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Earnhardt Jr to miss 2 races after 2 concussions
Dale Earnhardt Jr. knew he had suffered a concussion in an August crash so jolting that other drivers tweeted about it immediately after the impact.
Diminished GOP brand heightens Romney's challenge
Even with his strong debate performance, Mitt Romney needs every possible advantage to overtake President Barack Obama in the next four weeks.
North Carolina: A political mix of old and new
North Carolina's population has nearly doubled since 1970, fueled by an economic expansion that brought an influx of Midwesterners, Northeasterners ...
Bad weather caused Air Force 2 to delay landings
Bad weather forced the plane carrying Vice President Joe Biden to delay landings twice on Tuesday. Air Force Two was approaching Charlotte Douglas ...
Biden: Middle class been 'buried' the last 4 years
Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the middle class has been "buried" during the past four years, a statement that Republicans immediately ...
Obama using voter registration to stay close in NC
Dozens of volunteers armed with clipboards and voter registration forms gather at President Barack Obama's field office here every day. Their mission: ...
Man once on death row faced financial problems
Joyce Robbins wanted to know why her aunt wasn't coming to a big family barbeque. Mamie Brown and her husband, Joseph Green Brown, who was on ...
NFL official: 'Grandmoms' could've made right call
NFL field judge Boris Cheek said while the league and the regular officials are meeting, he doesn't know if the latest controversial call Monday night ...
Romney says Clinton can 'do a man a lot of good'
Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney is unlikely to win Bill Clinton's vote, but that doesn't mean he can't soak up a bit of the popular former ...
Panthers WR Steve Smith unhappy with QB Cam Newton
Panthers receiver Steve Smith says he" lit into" Cam Newton about his actions on the sideline when the young quarterback was replaced late in the ...
Brown runs for 2 TDs as Giants rout Panthers 36-7
Just walking by the parking lot outside the Carolina Panthers' stadium got Andre Brown's blood pumping. The Panthers, like four other teams since ...
Manning, Brown help Giants rout Panthers 36-7
Eli Manning didn't need a fourth-quarter comeback Thursday night. The two-time Super Bowl champion quarterback, running back Andre Brown and the rest ...
Gordon looks to bounce back from wreck in opener
When a car crashed in his front yard, Jeff Gordon tweeted a photo of the vehicle stuck in his hedges. He was immediately flooded with responses, many ...
NASCAR reinstates AJ Allmendinger
The first phase of his comeback complete, an optimistic AJ Allmendinger is ready to get on with his life. He's hopeful that includes another job in ...
QB Newton helps lead Panthers over Saints 35-27
Cam Newton says the attitude is changing in Carolina. The second-year quarterback said there's a new swagger and confidence permeating the ...
Newton leads Panthers past Saints 35-27
Cam Newton talked all week about how much better the Carolina Panthers were on offense then they showed in their season opener. He proved it on Sunday
NFL pulls side judge for being Saints fan
The NFL has removed a replacement official from the New Orleans-Carolina game because it discovered he's a Saints fan. Side judge Brian Stropolo has ...
Slow rebound may determine whether NC really swung
In many ways, Keith Fountain's personal economic odyssey is North Carolina's. After a decade at Lucent Technologies, Fountain was making $22 an hour ...
Gloomy jobs report shadows race with 60 days left
A dismal new snapshot of jobs in America shadowed the presidential campaign on Friday, testing the voter patience that will save or sink President ...
3 days are enough: Are 2-day conventions next?
Message to convention planners: Three days are enough. Both major parties packed their presidential nominating conventions into 72 hours, one day ...
Obama's task: Keep the race a choice
President Barack Obama's fall mission: Remind voters why they chose him in the first place, hope the economy doesn't get worse — and paint Mitt Romney ...
Obama adviser: President's speech had specifics
A senior adviser to President Barack Obama's campaign says the Democrat's convention speech offered plenty of specifics that show voters where he ...
Not heard much in Charlotte: TARP, stimulus
They are the missing pages of a convention story line, ideas and initiatives once prominently featured in President Barack Obama's agenda.
Obama's convention evolution complete
President Barack Obama's convention evolution is complete. Eight years ago, the little-known Democrat rocketed into the political spotlight with a ...
Asking 2nd term, Obama says nation will recover
His re-election in doubt, President Barack Obama conceded only halting progress Thursday night toward fixing the nation's stubborn economic woes but ...