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2012 conventions embrace social media openness
Democrats and Republicans are using social media to turn their national conventions away from the smoke-filled rooms of yore and into meetings where ...
Carl Pettersson takes 1-shot lead at Wyndham
Golf is a game of streaks, and Carl Pettersson wants to ride this hot surge as long as possible — perhaps all the way through his adopted hometown ...
Big-name no-shows for the GOP, Dem conventions
Sarah Palin and George W. Bush won't be in Tampa, Fla. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore won't make the trip to Charlotte, N.C. And scores of other ...
Romney seeks to undercut Obama's likability lead
Mitt Romney is portraying the outwardly calm President Barack Obama as a man seething with animosity and power lust as the Republicans seek to ...
Ohioan wanted in NC murder arrested after manhunt
Federal agents arrested an Ohio man at a motel Wednesday morning in the killing of his on-and-off girlfriend during a vacation to North Carolina's ...
Evangelist Billy Graham returns to western NC home
Evangelist Billy Graham is out of a North Carolina hospital following a two-day stay for treatment of bronchitis. Pulmonologist Daniel Fertel said in ...
Rentals mean quick cash during conventions
For Dustin Read, the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte seemed like a surefire way to make extra money. An estimated 35,000 people ...
UNC reviewing possible post of Peppers' transcript
North Carolina is investigating how what appears to be a transcript for former football star Julius Peppers surfaced on the university's website.
Biden calls Ryan policies 'irresponsible'
Vice President Joe Biden welcomed Republican Paul Ryan to the presidential race Monday with a blistering attack on GOP policies that Biden said would ...
Evangelist Billy Graham improving at NC hospital
Evangelist Billy Graham remains in stable condition after a restful night at the North Carolina hospital where he's being treated for bronchitis.
An upbeat Romney with Paul Ryan by his side
The usually buttoned-up Mitt Romney repeatedly gave a thumbs-up. He passed around dozens of high fives. And at every stop, he clapped the back of his ...
Schaub makes return, Texans beat Panthers 26-13
Matt Schaub declared the rust gone after his first action in nine months. Schaub led one scoring drive and threw an interception in his first game ...
Missing NH vacationer is found 2 weeks later in NC
Hugh Armstrong says he hitchhiked and walked 1,000 miles south from New Hampshire without knowing who he was. Then he heard his granddaughter's name ...
Tough talk: Romney is looking to shift campaign
Mitt Romney faces urgent tasks as he heads into a new phase of the White House race: Repair an image damaged by negative Democratic advertising and ...
Upset with DNC location, unions hold own rally
Upset by the Democratic Party's decision to stage its presidential convention in a Southern state long viewed as hostile to organized labor, union ...
Company once known as Blackwater settles arms case
The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million fine to settle federal criminal charges related ...
Gunman exhorted other white supremacists to act
Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal bands and posted frequent comments on Internet forums for skinheads, repeatedly exhorting ...
Gunman in Sikh temple attack was white supremacist
Before he strode into a Sikh temple with a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition, Wade Michael Page played in white supremacist heavy metal ...
Coroner: Signs point to 'natural death' for Urso
A coroner said signs pointed to "an apparent natural death" pending results from toxicology tests and on other tissue after an autopsy performed on ...
Sikh temple shooter said to be white supremacist
The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin before being shot to death by police was identified Monday as a 40-year-old Army ...
Charlotte police say they're ready for protests
For this summer's Democratic National Convention, Charlotte will add thousands of police from outside departments and spend millions on training, ...
NC regulators hire law firm to probe Duke Energy
North Carolina utilities regulators said Wednesday they have hired a former federal prosecutor with experience digging into corporate affairs to ...
Dems pick first Hispanic for convention keynote
Marking a first for Hispanics, the Democratic party has chosen the mayor of San Antonio to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National ...
Key role for Bill Clinton at Democratic convention
Former President Bill Clinton will have a marquee role in this summer's Democratic National Convention, where he will make a forceful case for ...