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Karissa Webb, 10, a fourth-grader at West Lake Elementary, works on her homework at home with a help from her mother, Carman Webb, on Wednesday, May 22.

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North Carolina NAACP leaders spoke to reporters Monday in support of a resolution passed Saturday by the national NAACP endorsing same-sex marriage and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law." The move comes just weeks after North Carolina voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that defines marriage as ... (more)

When the chatter increases on education, passions grow a bit stronger. We're reminded that children are our future, and that the competition for jobs is tough and how much education helps.

At a Charlotte fundraiser last month, businessman Frank Dowd IV made Republican Mitt Romney an offer: If the campaign ever needed an event site, he’d happily offer his factory floor.

North Carolina voters have spoken. Now it's other people's turn. And, around the country, many of them are so mad at Tuesday's results on Amendment One that they're calling for the Democratic National Convention to be yanked out of Charlotte.

North Carolina approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday defining marriage solely as a union between a man and a woman, becoming the latest state to effectively slam the door shut on same-sex marriages.

Supporters and opponents of the proposed constitutional amendment on marriage in North Carolina made some of the final closing arguments Thursday evening in a nine-month old debate that ends with next week's primary.

The polls, which for months showed Amendment 1 passing by a healthy margin, have tightened.