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Southeastern Gas Shortage Wreaks Havoc

Lines reach 60 cars after hurricanes
disrupt supplies

Sep 26, 08 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gas is in short supply throughout the Southeast this week after oil production was hit hard by hurricanes Gustav and Ike, the Washington Post reports. Some didn’t make it to work as gas station lines grew to 60 cars long; half the stations in Atlanta were closed. “I... More »

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energy • Georgia • North Carolina • oil refineries • oil production • gas pipelines • gas stations • gas consumption

 Poll: Obama, McCain Tied
 in 5 Key States

Barack gains, Mac seen as 'typical Repub' as economy worries hit

Sep 18, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The race for the White House is in a dead heat in some vital swing states, according to a new CNN poll. The poll found John McCain and Barack Obama effectively tied in Florida and Ohio while in North Carolina, Indiana, and Wisconsin—where both contenders are pouring resources—neither... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • Wisconsin • Ohio • North Carolina • Indiana • poll • swing states • battleground states

OPINION

Obama Has
Lost Control
of the Election

He must skip the Palin sniping, remind voters what's at stake

Sep 12, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Talk about change: John McCain is hosting celebrity rallies of his own while all the excitement has fizzled out of the Barack Obama campaign, EJ Dionne observes in the Washington Post. "It's clear that Obama has lost control of this campaign." His task, then, is "to remind... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • North Carolina • voters • election • Sarah Palin

Passenger Fight Over Smoking Diverts Flight

Brother punched
by brother over
bathroom puff

Sep 7, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fight provoked by smoking in an airplane bathroom forced a JetBlue flight from Boston en route to Florida to land in Raleigh, NC, yesterday, CNN reports. A man reportedly argued with his brother about smoking on the plane, and one punched the other in the face, according to witnesses.... More »

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flight • JetBlue • North Carolina • fight

 Rainy Hanna Heads Up Coast 


Sep 6, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(AP) - Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward the New England states today after the storm's whipping winds and rain did not linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than isolated flooding and power outages. Hanna moved quickly inland after cruising ashore overnight with winds of around 50 mph. But... More »

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South Carolina • North Carolina • hurricane • Hurricane Hanna • Tropical Storm Hanna • Hurricane Ike

 Hanna Hits Carolinas

States suffer power loss, some flooding

Sep 6, 08 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tropical Storm Hanna hit the shores of the Carolinas this morning, bringing big waves and some flooding, wind damage, and blackouts, CNN reports. Some 22,000 homes in the two states lost power while nearly 2,000 residents entered shelters. “Large and dangerous battering waves” as well as tornadoes... More »

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South Carolina • North Carolina • flooding • power outage • hurricane • Tropical Storm Hanna

 Hanna Sets Sights 
 on Carolinas 

Some areas already flooded; officials preparing for worse

Sep 5, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Tropical Storm Hanna roared toward the Carolinas this afternoon on 30 mph winds projected to keep rising, many Charleston streets flooded and officials ordered voluntary evacuations in some low-lying areas, the Post and Courier reports. "All of our emergency persons are on duty,” the Berkeley County supervisor... More »

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South Carolina • Atlantic Ocean • North Carolina • Massachusetts • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike

 Hanna Threatens, 
 But All Eyes on Ike 

States act to protect citizenry from tropical storm, but worry about impending hurricane

Sep 4, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Southeastern states are taking precautions for the impending landfall of Hanna, which is expected to arrive as a low-level hurricane on Saturday, the AP reports. But planners and the East Coast populace are also looking down the road to Ike, which remains a Category 4 hurricane charging toward the Bahamas.... More »

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South Carolina • North Carolina • Massachusetts • disaster preparedness • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike

Ike Spikes to Cat 4, Deadly
Hanna Churns Toward US

Now Josephine's waiting in the wings

Sep 4, 08 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two major storms are churning across the Atlantic, with their chances of striking the US still unclear. Hurricane Ike has rapidly strengthened to a raging Category 4, while Tropical Storm Hanna is now battering the Bahamas after killing 26 in Haiti. Hanna could hit the US  Saturday anywhere between Georgia... More »

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Georgia • North Carolina • Haiti • National Hurricane Center • Dominican Republic • Bahamas • Hurricane Hanna • Hurricane Ike • Tropical Storm Josephine

 Hurricane 
 Hanna 
 Is Next 

Storm expected to reach Bahamas today

Sep 1, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(AP) - The National Hurricane Center has upgraded Hanna to a hurricane as it brings waves, rain, and blustery winds to the Turks and Caicos islands, the AP reports. Hurricane warnings—meaning the storm is expected to arrive within 24 hours—were issued for the island chain and the central and southeastern... More »

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Miami • North Carolina • hurricane • Bahamas • Hurricane Gustav • Hurricane Hanna

NC Hospital Faces Heat After Man Ignored
22 Hours Dies

Patient unattended as staff played cards

Aug 20, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities are threatening to cut funding for a North Carolina hospital where a psychiatric patient died after being ignored for 22 hours, the AP reports. It’s still not clear what killed the 50-year-old, who at one point choked on medication, but surveillance video shows him sitting unattended while... More »

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North Carolina • abuse • patient • death • hospital

Jogger in Mystery Murder Abused by Hubby: Family

Victim's parents, twin win custody of two children

Jul 18, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Husband Charged With Soldier's Murder

Marine killed wife, cops say; charred corpse found in NC woods

Jul 14, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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murder • North Carolina • Arson • Camp Lejeune • Holley Wimunc

Soldier Missing After Blaze in
NC Apartment

24-year-old divorcing man she accused of domestic violence

Jul 11, 08 5:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

OPINION

Don't Forget About the Other Jesse Helms

Right-wing senator hired blacks and battled AIDS with Bono

Jul 5, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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:... More »

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

UPDATED

Ex-Senator Jesse Helms
Dead at 86

Conservative icon had been in poor health since retirement

Jul 4, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

OPINION

Even Obama Can't Whistle
Through Dixie

He'll lose because white voters will cancel out black turnout: prof

Jul 1, 08 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Pregnant Soldier's Death Homicide: Cops

'Zodiac'-style letter claims responsibility for Touma's murder

Jun 30, 08 4:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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pregnancy • investigation • murder • US military • North Carolina • US Army • soldier • Fort Bragg • Megan Touma • Zodiac killer


 Obama Aims 
 to Take Back 
 the South 

Democrats think they can win Dixie

Jun 30, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

analysis

 How Obama Could Get Gored 

As in 2000, Dem could win popular vote, lose Electoral College to Republican

Jun 19, 08 3:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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