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Trump announces JD Vance as running mate

After months of speculation regarding who former President Donald Trump would tap as a potential vice president, Trump announced Monday his selection of US Senator from Ohio, J.D. Vance, as running mate. “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume...

CJ Staff
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Mitt Romney votes to keep masking toddlers and other outrageous stories

Below are some stories that caught my attention this week. The last two are probably the most interesting from a cultural perspective. One story has to do with the massive shift in journalism, in which many in the media now protect the power structure over the little guy (or the working class) to empowered mobs...

Ray Nothstine
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Supreme Court candidates face off in unusual three-candidate forum

North Carolina Supreme Court Hon. Barbara Jackson, Republican. (One-term incumbent). Education: B.A. and law degrees from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Occupation: Supreme Court justice. Career highlights: Judge for five years on N.C. Court of Appeals, general counsel for the N.C. Commissioner of Labor, deputy general counsel for N.C. Governor’s Advocacy Council for...

Kari Travis

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Colorado Freshmen Read Classics for Orientation

RALEIGH - The freshman reading program on UNC campuses perennially evokes controversy. Freshmen are usually assigned a book to read during the summer before they start school. UNC-Chapel Hill, in particular, has stirred up storms of reaction ever since 2002, when it selected a book giving a rosy view of the Quran, less than a year after Sept. 11. So offended were some students that the program became voluntary.

Jane S. Shaw