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Foundation weighs new grant proposal

By KATHERINE EVANS | January 10

Oct. 7 - Less than a year after rejecting a $4.8 million funding proposal to the University, the John William Pope Foundation is considering a reworked ...

Cole, Nichol leave positions

January 10

Two of the UNC's most prestigious schools spent much of the year in a state of transition as the schools of Law and Journalism and Mass Communication ...

Kannapolis juiced about research

By STEPHEN MOORE | January 10

KANNAPOLIS, Sept. 13 - Rising slowly from his seat, David Murdock, 81, stepped to the microphone and gazed out at the immense crowd. His wrinkled hands ...

Roberts sworn in as chief justice

By STEPHEN MOORE | January 10

Sept. 30 - Almost 25 years after serving as a clerk to then-Associate Justice William Rehnquist, John Roberts was sworn in Thursday to replace his former ...

Lottery progresses despite allegations

January 10

The N.C. State Educational Lottery beat the odds in 2005. After almost 12 years of debate in the N.C. General Assembly, a lottery bill passed both ...

Broad cedes top spot

January 10

UNC-system President Molly Broad announced April 6 her plan to retire from the helm of the nation's oldest public university system in the next year. During ...

Vacated Carrboro seat prompts questions

By MEGHAN DAVIS | January 10

Dec. 7 - Weeks after contention first arose, newly sworn-in Mayor Mark Chilton announced plans to schedule a special meeting of the Carrboro Board of ...

A Dance to Remember

By Daniel Blank | January 10

ST. LOUIS, April 5 - They started their careers by getting cut down. Three cocky college freshmen with dreams of stardom and championship banners were ...

U.S. death toll in Iraq surpasses 2,000 mark

By MATTHEW BOWLES | January 10

Oct. 24 - As American military casualties in Iraq approach 2,000, a milestone likely to raise national attention about the ongoing conflict, the future ...

'Daily Show' vet rocks seniors

January 10

Jan. 24 - Mo Rocca has summed up the essence of the '70s, '80s and '90s, but now he's setting his sights on crafting a fitting tribute for the class of ...

Election moves challenged by several

By Brian Hudson | January 10

Oct. 24 - After almost a week of limbo, plans for how to deal with widespread voting irregularities during Tuesday's special congressional election were ...

Record-setting storm batters Gulf Coast

By Staff Editor | January 10

On the morning of Aug. 29, Hurricane Katrina made history, hitting the Gulf Coast with such force that it flooded a city and flattened entire towns - ...

Autonomy struggle defeated

January 10

The UNC system's governing body might have been losing its grip. But the Board of Governors demonstrated at its May 13 meeting that it wouldn't relinquish ...

Final victory eludes Tar Heels

By Brian MacPherson | January 10

Dec. 2 - As he rolled across the Lane Stadium grass on a cart Saturday, his left leg in an air cast, Kyndraus Guy clapped his hands together and shouted ...

Dude, N.C. gets computer company

By MEGAN MCSWAIN AND MATT KNEPPER | January 10

WINSTON-SALEM, Oct. 6 - With the rhythmic thumps of the Winston-Salem State University drum line in the background, the city hosted Michael Dell, founder ...

UNC loses parking fines case

January 10

July 7 - In an outcome with multimillion-dollar implications spanning across the state, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the UNC-system is among ...

Carrboro adds new neighborhoods

January 10

Jan. 26 - Residents fighting annexation into one local town received perhaps the final blow to their cause Tuesday evening. After months of debate, ...

Community responds in wake of hate crime

January 10

March 2 - As hordes of community members, bound not by sexual orientation but by compassion, marched past Silent Sam on their way to Franklin Street, ...

Board votes down tuition increase

By ERIC JOHNSON | January 10

WILMINGTON, Feb. 14 - There was no discussion and no dissent as the UNC system's governing body voted to reject any rise in next year's tuition for in-state ...

Championship drains roster

January 10

Roy Williams knew when he accepted the North Carolina coaching job that he'd have to rebuild. He just didn't think he'd have to do it twice. But ...