March 27, 2008 -
Residents of coal mining communities have a significantly higher risk of developing serious health problems, according to a new study by West Virginia University scientists.
March 27, 2008 -
This is part of an ongoing series covering the North Carolina primary elections this May.
March 26, 2008 -
Yesterday New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin lashed out at the Times-Picayune newspaper for reporting on a deal landed by his family's company to install countertops for a Central City Home Depot at the
March 26, 2008 -
Sixteen national religious organizations filed formal comments [PDF] yesterday opposing the Bush administration's $150 billion plan to update the nation's nuclear arsenal, calling the proposed Nuclear Weapons Complex Transformation project wastef
March 26, 2008 -
This is part of a series of Facing South posts covering the upcoming North Carolina primary elections.
March 26, 2008 -
CORRECTION: We had an Excel problem which botched our figures on party registration. We correctly reported that 46% of new North Carolina voter registrations since January were Democrats. However, only 17% of the new registrations were Republican. The remaining 37% were Unaffiliated.
March 26, 2008 -
Earlier this week we brought you the story of North Carolina state Rep. Thomas E. Wright, a New Hanover County Democrat expelled from the legislature last week over charges that he misappropriated almost $350,000 in campaign and other funds. He and his attorneys -- among them N.C.