Word: carolina
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...longer facing him across the floor of the United States Senate, but Carol Moseley-Braun and Jesse Helms are still battling it out. When the White House announced the nomination of Moseley-Braun as U.S. ambassador to New Zealand recently, the North Carolina senator jumped into the fray. Citing allegations, never proven, that Moseley-Braun used 1992 campaign funds for personal purchases, he demanded Wednesday that the IRS and Justice Department hand over "sensitive" documents about the former Illinois senator and her staff members. In exchange for the information, Helms would agree to hold hearings on the nomination, which...
Food Lion had sued the reporters individually for trespass and disloyalty to employers, both valid grounds for damages under North and South Carolina laws, and the appeals court upheld the jury's awards of $1 on each of these counts. However, the court also ruled that Food Lion had not claimed any specific damages a result of the fraudulent applications filed by the reporters. Food Lion could identify no problems with the reporters' work; indeed, they both received positive reports from their supervisors, one of whom recommended that the reporter be rehired. Because North and South Carolina laws on fraud...
...those named Gatlin or Gatling who attend North Carolina State University...
REVENGE OF THE MUGGLES Harry Potter may sit atop the best seller lists, but parents in South Carolina have asked state school officials to ban the popular children's book series, claiming it promotes witchcraft and sorcery. According to one of the concerned parents, the volumes by British author J.K. Rowling, about an orphaned child who attends the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, contain a "tone of death, hate, lack of respect and sheer evil." State officials have said they will review the books and the recommendation. BUCKLE UP The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week notified automakers...
...party's front runner in the organization and money needed to go the distance. In the coming weeks, say campaign aides, McCain will announce organizations in Western states that they think will show he has the longevity to take his run beyond its strongholds of New Hampshire and South Carolina. Also like Bradley, McCain will have to do it without his party's apparatus, which he spent so much time infuriating last week. But that "only helps him up here," says New Hampshire elder Rudman. "I wish that happened every week...