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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards was found not guilty Thursday on one of the six counts of campaign finance fraud against him.

By Donna Steph Hansard Dr. Tianshi David Wu had planned to be an engineer or programmer until his freshman year in college when his thoughts took a 180-degree turn.

Some girls begin their menstrual cycle before others and some boys acquire puberty characteristics before others - but check this out children who chronically witness violence are aging faster than children who aren't exposed to extreme violent behavior.

Despite a rosy outlook for jobs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, many students are still hesitant to pursue those majors.

Caleb Albert of Poth is congratulated by Dr. Cary H. Latimore IV, assistant professor of history and co-director of African American Studies at Trinity University , and Matthew Philbrook, coordinator of Educational Programs of the Duke University Talent Identification Program, during the May 14 state recognition ceremony at Trinity University.

Duke University is keeping its eye on some Florida 7th graders. Awards for Duke's Talent Identification Program were handed out in Sarasota Wednesday.

HangingTogether is a place where some of the staff at OCLC Research , particularly those of us who support the OCLC Research Library Partnership, can talk about the intersections we see happening between these different types of institutions.

As in the soothing melodies and soulful lyrics of " Summertime and the Living is Easy" , Duke Performance will host its 5th season of the Music in the Garden Series and ease audiences into a summer relaxation mode.

The 1,112 students who graduated from Westerville City Schools Saturday, May 26, were commended by district leaders for their achievements and future plans.

Vivek Wadhwa is vice president of Academics and Innovation at Singularity University, Fellow at Stanford Law School and Director of Research at Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.

J. Peder Zane is journalist who has worked at The News & Observer of Raleigh and The New York Times.

Dr. Manesh Patel, an interventional cardiologist at Duke Heart Center, poses for a photo in the lab at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C. Patel is participating in a research study of a way to treat high blood pressure by threading a catheter to the kidney and zapping nearby nerves that fuel blood pressure.

Tracey Cline, the former Durham district attorney, will have no choice but to present a full-throated defense of what appears to have been a strident comment about a judge.

Duke University chemists created a new set of flexible, electrically conductive nanowires from thin strands of copper atoms mixed with nickel.

Spritzing a sunscreen ingredient into the stratosphere could help counteract the effects of global warming , according to scientists behind an ambitious new geoengineering project.

Now, a team of researchers from Peking University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Duke University is harnessing the remarkable properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes to create highly sensitive, "uncooled" photovoltaic infrared detectors.

Crossroads GPS, the Super PAC associated with Karl Rove, the former advisor to President George W. Bush, has begun airing a new commercial in North Carolina.

They were first Mary Mitchell Harris, Gene Kendall, Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Cassandra Smith Rush, Nat White Jr.

A former FBI agent will release the results of his review of the police investigation that led to Kalvin Michael Smith's conviction in the 1995 beating of Jill Marker.

Upon arrival at START on April 26, 2012, guests were astounded to find umbrellas hanging from the ceiling with what looked like streams of water flowing off the tops of the umbrellas.