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I support Mecklenburg District Attorney Peter Gilchrist's efforts to target repeat offenders.

A new poll of 20 nations, with 62 percent of the world's population, finds that among global leaders, President Obama inspires the most confidence. The leaders of Russia and Iran inspire the least.

When President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI today, no right-wing Catholic demonstrators will be upbraiding the pontiff, as they did Notre Dame for conferring the church's legitimacy upon this liberal politician.

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Here's a collection of Kevin Siers cartoon on the saga of ex-Gov. Mike Easley and former first lady Mary Easley.

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A new poll of 20 nations, with 62 percent of the world's population, finds that among global leaders, President Obama inspires the most confidence. The leaders of Russia and Iran inspire the least.

When President Obama meets with Pope Benedict XVI today, no right-wing Catholic demonstrators will be upbraiding the pontiff, as they did Notre Dame for conferring the church's legitimacy upon this liberal politician.

So, if a Myers Park kid misses 10 days of school does CMS contact their mortgage company?

The death of Robert McNamara at 93 was less a faint reverberation of a receding era than a reminder that mentalities are the defining attributes of eras, and certain American mentalities recur with, it sometimes seems, metronomic regularity.

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2008 Citistates Report: “Charlotte is just now being born as a metropolitan community. Sure, it's always been a city. But something bigger is happening now."