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“There's the economy and health care and the war”

With superlatives like "most significant," "highest projected turnout" and "greatest historical importance" being attached to North Carolina's primary elections, the state's early voting period opened Thursday. via Statesville

“We need to constantly work to bring those numbers down.”

Chances are that baseball great Yogi Berra's statement, "It's not over 'til it's over" wasn't aimed toward sexual health. via Daily Southerner

“They do it live, and 99.99 percent of the time, they do it well.”

Sometimes, money and ratings speak louder than words. So for better or worse, "Bob and the Showgram" was back on the air this week, despite what the host of the Triangle's No. via News & Record

A move by SunTrust Banks to outsource some operations to a Canadian company may mean some job losses in Virginia, North Carolina and other states. via News Observer

“We felt like we just had to do it. It doesn't mean we're not scared, but we take all the precautions we can.”

No one knows all the twists and turns Giotto's "Peruzzi Altarpiece" took as it made its way from Italy in the 14th century to the North Carolina Art Museum hundreds of years later. via News & Record

A Florida court has approved a settlement between Ag-Mart Produce Inc. and a farmworker couple whose baby was born without limbs after the mother worked in the company's North Carolina tomato fields while ... via WCNC

A Pennsylvania company said Wednesday it plans to build a plant in eastern North Carolina to produce electricity from poultry waste. via The Dispatch

“I am confident that this debate will even further energize and motivate North Carolina's voters to express themselves at the ballot box on May 6”

North Carolina's governor wrote a letter to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday, encouraging him to debate Hillary Rodham Clinton later this month in North Carolina. via WCNC

The National Weather Service said an inch of spring snow fell in one North Carolina mountain town, but that lower elevations are too warm for frozen precipitation. via WXII12

Hillary Clinton had previously agreed DAVID INGRAM dingram@charlotteobserver.com Alex Brandon, AP Photo Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. via The Charlotte Observer

“While we are disappointed by the Supreme Court's decision, we remain committed to enforcing constitutional limitations on government, including limits on government spending”

The state Supreme Court declined Friday to hear a lawsuit challenging more than $300 million in state and local economic incentives given to computer maker Dell Inc. via WNCN-TV Raleigh

“His name never came up in the 17 years in the investigation as a person of interest”

A man whose DNA shows he sexually assaulted a high school honor student just before she was beaten and killed 17 years ago has been arrested in North Carolina, authorities said. via WCNC

“It makes them relive it every day and fear for their safety every day”

A lawmaker chided the Marine Corps on Thursday for what he called a lack of urgency in investigating rape allegations made by a pregnant Marine in North Carolina against a colleague later accused in her ... via News Observer

Four women's basketball players from 3 of the state's Atlantic Coast Conference schools are headed to the WNBA. via WECT-TV Wilmington

“Community support is essential for the state to approve our application”

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has scheduled two public forums to discuss its revised plans to replace Davie County Hospital. via Greensboro Business Journal

“We've been getting calls from people wanting to know where to register, when they had to register by and things like that.”

The hotly contested race for the Democratic nomination for president between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton could lead to a huge voter turnout in Person County in the May 6 primary elections. via Roxboro Courier Times

The title is odd enough. But it's all explained in "Under the Lintel: The Mystery of the Abandoned Trousers," centered around a long-missing library book, and now playing at N.C. Stage Company. via The Asheville Citizen-Times

“It's important not to let his notoriety be the basis for discarding his constitutional right to due process, which every American has, whether or not a convicted felon”

A sex offender whose victim later became the target of an infamous kidnapping wants a judge to lower his bail after she ruled that he cannot face a felony charge of failing to keep authorities apprised of his ... via News Observer

“He is clearly the boss, but he also listens to her in a very substantial way”

When David H. Murdock comes to town, Lynne Scott Safrit's complicated life takes on a singular focus. via Salisbury Post

Movie fans in Salisbury were star struck Wednesday afternoon. George Clooney and Renee Zelwegger were in town to promote their new movie, "Leatherheads," which they shot Salisbury, Greensboro, Charlotte and ... via WFMY 2 Greensboro