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Hodges heading to Iraq

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:40:59 -0500

Former U.S. Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges is leaving shortly for Iraq where he will both teach a business seminar and write a daily blog on his experiences.

Hodges will be a visiting professor at American University at Sulaimani for 10 days, lecturing an advanced course on business and ethics and law. He will also visit Dubai, Rob Christensen reports.

Wake commissioner to have prime seat

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:40:25 -0500

Harold H. Webb, chairman of the Wake County Board of Commissioners and a former Tuskegee Airman, will have prime seats at the presidential inauguration next week.

The five closest N.C. presidential races

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:57:12 -0400

Over the past century, North Carolina has rarely been a battleground.

Since 1908, the average margin of victory in the presidential race here has been 18 percentage points, and the median has been 12.4 points.

The closest race out of those 25 elections was Bill Clinton's challenge to incumbent President George H.W. Bush in 1992. As a Southern governor running on the economy, Clinton campaigned heavily in the state, but he was helped by a strong third-party showing by Ross Perot.

Edwards to skip N.H. Democrats dinner

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:03:11 -0500

Former Sen. John Edwards has gone so anti-establishment that he's planning to skip the annual New Hampshire Democrats’ pre-primary dinner in Milford, N.H., on Friday night.

Ray Buckley, head of the state Democratic party, said he heard this week that Edwards had given his regrets on the invitation. Instead, Edwards plans to be at an event in Portsmouth, Barb Barrett reports.