Jesse Helms (born 1921), a conservative Senator from North Carolina, was well liked by the religious right for his position on abortion rights, school prayer, and school busing.Born in Monroe, North C...
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A former U.S. attorney, state judge and state Republican chairman was sentenced to almost six years in federal prison on charges related to a tax fraud conspiracy, prosecutors said Wednesday.Samuel...
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The wife of Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards on Tuesday compared him to another North Carolina politician known for his blunt candor _ conservative icon Jesse Helms.Elizabeth Edwards, s...
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Roger Brown, who blended folk art, comics, advertising and surrealism into a distinctive style as part of the Chicago imagist movement, is being presented through a different lens: his Southern roo...
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Fidel Castro claims Cuba's government saved the life of President Reagan by giving American officials information about an assassination plot in 1984.The essay published Wednesday in the Communist ...
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Today is Thursday, Oct. 18, the 291st day of 2007. There are 74 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the United States and Drs. Francis Crick ...
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The federal appeals court widely considered the nation's most conservative also has the most judicial openings, in part because of national politics, prompting concerns about its ability to continu...
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When U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms baffled journalists by proclaiming
the ''floccinaucinihilipilification'' of an international nuclear
test ban treaty in the late 1990s, Matthew Fargo instantly figu...
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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2007. There are 110 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 12, 1609, English e...
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There are two Mitt Romneys—the one who ran twice in Massachusetts as a moderate-to-liberal Republican and the one now running for the G.O.P. presidential nomination as a red-meat conservative...
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Fast away the old year passed, and none too soon for political junkies who found last year’s Mayoral proceedings something less than exciting. By contrast, 2006 offers rich opportunities for ...
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Jesse Helms
Former judge, prosecutor sentenced in NC
