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The Supreme Court is meeting to issue orders and hear arguments in cases about voting rights and warrantless home searches.

Republican John McCain's campaign is sending mixed signals about whether the candidate will offer new proposals to address the financial crisis.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Monday sought to assure supporters he can come from behind to defeat Democrat Barack Obama, who proposed new ways to address the economic turmoil.

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North Carolina's governor canceled the state's planned purchase of a $9 million passenger jet and officials asked the plane's manufacturer to return a $250,000 deposit.

The new chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says success as a university depends on taking care of its people.

Look at the calendar. It's that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, the temperatures are getting chillier, and you're probably thinking of ways to make good use of all that time you'll be spending ...

McCain has only himself to blame for the bad timing. He should months ago have begun challenging Obama's associations, before the economic meltdown allowed the Obama campaign to dismiss the charges as an act of ...

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has scheduled a campaign stop in Wilmington, his first North Carolina visit with voters since May.

Citigroup Inc. walked away from its attempt to buy Wachovia Corp. , handing victory to Wells Fargo & Co.

The attorney for a Marine accused of killing a pregnant colleague says his client is fighting extradition to the United States.

When about 3,000 people gather in Raleigh for a biennial conference of North Carolina community colleges, they'll get a taste of their own food.

A guard stands watch as Darryl Simpson lathers a tattooed neck and drags a straight razor over the dark Chinese characters, practicing the perfect shave.

The financial turmoil that has devastated the stock market is also battering Republicans in congressional races, giving Democrats a chance to topple GOP incumbents once considered safe and wrest seats in pivotal districts and states.

Voters' deepening anxiety about the economy following the enactment of a $700 billion financial industry bailout has created the conditions, just over three weeks from the Nov. 4 election, for an anti-Republican tide that could hand Democrats insurmountable majorities on both sides of the Capitol, according to lawmakers and strategists in both parties.

The surge in new voters that helped propel Barack Obama to his party's presidential nomination is carrying over to the general election _ 9 million newly registered voters who are overwhelmingly Democratic and ...

There's word that Billy Graham has been hospitalized after taking a minor fall. A hospital spokeswoman says Graham tripped over one of his dogs at his North Carolina home.

While all eyes Thursday were on Wall Street's plunge, its cause is being felt across America as the snowballing financial crisis sends an already weak economy into an accelerating decline.

It was a late night for John McCain's campaign - a post-debate repast of karaoke until the wee hours of the rain-soaked morning.

A health consultants' report says a North Carolina mental hospital where a patient died and others were beaten had leadership problems and was dysfunctional.