No. 1 Northampton 17-4 vs. No. 16 Northside 12-10; No. 8 Northampton - East 13-9 vs. No. 9 Mattamuskeet 11-8; No. 5 East Carteret 14-9 vs. No. 12 Gates County 9-14; No. 4 Ayden-Grifton 15-6 vs. No. 13 South Creek 14-10; No. 3 Plymouth 15-4 vs. No. 14 Sou

GREENBELT, Md. , Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brian Thompson, a teacher at Terry Sanford High School, Fayetteville, North Carolina, has been awarded an Endeavor Fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA's E

Rep. Sue Myrick's announcement last week that she would not run for another term prompted us to look back at her nearly three-decades-long political career. After serving a term on the Charlotte City Council from 1983 to 1985, Myrick was elected mayor in

If the Boy Scouts ever need a slogan, they might consider the words of Greensboro attorney Robert Dick Douglas Jr. of Greensboro, who said of scouting, "It filled my life with the right things." That's a lot of right things in a life of 100 years. Dougla

ANDERSON, SC -- To fans around the world, he is known as J. Cole. But to his mom, Kay Cole, the 27-year-old is simply called Jermaine. "His full name is Jermaine Lamar Cole," she said. And on Sunday, she will accompany her youngest son to the 54th annual

Still, the notion of an entire N.C. Museum of History exhibit on Eagle Scouts in

Raleigh, N.C. — A group of anti-war organizations planned a protest Friday evening outside the Terry Sanford Federal Building in Raleigh to demonstrate opposition to American intervention in Iran. Raleigh is one of dozens of cities to see protests as rhe

As news spread Governor Beverly Perdue would not seek a second term we couldnt help but think about the Kenny Rogers song, The Gambler. Youve got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, know when to walk away, know when to run. Democratic leaders

When Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton took to the stage Saturday in front of a fired-up crowd at a North Carolina Democratic Party shindig in Greensboro, it seemed like a return to the old-school days of Terry Sanford and Jim Hunt, when gravelly Southern accents h

BOSTON - Renewed efforts to ban hand-held cellphones while … BOSTON - The nation's oceans chief has turned down a request … BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick says he no longer sees the gasoline… BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick is heading out of state again to

BOSTON -- Gov. Deval Patrick is heading out of state again to help raise money for Democrats. Patrick is the keynote speaker at the Sanford Hunt Frye Dinner, an annual event sponsored by the North Carolina Democratic Party. Tickets for the Saturday night

View full sizeMassachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, right, responds to applause as he steps on the podium as Mass. Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, left, and Mass. Senate President Therese Murray, behind, look on in the House Chamber, at the Statehouse bef

Gov. Deval Patrick is heading out of state again to help raise money for Democrats. Patrick is the keynote speaker at the Sanford Hunt Frye Dinner, an annual event sponsored by the North Carolina Democratic Party. Tickets for the Saturday night dinner ar

DURHAM -- Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, a descendant of the Duke family who was devoted to philanthropy, education, human rights and the arts, died Wednesday after a short period of declining health. She was 91. Semans was born into extraordinary privil

To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. DURHAM, N.C. – The two men tasked with solving our nation's deficit crisis spoke at Duke University on We

I originally posted this diary at DailyKos, but James asked me to cross-post here, and I'm more than happy to comply. I just purged a few errors from the diary that DailyKos users pointed out. Let's start with a short discussion of how North Carolina Pol

Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks during the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 18, 2011 There's an inconvenient political truth for Texas Governor Rick Perry: he was his state's 1988 campaign chairman for then U.S. Senator Al G

Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, who led the bipartisan deficit commission, will speak at Duke University on Jan. 18. The event, "Decision Time: Bowles, Simpson and the Federal Budget," is part of Duke's Terry Sanford Distinguished Lecture series. The ta

Terry Sanford figures his first hunting excursion into the fields and woods near his family's Petal...- 9:56 pm NEW ORLEANS A lawsuit alleging the Army Corps of Engineers ruined property in St.- 3:48 pm Local author Ben Willoughby will autogra