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Former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86 (Houston Chronicle)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:17:00 GMT

Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died today, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86.

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Former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms Dies at 86 (Get Mash)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:24:42 GMT

Former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms died early Friday morning. Read the full story

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Former North Carolina Sen. Jesse Helms Dies at 86 (Fox News)

foxnewsonline@foxnews.com — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:09:51 GMT

The Jesse Helms Center posted a brief statement on its Web site saying Helms died at 1:15 a.m. in Raleigh, N.C.

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North Carolina court to take a "fresh look" at the NC State "John Doe" cases, issues stay of subpoena to NC State in Elektra v. Doe (Recording Industry vs The People)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:26:00 GMT

In the Western District of North Carolina, in Elektra v. Does , the Raleigh, North Carolina, case targeting NC State students, District Judge Louise W. Flanagan has issued a ruling indicating that she is going to take a "fresh look" at the RIAA's John Doe cases, and has stayed the subpoena which the RIAA served upon the university. The ruling came in response to two John Does' motions...

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dfasdfasdf - Florence, North Carolina, Spain (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:26:31 GMT

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Read the book that took the "pro-gay content" out of the Governor's School of North Carolina! (gay youth news blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:33:00 GMT

The New Gay Teenager (Adolescent Lives) by Ritch C. Savin-Williams Read the book that took the "pro-gay content" out of the Governor's School of North Carolina ! Background here and here . Boidyke. Stem. Down low. Trannyboy. In this lively and broadly researched book, Cornell University psychologist Savin-Williams reveals that the words gay teenagers use to describe their sexual preferences...

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From 2006: background on the Governor's School of North Carolina (gay youth news blog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:18:00 GMT

... addition to complaining to DPI officials, the Burrowses wrote to editors at several newspapers in North Carolina. DPI officials have defended the seminar, saying it was optional for students to attend, as is the Governor’s School itself. The seminar, “ The New Gay Teenager ,” was based on a book with the same name, written by homosexual Cornell University professor Ritch Savin-Williams....

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North Carolina-based cycling team loses its wheels early (Today's Tribune-Review)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:42:33 GMT

It's Stage 3 of the Tour of Pennsylvania, and in the minds of most, this is where the race really starts.

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Marion to Deals Gap! - Topaco, North Carolina, United States (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:24:48 GMT

Jump to the full entry & travel map Topaco, North Carolina, United States We rode thru Gatlinburg, Tn to see the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum - I was surprised how many of them I had. Then on to the GAP. Daryl was insistent that I ride point. After a couple of miles, Jerry was too impatient, and he passed me and took off ahead. So it was me, Daryl and Bridget. Daryl wanted me to 'experience'...

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North Carolina Budget Woes: Coltrane vs. Taxpayers? (Government Bytes)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:47:40 GMT

North Carolina Governor Mike Easley (D) is struggling to find a budget compromise with the leaders of the General Assembly (both chambers controlled by Ds). Some politicians are suggesting doing away with agreed-upon relief of the gift tax, among other things, to fill a $70 million hole in the budget. NTU has suggested holding back on pay hikes for taxpayer-paid government jobs (North Carolina...

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Waiting for an an act of racial justice in North Carolina (StandDown Texas Project)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:21:17 GMT

That's the title of a post at Facing South, the blog of the Institute for Southern Studies. LINK In North Carolina last week more than 300 clergy members signed onto a letter sent to lawmakers urging the passage of the...

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Gray Thursday, and Friends in North Carolina (Isak)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:17:00 GMT

In honor of this afternoon of summer fog in Michigan, when many of my friends are gathering in North Carolina to celebrate writing and community, I feel compelled to embark on the list-making ritual that Americans are so wont to...

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North Carolina Libertarian Party Gubernatorial candidate asks for support (Third Party Watch)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:59:13 GMT

This is a message from North Carolina Libertarian Party candidate Michael Munger, who is running for Governor: Hello! I hope you and yours are doing well. As you know, I have been working to run for Governor of North Carolina, as a Libertarian, for the past two years. Well, we got the 105,000 signatures, and we [...]

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North Carolina first lady gets 88% pay raise (The COLOSSUS OF RHODEY)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:04:15 GMT

On the same day her lavish spending on an overseas trip was front-page news (see , at Colossus), [Democrat] Gov. Mike Easley’s wife Mary received a $79,700 pay raise for her job at North Carolina State University, according to public records obtained from the school. Ms. Easley began working at NCSU three years ago with the title of executive-in-residence/senior lecturer. Until June 30 her salary...

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Jesse Helms: Republican Senator for North Carolina (Times Online)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:24:30 GMT

He returned to North Carolina for a three-year stint as news and programme director at a local radio station before going to Washington as a congressional aide in 1951. By the late 1950s he was back in North Carolina, where he won elective office for the first time as a member of Raleigh City Council. His political views, however, got more exposure through his appointment as executive...

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Obama's North Carolina opportunity (BBC News)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:12:31 GMT

The BBC's Katty Kay goes to North Carolina, a Republican stronghold, where Democratic hopeful Barack Obama is making a bid for victory.

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Video: Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86 (MSNBC.com: Nightly News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:13:44 GMT

July 4: Jesse Helms, the blunt-talking North Carolina Republican served thirty years in Congress before retiring in 2003. NBC’s Martin Savidge reports. (Nightly News)

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North Carolina Mental Health Parity Law Takes Effect (Medical News Today)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:00:00 GMT

North Carolina health care insurers must provide the same amount of coverage for certain mental conditions as they do for physical ailments under a state law that took effect on Tuesday, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.

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Jesse Helms dead at 86 (Hillbilly White Trash)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:30:00 GMT

Raleigh, N.C. — Jesse Helms, the firebrand United States senator whose outspoken, conservative views polarized North Carolina and U.S. voters for decades, died at 1:15 a.m. Friday in Raleigh, according to John Dodd, president of the Jesse Helms Center. He joins the second, third and fifth presidents of the United States – John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe – who also died on Independence...

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North Carolina teen testifies he fatally shot clerk in Mt. Oliver (Today's Tribune-Review)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:12:09 GMT

A North Carolina teenager admitted on the witness stand Wednesday that he robbed a Mt. Oliver convenience store and killed the clerk. "I got scared. I didn't mean to pull the trigger," Eric D. Hancock, 17, told an Allegheny County judge. "I wish I could take it all back." Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey A. Manning is expected to announce a verdict today for Hancock. Assistant District Attorney Lisa...

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