Poll workers troubleshoot heavy voting

HILLSBOROUGH - As the line to vote extended outside the Orange County Board of Elections at times Thursday afternoon, poll workers tried to maintain a ...

Seniors begin planning for 9/11 memorial

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Dora Menchaca, an associate director of clinical research at Amgen Inc., boarded American Airlines Flight 77 to Los ...

Interpreting polls requires caution

As polling organizations across the country try to find the pulse of the nation, experts warn that the public should make sure they know how to read the ...

Severe illness at UNC

Officials have initiated an extensive search for anyone who has been in close contact with a UNC freshman who was diagnosed with meningoccal meningitis ...

Race focuses on workplace safety

The race for N.C. commissioner of labor has become a bitter war of statistics, with each candidate disputing what the numbers mean for workplace safety ...

Masked ball spices things up

There's a new masquerade in town, and this time it's charitable. Spice Street restaurant will host "Masquerade" at its University Mall location Oct. ...

Judge drops Dorrance suit

A lawsuit against North Carolina women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance will not go to trial after a U.S. District Court judge granted a summary judgment ...

UNC victorious in ACC finale

Cindy Parlow knows a thing or two about goal-scoring, and she liked what she saw from Jaime Gilbert on Thursday. "Sweet goal," said Parlow, a two-time ...

Ideal to be upheld

An injunction request in federal court by the Alliance Defense Fund that would temporarily reinstate Alpha Iota Omega Christian fraternity as an official ...

Hopefuls promise to improve schools

The superintendent of public instruction is held accountable for the education of 1.3 million children in North Carolina. On Nov. 2, Democrat June Atkinson ...

Congress frustrated by tough issues

After spending several hours disputing controversial resolutions Tuesday night, members of Student Congress have expressed discontent with what they called ...

Dolls impress packed house

You know a band is progressive when members have to make up a genre to describe themselves. As peculiar punk duo The Dresden Dolls proved Friday at Cat's ...

Cartoon for 10/28/2004

Barebones LP's emotion too obtuse

It'll take more than a prayer to save this album. Panda Bear's solo debut, Young Prayer, was produced by the Animal Collective member in the wake of ...

Smith endorses Dem. Hopefuls

A short-notice rally for Democratic Senate candidate Erskine Bowles was not short on famous speakers or enthusiastic supporters. On the lawn in front ...

First annual 'Feast Before the Fight' excites students for Homecoming

Homecoming only happens once a year, and it was rung in Wednesday in the Pit amid a sea of Carolina blue pom-poms and banging drums. The General Alumni ...

Spoofing the WTO? Just say 'Yes'

"The Yes Men" is a bold documentary cataloguing a group of political and social dissidents that is taking over the World Trade Organization's identity, ...

Many vie for court positions

When voters enter their polling place Tuesday, they will be met with the usual array of partisan races. Stuffed toward the end of the ballot, however, ...

Celebrity political approval only start

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, acclaimed rapper, hip-hop mogul and star of his own reality show, has spent the past two months mobilizing his "Vote or Die" campaign. P. ...