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Perdue says 'hard, painful decisions' ahead for NC

Facing what she calls North Carolina's greatest challenges since the Great Depression, new Gov. Beverly Perdue told lawmakers Monday night they would have to make "hard, painful decisions" with state...

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Shuler will not seek Senate seat in 2010

Congressman Heath Shuler released the following statement today regarding his plans for the 2010 election cycle.

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NC congresswoman calls gay death case a 'hoax'

A North Carolina congresswoman under fire for calling a gay man's beating death a "hoax" says she should have selected her words more carefully.

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Report: SC governor was in Argentina, not hiking trail

ATLANTA South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is telling a newspaper that he was in Argentina during his unexplained 5-day absence, not hiking along the Appalachian Trail as his office previously said.

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SC governor admits to affair

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he's been having an affair with a woman from Argentina and will resign as head of the Republican Governors' Association.

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Wandering SC governor will find tough trail at home

COLUMBIASouth Carolina's governor once cited "moral legitimacy" when he was a congressman voting for President Bill Clinton's impeachment. He became a darling of fiscal conservatives over his...

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Gillespie explains vote against bullying bill

"For the first time in N.C. history," Gillespie added, "we have recognized homosexuals as a specific class of persons in our general statutes."

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Politicians call for disgraced governor to resign

The man who would replace South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford if he resigned over his affair with a woman in Argentina said Friday he wasn't calling for the governor's resignation, and would try to help...

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SC governor admits additional liaisons

COLUMBIASouth Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford admitted Tuesday that he saw his Argentine mistress more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by...

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Democrats threaten floor vote to break impasse

A powerful House committee chairman is threatening to force a floor vote to break the impasse on health care overhaul.

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Obama, in Raleigh, says vote on health-care plan not likely until fall

President Obama said in Raleigh today that Congress would likely not vote on a plan for health care reform until this fall.

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N.C. legislators approve $19 billion budget for 2009-10 fiscal year

The $19 billion state budget for 2009-10 received its final approval today in both chambers of the General Assembly.

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Robert Novak, political columnist, dies at 78

In recent years, Novak was part of a big Washington story, in ways he likely never intended, becoming a central figure in the Valerie Plame CIA leak case. Novak was the first to publish Plame's name,...

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Former DNC head Kirk replacing Kennedy

The governor of Massachusetts has picked former Democratic National Committee chairman Paul G. Kirk Jr. to temporarily replace the late Edward M. Kennedy in the U.S. Senate, according to Democratic...

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Foxx announces bid for fourth term representing 5th District

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, a Republican who represents much of northwestern North Carolina, announced today that she will seek a fourth term.

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Palin, Laura Bush coming to Charlotte

Sarah Palin and Laura Bush won't be coming to Wilkesboro for a women's event this summer after all. Organizers said yesterday that they are moving the venue from Wilkes Community College to Charlotte's...

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More than a million N.C. families to benefit from tax cuts for insurance

About 1 million North Carolinians are projected to benefit from a federal program that, beginning in 2014, will reduce the cost of their private health insurance, according to a study timed for release...

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Citizens meet the candidates at Partnership forum

Tuesday evening, candidates running for local offices were asked how they would help children and families if they get elected.

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Decision 2010: Early voting starts Thursday

Starting Thursday, you can vote early at three places in McDowell County.

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Elections board hears polling place squabble

The McDowell County Board of Elections voted 2-1 Tuesday to dismiss a complaint filed by a Democratic Party supporter who is accusing a Republican Party official of illegally moving a boundary marker...

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Board of Elections denies appeal about the moving of polling place marker

A Democratic Party supporter, who recently accused a Republican Party official of illegally moving a boundary marker at the Old Fort polling place, will not be able to appeal a recent decision by the...

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Greene bests Glenn for top cop job

The voters decided Tuesday to put Sheriff Dudley Greene in office for a full four-year term.

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Incumbent judges keep their seats

Tommy Davis, Randy Pool and Laura Powell will keep their positions on the District Court benches in McDowell and Rutherford counties.

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Republicans win in County Commission, Clerk of Court races

McDowell will again have an all-Republican Board of County Commissioners and a new person will take over the Clerk of Superior Court office.

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Gillespie wins re-election to N.C. House

Republican incumbent Mitch Gillespie easily won re-election to a seventh term in the N.C. House of Representatives, beating Democratic challenger Beth Ostgaard.

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Voters shake up School Board

Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and by 9 p.m. it was clear that three challengers had pulled ahead.

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Local turnout for early voting, Election Day: 44 percent

McDowell County reported a 44 percent voter turnout Tuesday, a figure that local officials say is pretty good for a mid-term election.

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'I did not break the law': Edwards faces 30 years on charges of using...

John Edwards, the former Democratic senator, vice presidential nominee and presidential candidate, faces up to 30 years in prison and $1.5 million in fines if convicted in a six-count felony indictment...

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Meadows, McHenry stop in Morganton

MORGANTON, N.C. — With just two weeks to go until a run-off race for the Republican nomination for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, candidate Mark Meadows stopped in Burke County on Monday...

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Vance Patterson speaks at Freedom Rally in Burke

MORGANTON — With a run-off election looming, local businessman Vance Patterson is still on the campaign trail, stopping to give a brief speech Saturday at the Burke County Tea Party’s first Freedom Rally.

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