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Helms never changed on civil rights opposition
Jesse Helms forever changed North Carolina politics and the conservative movement.
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Officials say new standards being used for restaurant inspections in North Carolina put more importance on practices that prevent customers from getting sick.
Exonerated By DNA, Patrick Waller is Released From Prison
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APNewsBreak: Pentagon extends tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan after saying it wouldn't
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms dies at age 86
Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who served 30 years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July, the Jesse Helms research center says. He was 86.
The center, based at Wingate University in North Carolina, said Friday that he died at 1:15 a.m. Jimmy Broughton, Helms' former chief of staff, says the former senator died of natural causes in Raleigh.
Helms built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during his decades in Congress. He was slowed in later age by a variety of illnesses, including a bone disorder, prostate cancer and heart problems.
FBI: 'Interstate Bandits' Strike Again
The FBI says two bank robbers known by authorities as the "Interstate Bandits" have struck in Raleigh, where they jumped a counter and grabbed money from cash drawers.
ALE agents cite 20 clerks for tobacco sales to minors
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Fuel costs hurting NC's fishing industry
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NC Catholics seek to expand policy advocacy
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Cells in Blood May Help Cancer Spread
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Driver's license issuance changes start Tuesday
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Anti-Bullying Bill Goes Through NC Legislature
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