Jan 8th, 2009 · One of the best players in college basketball this year attends school in North Carolina. But it isn't at Duke or the University of North Carolina. Stephen Curry attends tiny Davidson College, which is known for its academics instead of athletics.
Jan 6th, 2009 · Steeped in the Piedmont blues of the North Carolina hill country, the trio breathes new life into the African-American string-band tradition. The group brings a claw-hammer banjo, fiddles, snare drum, bone percussion and even a kazoo to Mountain Stage.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Today is a day to give thanks, and a lot of people are returning to their home state to meet with family and friends. Matt Wieland, the co-editor of a new book entitled State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America talks about the project, along with contributors Susan Orlean and Randall Kenan about what they love about living in Ohio and North Carolina.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Most likely your turkey traveled by truck to get to your grocer. That trip probably started in a state like Minnesota or North Carolina, which are leading turkey producers. The cranberries are most likely from Wisconsin or Massachusetts, two states that produce more than 80 percent of the nation's cranberries. But the National Resources Defense Council suggests that many ingredients for Thanksgiving dinner can be found at local farmers markets.
Nov 25th, 2008 · Although Barack Obama carried North Carolina and Virginia, other parts of the South remained solidly red. Residents of one Tennessee county say the GOP can regain its strength nationwide by focusing on core conservative values.
Nov 20th, 2008 · Authorities in North Carolina apologized for the bad timing of a bust. They wanted to arrest a man. And they found him at his father's funeral. The Star-News of Wilmington, N.C., reports the suspect was helpling to load the coffin into a hearse, when two cops grabbed him. They put a knee in his back. And they tasered him, as his fellow pallbearers tried to steady the coffin. Police admit they could've waited until after the service. In their defense, they were respectful enough to wear coats and ties.
Nov 10th, 2008 · Men's college basketball play begins Monday. Kansas is the defending national champion but North Carolina is this year's favorite.
Nov 8th, 2008 · Barack Obama's margin of victory in North Carolina was miniscule — only about three-tenths of 1 percent. But along with his more comfortable win in neighboring Virginia, he managed to chisel away at what had been a longstanding foundation of Republicans' electoral strategy: the solidly red south.