July 2008 Archives

On the same day that a new report showed more North Carolina counties are battling drought than were last year, Gov.

North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley (D) is told to knock off his knuckle knocking with presidential candidates. A woman shells out $200,000 to run ads against her ex-husband, who’s running for Missouri attorney general. And Washington state Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) gets blocked from a capital city bar for not having identification. In case you missed those stories this week, Worth Noting fills you in.

ANNAPOLIS - Gov. Martin O'Malley has named former Maryland attorney general Stephen Sachs to head an independent review of Maryland State Police surveillance of anti-war and death-penalty opposition groups.

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Michelle Obama will appear at a campaign event and a fundraiser in Norfolk on Wednesday.

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Bowling Green's only taxi company has gone out of business. On Monday, there was a "For Lease" sign in the window of Yellow Cab's office and the taxis were locked in a fenced lot behind it.

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SOLDIERS, CITIZENS WITNESS WILKINSON'S MOST 'PAINFUL' DAY; RELIEVED OF DUTIES AT MILITARY CEREMONY AT FORT DEARBORN, 1811 At noon on Tuesday, Dec.

Florida marked a record number of public adoptions this year thanks to a new campaign that focuses on adoptions for older children, siblings and children with disabilities.

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The AIDS epidemic among African-Americans in some parts of the United States rivals that in some parts of Africa, researchers say.

The scholarship program started by former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards that has sent rural high school graduates to college for free is ending after three years, a newspaper reported Thursday.

Nestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. military veterans can claim their share of the American dream for pennies ...

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