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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth of July. He was 86.
"It's just incredible that he would die on July 4, the same day...
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The men tied at 59 frankfurters in 10 minutes, before being made to gobble another five dogs in a last-minute tiebreaker. They consumed 64 hot dogs total and were looking quite peaked after the competition.
Kobayashi had hoped to reclaim the throne after a disappointing three-dog loss last year shattered his six-year winning streak.
"He wanted it, but I needed it," Chestnut said of ...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Running a partial schedule the past two years, Mark Martin was able to rekindle his passion for racing and ponder the championship that has eluded him his entire career.
Presented with an opportunity to make one last run at a title with storied Hendrick Motorsports — a full-time 36-race commitment — Martin told his wife he couldn't risk pas...
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - At Fourth of July parades and barbecues around the Tar Heel state, Jesse Helms' supporters recalled this father of the conservative movement as the man who stood up for traditional...
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Girls' enrollment in school is up, as is female participation in government and in the private sector. Around the country, health indicators are slowly rising.
However, according to UNICEF's Director of the Office of Emergency Programmes, Louis-Georges Arsenault, nearly half the country is still inaccessible to most humanitarian aid because the security situation is too dangerous.