electoral College flip. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • North Carolina  • Indiana  • Bob Barr  • electoral college  • popular vote

    • Obama Aims Blue Paintbrush at Red States

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Jun 8, 08 9:10 AM CDT

      Obama Aims Blue Paintbrush at Red States

      Barack Obama’s campaign will hit GOP-dominated states as the candidate looks toward November, starting tomorrow with North Carolina, the New York Times reports. Obama hopes he can turn those states blue with the help of get-out-the-vote operations launched during the primaries—and aims to use his financial heft to compete in states that haven't voted Democratic in decades. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Georgia  • North Carolina  • Alaska  • Missouri  • campaign trail  • political advertising  • Montana  • Patti Solis Doyle  • red state  • blue states

  • May 2008

    • Deadly Storms Sweep Southeast

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 9, 08 6:41 AM CDT

      Deadly Storms Sweep Southeast

      A deadly North Carolina twister was part of a powerful storm system that rocked the Southeast last night, AP reports. The Carolina tornado knocked three tractor-trailers off a highway, killing one and injuring two. Storms also hammered a shopping area in Mississippi, and homes in Tennessee and Alabama, where winds hit 60 mph. More »

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      North Carolina  • natural disaster  • storm  • Mississippi  • tornado  • Alabama  • Tennessee  • severe weather

    • FCC to Test TV's Digital Era in N. Carolina

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 7, 08 8:26 PM CDT

      FCC to Test TV's Digital Era in N. Carolina

      Wilmington, NC, will be a test market for the switchover to all-digital television, the Wall Street Journal reports. The US as a whole is to change from analog signals by Feb. 17, but Wilmington could flip by Sept. 8 as broadcasters and the Federal Communications Commissions worry over how the process will play out. More »

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      television  • FCC  • North Carolina  • digital television  • analog networks

    • Executions Are Back—So Are Fairness Issues

      newser  |  New York Times  |  May 7, 08 9:05 AM CDT

      Executions Are Back&mdash;So Are Fairness Issues

      The problem with the death penalty isn’t the method of execution, it’s “poor people getting lousy lawyers,”  the director of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project tells the New York Times . Now that the Supreme Court has green-lighted lethal injection and Georgia has resumed executions, opponents are pointing at shoddy public defense systems they say aren’t equipped to mount an adequate capital defense. More »

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      death penalty  • North Carolina  • capital punishment  • lawyer

    • Primary Rules Foil Some NC Republicans

      newser  |  News & Observer (Raleigh)  |  May 6, 08 4:04 PM CDT

      Primary Rules Foil Some NC Republicans

      North Carolina Republicans trying to vote in the Democratic primary are being frustrated—the state doesn't allow crossover voting. Rush Limbaugh has urged Republicans to vote for Hillary Clinton to prolong the fight, but election officials say voters' impulses today were genuine. "They see an active presidential election, and they want to be a part of it," a state official told the Raleigh News & Observer . More »

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      North Carolina  • North Carolina primary

    • Charlotte Observer Endorses Obama

      newser  |  Charlotte Observer  |  May 4, 08 3:28 PM CDT

      Charlotte Observer Endorses Obama

      Just ahead of North Carolina’s critical Tuesday primary, the Charlotte Observer has endorsed Barack Obama, calling on readers to "send a powerful message to the world."  The paper brushes off the inexperience of "one of the most powerful, effective speakers to seek the presidency in years," and emphasizes the greater importance of his judgement and intellect. More »

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Dems Hope May 6 Primary Will Settle Race

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Mar 30, 08 5:30 AM CDT

      Dems Hope May 6 Primary Will Settle Race

      Many Democratic observers are looking past the April 22 Pennsylvania primary to the May 6 contests in Indiana and North Carolina as a chance to finally determine the primary race before the national convention. With 187 delegates at stake, May 6 holds the biggest delegate trove remaining, and the outcome of the day's contests may sway uncommitted Dem superdelegates, Newsweek reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • superdelegates  • North Carolina  • Indiana primary  • Indiana  • North Carolina primary

    • Obama Backer Compares Clinton to McCarthy

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 22, 08 6:33 AM CDT

      Obama Backer Compares Clinton to McCarthy

      A retired Air Force general yesterday compared Bill Clinton to red-baiting Sen. Joe McCarthy, after Clinton made comments that seemed to question Barack Obama's patriotism. The former president said at a North Carolina rally, "I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country, and people could actually ask themselves who is right on these issues, instead of all this other stuff that always seems to intrude." More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Jeremiah Wright  • North Carolina  • Joe McCarthy

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