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Surry County would no longer be part of the 5th Congressional District, now represented by U.S. Rep.

This may not be as big as the outrage that poured out all over America when banks tried to charge debit card fees , but it's definitely going to make some people mad.

Gov. Bev Perdue heads a list of Democratic incumbents who won't seek re-election this year, but the Democratic Party in North Carolina is upbeat about its prospects, taking the position that the surprising turn of events is not a disaster, but an opportunity.

No matter how you feel about gas drilling, you have to feel it was wrong to ban Pennsylvania filmmaker Josh Fox from a congressional hearing on the controversial natural gas extraction method of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking." Fox, who made the Oscar-nominated documentary "Gasland" - which drilling supporters liken to anti-fracking propaganda ... (more)

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Many banks across the country, including several in Massachusetts, are charging customers if they close a checking or savings account within several months of opening it.

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller chats with the participants of La Fiesta del Pueblo on Sunday.

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The anti-gay contingent has declared Feb. 714 National Marriage Week - a euphemism, a whitewashing, a smokescreen that, in fact, does not celebrate marriage.

Blue, the first African-American House speaker in modern Southern history, said he has been approached by supporters about running since Gov.

U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick announced Tuesday that she won't run for re-election to her Charlotte-area district, marking the third incumbent in North Carolina's congressional delegation who won't run this year and opening up a historically Republican seat.

North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry received a low score for his environmental votes by the League of Conservation Voters.

On Jan. 31 the Associated Press released a story that should make everyone in CNY wake up in the middle of the night screaming.

Governor Perdue didn't call a press conference or step to a microphone, instead she pulled up the drawbridge to the Governor's mansion then sent out a short message saying she wasn't running for Governor - which Democrats, with quiet politeness, greeted with a sigh of relief because the most unpopular Governor in memory was no longer running at the ... (more)

Candidate for North Carolina governor Bob Etheridge said Monday he supports a temporary sales tax increase for education and opposes passage of a constitutional amendment that would limit marriage and other relationships.

Some things in particular are quintessentially American. Foods like apple pie, an unnatural fascination with big stuff, and baseball all come to mind immediately, but one thing takes the cake as the most essential to the American experience, and that is a free press.

In a poll that's about as scientific as a barn door, Erskine Bowles was far and away the top choice of people when asked: "Which Democrat would you like to see run for governor?" For the record, "Don't care" actually finished third - if you don't count the 41 percent who responded under the column that reads: "Doesn't matter, I'm a Republican and ... (more)

I just was looking around some websites, and thought that Rep. Brad Miller could have an escape hatch by running for Lieutenant Governor instead of running for Governor, because it is an open seat, since current Democratic Lieutenant Governor Walter Dalton is running for Governor.

In the past two weeks, two North Carolina Democrats decided to hang it up after seeing their districts redrawn to favor the GOP.

In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, North Carolina Rep, Bob Etheridge, D-N.C., thanks supporters for his re-election during the North Carolina Democratic Party's 2008 Election Night Victory Celebration in Raleigh, N.C. Former U.S. Rep.