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Comedy Central’s The Daily Show and host Jon Stewart will make their home at ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center in Charlotte’s uptown during the Democratic National Convention in September.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library board agreed Monday to rent part of the facility to the national cable TV show for $94,488. In return, The Daily Show will have use of ImaginOn around the clock from Aug. 28 to Sept 8.

The show’s actual air dates from Charlotte will be Sept. 4-7. Get more details from The Charlotte Observer.

In his column this week, Rob Christensen has a new title for the 13th Congressional District Republican contest: the Jesse Helms primary.

The two major candidates Paul Coble and George Holding, are running as sort of the 21st-century heirs to the former U.S. senator and conservative icon. Coble could literally be Helms’ heir, since he is Helms’ nephew. If Coble has Helms’ genes, Holding owes his career to Helms. He worked as an aide to Helms, who got Holding his job as U.S. attorney. Read more here.