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    <title>North Carolina News for Washington Bureau</title>
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          <title>By Being Patient, North Carolina Plays Kingmaker in Presidential Race</title>
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                    North Carolina's presidential primary held an important lesson for states that rushed to move up their contests this year: Sometimes, it pays to be patient.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-08T18:17:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Calls Increase for Clinton to Step Aside</title>
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                    With fewer options, Hillary Clinton is on her way out. 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-07T22:47:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Segways help injured veterans regain mobility</title>
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                    About 30 disabled Iraqi war veterans were given Segways through the Segs4Vets program to increase their mobility. 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-07T16:52:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Young, Black and College&#45;Educated Voters Fuel Obama&#8217;s North Carolina Primary Victory</title>
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                    Clinton narrowly wins Indiana, vows to keep her campaign going. 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-07T04:31:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Wins Decisively in N.C.</title>
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                    How he did it: Obama was the preferred candidate of nine of 10 black voters, both men and women, according to exit polls. African-Americans represented one-third of voters in North Carolina&#8217;s primary.  Clinton was the favorite of white men and women, but Obama did well enough with whites to deny the New York senator a victory. <br />

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          <pubDate>2008-05-06T21:05:01-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Clinton, Obama Leave Fate in N.C. in Voters&#8217; Hands</title>
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                    Campaigns Split on Meaning of Tuesday's Vote
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          <pubDate>2008-05-05T20:29:01-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Cancer Society Presses Presidential Candidates on Tobacco</title>
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                    Armed with new poll data, a national bus tour and a presidential voter guide, anti-smoking advocates are ready to play in 2008.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-05T17:25:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Shunned in Big Cities, Bill Clinton Turns to Small&#45;Town America</title>
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                    In the small, mostly white working-class towns that dot North Carolina Bill Clinton still gets greeted like a rock star when he stumps on behalf of his wife.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-05T00:25:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Campaigns Urge Voters to Ignore Demographic Destiny</title>
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                    Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are going after each other's political base. 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-04T10:01:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Clinton, Obama Continue Battle Over Gas Tax</title>
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                    Hillary Clinton spent most of Saturday in North Carolina, while Barack Obama decamped for Indiana 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-04T01:15:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Campaigns Shift to Get Out Vote in North Carolina</title>
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                    Turnout will play a major role in which candidate wins the state. 
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          <pubDate>2008-05-02T21:27:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Small businesses upset by Medicare changes</title>
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                    Medicare recipients may soon get a break on the cost of wheelchairs, walkers, hospital beds and other medical equipment, but some suppliers warn that the more affordable equipment will come at the cost of patient care.  
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          <pubDate>2008-05-02T15:31:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Congressman Wants Help For Transferred Service Members&#8217; Mortgages</title>
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                    Service men and women rotated to new duty stations finding it harder to find buyers for their houses. A Florida congressman asks the Defense Secretary how Congress can help.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-01T13:52:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama, Clinton Focus on NAFTA, Less on Trade with China</title>
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                    To court blue-collar workers, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have spent months bashing NAFTA, the landmark trade deal that dropped barriers between Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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          <pubDate>2008-05-01T08:46:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>An &#8216;Outraged&#8217; Obama Denounces Ex&#45;Pastor</title>
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                    To a crowd of 2,500 people at a town-hall meeting at the Joel Coliseum Annex yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama portrayed himself as the only candidate capable of healing the divisions in the United States and doing something to alleviate the struggles of working-class American families.  But to a small gathering of reporters after that meeting, he not only denounced the incendiary remarks of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, his former pastor of 20 years, but also the man himself.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-30T09:23:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Hillary Clinton visits Concord, N.C., enjoys barbecue</title>
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                    A crowd of Sen. Hillary Clinton supporters stood through a downpour of rain Monday afternoon for the opportunity to hear the presidential hopeful speak in downtown Concord.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-29T08:26:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>U.S. to impose tariff on Honduran sock imports</title>
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                     The Bush administration decided Thursday to impose a 5 percent tariff on Honduran socks later this year after finding that imports of low-priced cotton footwear from Central America were hurting struggling sock makers in North Carolina and Alabama.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-28T09:09:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Florida, Michigan Dems Get Hearing On Delegate Appeals</title>
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                    Hearing set for May 31 in D.C. could determine whether Hillary Clinton gets any benefit from her primary wins in those states.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-25T18:27:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Southern states lauded for investment in pre&#45;kindergarten</title>
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                    With state governments pressed for money, many Southeast governors are drawing praise from an education advocacy organization for setting aside more money for pre-kindergarten programs.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-23T14:30:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>N.C. debate called off</title>
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                    It's official: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will not debate in North Carolina after all.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-22T10:25:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Clinton, Obama reaching out to women voters</title>
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                    Both Democratic candidates are reaching out to women voters through organized groups, prominent women and events aimed at women.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-22T10:23:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Coal Boom to Bust?</title>
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                    New power plants face challenges as Congress moves to regulate global warming gas emissions.<br />

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          <pubDate>2008-04-21T09:39:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>North Carolina Cancer Doctor Named Number Two at FDA</title>
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                    Torti of Wake Forest becomes the FDA's first chief scientist
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          <pubDate>2008-04-09T19:37:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Fla. Seeks Break On Hurricane Shelter Rule</title>
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                    Added costs of tornado-proofing puts projects at risk, officials say
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          <pubDate>2008-04-07T12:21:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Democrats ask who can best win election</title>
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                    As the Democratic presidential race intensifies in North Carolina, both candidates argue that they are best not only because of their policy positions and personal traits, but also because they would have the greatest chance to beat Sen. John McCain, the Republican candidate, in November.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-07T09:30:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Winston&#45;Salem Clinton office draws backers</title>
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                    The Winston-Salem area campaign headquarters for Sen. Hillary Clinton&#8217;s presidential bid opened Sunday afternoon to enthusiastic support.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-07T09:27:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>Lack of Farm Bill leads to some uncertainty for North Carolina farmers</title>
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                    Farmers say Congress&#8217; inability to act is causing them some heartburn.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-03T11:26:00-04:00</pubDate>
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          <title>FDA Tobacco Regulation Heads to Full House</title>
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                    A key House panel on Wednesday voted to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco.
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          <pubDate>2008-04-02T18:34:00-04:00</pubDate>
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                    When it comes to a child&#8217;s well being, a new report says where he or she lives may make a big difference.
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                    Several North Carolina congressmen are on the verge of endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, according to Democrats familiar with the discussions.
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                    A report that all of North Carolina's Democratic members of Congress were set to endorse Barack Obama is false<br />

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                    John Edwards is still neutral.  The former senator from North Carolina is one of a handful of nationally prominent Democratic politicians who have not endorsed either Clinton or Obama, and both candidates have vigorously courted his endorsement.
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                    Sen. Barack Obama has raised a total of $1.53 million from individual donors in North Carolina through February, pulling away from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who raised $1.09 million, according to campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission.
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                    Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, campaigning last night in Winston-Salem, N.C., dismissed calls for her to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. 
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                    Sen. Barack Obama harshly criticized Republican Sen. John McCain - and all but ignored his Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton - as he campaigned yesterday before a raucous, roaring crowd of about 2,000 in North Carolina.
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                    Barack Obama will return to North Carolina this week, and Hillary Rodham Clinton will make her first stop here, bringing the Tar Heel primary season into full swing.
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                    Even back-to-back, one-on-one personal meetings with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton last week in Charlotte were not enough to help Statesville Democrat and superdelegate David Parker into endorsing a presidential nominee. 
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                    WASHINGTON--A House panel passed a sweeping tobacco regulation bill last night that has divided the country's biggest tobacco companies over the potential for new government control. <br />
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After blocking repeated Republican attempts to delay the legislation, the Democrat-controlled Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 18-9 to pass a bill to give the Food and Drug Administration regulatory control over tobacco products. <br />

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                    Looking to give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco, lawmakers bogged down in procedural debate and amendments postponed action until Tuesday.
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                    Sen. Richard Burr of N.C. wants to change the way disabled veterans are compensated.
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          <pubDate>2008-02-28T17:33:00-04:00</pubDate>
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                    Gov. Mike Easley, D-N.C., joked with reporters Sunday, saying he was ready to make an endorsement in the 2008 race.
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                    A new poll shows Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton among North Carolina residents likely to support a Democratic candidate for president.
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                    The North Carolina lawmaker was one of several Republicans to play nice with the accused steroid user. 
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                    Though Barack Obama has surged ahead of Hillary Clinton in the all-important race for delegates, it&#8217;s increasingly possible that neither candidate will have the majority needed to win the nomination when the primary season ends.  The nominee could be determined by the votes of  North Carolina's 796 superdelegates: local activists, congressmen, former presidents and party insiders from every state who can vote for whomever they please.
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                    Congress is moving to give chicken growers more power in their dealings with big poultry companies.
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                    There is no shortage of possible number twos on John McCain's ticket
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                    The top remaining presidential candidates in the Republican and Democratic parties, reflecting the close race for the White House nationwide, are running neck and neck in their efforts to raise money from North Carolinians.
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                    With a Southern swagger and a populist message, John Edwards forced the issue of poverty into the limelight of the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign, his supporters in North Carolina said yesterday.
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                    Arizona senator still opposes national insurance backstop for hurricane-prone states like Florida, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
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                    The shuttered Seneca, S.C. mill where John Edwards' father worked is set for rebirth.  
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                    Something is happening to America's notoriously apathetic voters. They care. 
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                    John Edwards has abandoned South Carolina this week, looking for an upset win in Nevada.
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                    The Bush administration said Friday that imports of socks from Honduras were hurting sock manufacturers in North Carolina and Alabama, and moved closer to imposing a tariff on socks shipped here from the tiny Central American nation.
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                    African-American women voters could determine the outcome of the first Democratic primary in the South and say skin color and sex are less important than issues.  <br />

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                    The former Arkansas governor is wooing less fervently religious working class voters who have been hurt by the loss of manufacturing jobs. <br />

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                    John Tilley is a rare breed of American. It&#8217;s not so much that the 2000 graduate of North Iredell High School entered the military as an enlisted man despite having earned a college degree, which is a prime door-opener for officer candidacy.t The thing that qualifies Tilley as unique is that he can be seen fulfilling his military obligation on marching in ever so precise ways.
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                    He won the Palmetto State four years ago, but one poll shows him with just half the support of Obama or Clinton.
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                    John Edwards did not get the first-place result he was hoping for in last night&#8217;s Iowa caucuses, but campaign advisers and independent analysts said that he remains a contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.<br />
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                    Rep. Virginia Foxx said Friday that she would support former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney&#8217;s bid to become the Republican presidential nominee. <br />

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                    Previous studies have found that the fiscal impact of both legal and unauthorized immigrants is slightly positive for state and local governments &#8211; that the tax revenues they generate exceed the cost of government services they use...
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                    The Bush administration on Friday delayed a decision on a key trade provision being sought by struggling North Carolina sock makers
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                    Bills would allow Food and Drug Administration to regulate cigarettes
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                    The domestic sock industry has suffered as imports from tiny Honduras have risen
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                    Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said Thursday that his failure to win a spot on the GOP leadership team in the Senate was disappointing, but not entirely surprising. <br />

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                    The House easily passed a bill Wednesday that would increase the number of people eligible for job training and unemployment benefits because their jobs moved overseas.
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                    WASHINGTON - The House easily passed a bill Wednesday that would increase the number of North Carolinians eligible for job training and unemployment benefits because their jobs moved overseas. 
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                    Nearly a majority of public school students in North Carolina come from low-income families, reflecting significant growth since 2000, the Southern Education Foundation reported Tuesday.
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                    To cope with the worst drought in more than 100 years, North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley told a House committee Thursday he is considering activating the National Guard and imposing tighter water restrictions. 
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                    Thomas Schroeder, a Winston-Salem attorney who has defended R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., appeared to be on his way to a seat on the U.S. District Court for middle North Carolina after a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. <br />

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                    The No. 2 commander of U.S. special operations troops has stepped into the crosshairs of a North Carolina congressman, who wants an investigation of the general. <br />

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