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(10/31/08 12:43am)
Though many races around the country have seen an increase in negative campaign ads in the last few days before the election, one in North Carolina has caught the attention of the national media, including outlets such as CNN, Fox News, and the Huffington Post.
(11/25/08 5:00am)
Individuals who have registered Webmail woes with the Office of Information Technology are not alone, as problems have followed the e-mail server throughout the semester and affected many netIDs.
(11/19/08 5:00am)
To showers of giggles and a few stumbles over words such as "efficacy" and "utilization," Duke University Union board members read aloud the organization's goals up to next year at their weekly meeting Tuesday night.
(11/12/08 5:00am)
With Durham residents voting overwhelmingly against a prepared-food tax last Tuesday, county officials are finding alternate sources of funding to move ahead with some of their planned projects.
(11/05/08 5:00am)
This election, North Carolina was the site of a U.S. Senate race key to the Democratic Party's goal of capturing a 60-seat majority and achieving a filibuster-proof Senate.
(11/04/08 5:00am)
Since the 95th Congress in 1977 under president Jimmy Carter, no party has held the 60-seat "super majority" of U.S. Senate seats needed to defeat a filibuster. Some political analysts say the Democrats could win enough seats this year to push their slim 51-49 majority up to 60.
(11/04/08 5:00am)
Campaign manager Martin Avila said Rep. David Price, D-N.C., up for re-election this year, was not ready to run a campaign.
(10/27/08 4:00am)
When Sen. Elizabeth Dole was named Duke's "Leader of the Year" by The Chronicle in 1958, the honor left little doubt in many students' minds that the Woman's College Student Body President would go far after graduation.
(10/21/08 4:00am)
RALEIGH, N.C. - Marsh Hardy stood on the side of the highway holding a sign that read "End the Racist Death Penalty" outside Raleigh's Central Prison Monday. The Raleigh resident was one of eight protesters, ages 11 to 88, who gathered outside the prison to protest North Carolina's executions at a weekly vigil.
(10/15/08 4:00am)
The recent economic crisis has taken center stage on a number of candidates' platforms in this year's election, but one candidate and long-time Duke alumnus actually lived through the nation's worst economic downturn-the Great Depression.
(09/29/08 4:00am)
Durham resident Julie Omohundro was not planning to get very involved in the 2008 election-that is, until she discovered 11 chances to make history included on the ballot.
(09/24/08 4:00am)
In addition to the usual announcements, committee reports and regular business, attendees of the Graduate and Professional Student Council meeting received a visit from a special guest Tuesday night.
(09/15/08 4:00am)
In response to increases in gas prices at the end of last week, Gov. Mike Easley asked Attorney General Roy Cooper to enforce laws against gasoline price gouging.
(09/09/08 4:00am)
As Nicole Baxter stood by the gas pump filling up her tank at the West Durham BP on the corner of Ninth and Main streets, the rapidly rising total on the meter was not the only thing on her mind.
(08/22/08 4:00am)
The "Tides Changed" Wednesday night for the Duke University Union-sponsored Hush Sound concert when rain started pelting the outdoor stage just before the scheduled showtime.
(04/23/08 4:00am)
In the wake of the January murder of graduate student Abhijit Mahato, Duke students and local community members looked to the Durham Police Department for answers.
(04/22/08 4:00am)
DukeEngage participants who had planned to work in Sana'a, Yemen this summer will be jetting off to a slightly different location.
(04/08/08 4:00am)
Adam Laughton considered going into public service law when he first started at the School of Law.
(03/28/08 4:00am)
The Reconciliation United Methodist Church is a congregation with one message expressed in two tongues.
(03/25/08 4:00am)
Despite their differences in age and resumes, the two contenders for Duke Student Government vice president for athletics and campus services say they can talk to the University's top dogs.