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Duke University approves tuition rise

Duke University trustees have approved a 3.8 increase in costs for undergraduates, bringing the total annual price of attending to $63,273 for 2015-16.Click to Continue »

 

Abandoned house photos make accidental political statement

The timing is coincidental, but organizers hope it's also serendipitous: An exhibit of photographs of abandoned houses in eastern North Carolina is opening at the state Museum of History as…Click to Continue »

 

Thousands drawn to NC for recent Civil War re-enactments

Events marking 150 years since a string of significant Civil War battles are leaving southeast North Carolina businesses counting the influx of off-season cash.Click to Continue »

 

Martin County $1 million lottery winner reaps another $200K

Although he's retired from catfish farming, James Harrison has landed another big one from the NC Education Lottery.Click to Continue »

 

Woman accused of not taking care of family dog over a year

A Fayetteville woman has been arrested after detectives say she allowed her family's dog to starve to death after failing to provide food and medication for more than a year.Click to Continue »

 

GOP leaders are struggling to show they really are in charge

Two months into full Republican control of Congress, GOP leaders are struggling to demonstrate they really are in charge.Click to Continue »

 

Why would GOP candidate for Missouri governor kill himself?

Missouri’s auditor, who fatally shot himself in an apparent suicide, had vowed to take down the state’s most powerful politicians and donors, including his fellow Republicans, when he launched an…Click to Continue »

 

Prominent Putin critic Boris Nemtsov shot dead near Kremlin

Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic Russian opposition leader and sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down Saturday near the Kremlin, just a day before a planned protest against the…Click to Continue »

 

In tiny Tyrone, Mo., ‘half of the town got killed last night’

In this tiny community, just a smattering of homes along two blacktop roads, residents can’t understand what made a man rip through homes of relatives and other neighbors on a…Click to Continue »

 

What’s in the conscience of today’s conservative?

The underlying conservative philosophy remains unquestioned. “Conservatives want people to do more,” said Carter Wrenn, a Republican consultant based in Raleigh, N.C. “We believe individual responsibility is the key to…Click to Continue »

 

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