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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.

A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, but election officials quickly lined up to defend ...

Parking lot politics in central North Carolina have some people crying foul. A lot owner put up "no parking" signs targeting Barack Obama supporters.

The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster exists in the State of North Carolina and ordered federal aid to supplement state and ...

The new vertical driver's license for North Carolinians younger than 21 years old is sure to help store clerks and bartenders checking identification for people purchasing alcohol.

When the Tennessee Republican Party issued a press release in February titled "Anti-Semites for Obama" - with references to "Barack Hussein Obama" and a picture of the senator in a traditional Somali outfit ...