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No money for sterilization victims in North Carolina budget
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina's effort to become the first state to compensate people subjected to involuntary sterilizations failed when legislators passed a $20.2 billion budget on Thursday...
Southern Baptists set to elect first black president
(Reuters) - The largest Protestant denomination is poised to elect the first black president in its 167-year history, just weeks after the predominately white religious group reprimanded one of its...
Southern Baptists set to elect first black president
(Reuters) - The largest Protestant denomination is poised to elect the first black president in its 167-year history, just weeks after the predominately white religious group reprimanded one of its...
Same-sex parents sue over North Carolina adoption law
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging North Carolina's prohibition against same-sex couples adopting each other's children. The ban on so-called...
U.S. will not seek new trial of John Edwards
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Justice Department dropped its criminal case against former U.S. Senator John Edwards on Wednesday, closing the book on a prosecution that had threatened the...
Same-sex parents sue over North Carolina adoption law
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging North Carolina's prohibition against same-sex couples adopting each other's children. The ban on so-called...
U.S. will not seek new trial of John Edwards
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - The Justice Department dropped its criminal case against former U.S. Senator John Edwards on Wednesday, closing the book on a prosecution that had threatened the...
Ex-Senator Edwards: tarnished golden boy
(Reuters) - As a highly successful lawyer and a fast-rising politician, John Edwards grew accustomed to people voting for him. With his boyish looks and a sincere demeanor, he won...
Ex-Senator Edwards: tarnished golden boy
(Reuters) - As a highly successful lawyer and a fast-rising politician, John Edwards grew accustomed to people voting for him. With his boyish looks and a sincere demeanor, he won...
Jury ends eighth day of talks in Edwards campaign finance trial
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - The alternate jurors in former U.S. Senator John Edwards' federal trial learned on Wednesday they could to return to their normal lives as deliberations dragged...