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Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:17 |
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DALLAS (AP) — Laura Bush wanted to make sure her husband's presidential center reflected their Texas roots. And it does — right down to the building's limestone base from the Midland area, where they both grew up and lived after they were married.
The former first lady led the design committee for the 226,000-square-foot George W. Bush Presidential Center.
It houses the 43rd president's library, museum and policy institute. The center is being dedicated Thursday at Laura Bush's alma mater of Southern Methodist University, not far from the couple's Dallas home.
She tells The Associated Press she wanted the center to have a Texas feel. She also wanted it to be modern since her husband's presidency was the first to begin in the 21st century.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:18 |
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Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:09 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — Two North Carolina Democratic political strategists who have worked for high-profile candidates were seriously wounded after being stabbed in their Raleigh home, and a suspect has been charged.
Raleigh police said Tuesday that 31-year-old Jonathon Wayne Broyhill is charged with attempted murder and with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflecting serious injury. Broyhill was also wounded and taken to WakeMed.
Broyhill is accused of stabbing 27-year-old Nation Richard Hahn and his wife, 29-year-old Jameson Kirk Hahn, at their home Monday evening. A wedding announcement in a South Carolina newspaper listed Broyhill as the best man at the couple's wedding in April 2009.
A spokeswoman at WakeMed said Jameson Kirk was listed in critical condition, while Broyhill is in good condition.
Nation Hahn was treated and released.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:13 |
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Monday, 22 April 2013 16:05 |
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RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - And Clodfelter makes three. Longtime Charlotte state legislator Dan Clodfelter is joining two fellow Democrats with legislative experience in saying they may seek the mayor's seat of North Carolina's largest city.
Clodfelter will decide by the end of the month, according to the Raleigh News & Observer.
Current Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has announced he will not seek re-election. Speculation swirls that he is in line for an appointment from the Obama administration.
Becky Carney, a Charlotte-area Democrat and current state legislator has also expressed interest in the seat, as has state Sen. Malcolm Graham. |
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Sunday, 21 April 2013 09:38 |
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RALEIGH, (AP) — A Wake County grand jury is asking the district attorney to determine if a supporter of former Gov. Beverly Perdue violated state campaign finance laws.
The grand jury's report said there was probable cause to believe Charles Michael Fulenwider of Morganton broke the law by funneling money through a Chapel Hill firm to pay for someone on Perdue's staff during the 2008 gubernatorial campaign.
Fulenwider is believed to have provided $32,000 to Tryon Capital Ventures LLC to help pay the salary of Julia Leigh Sitton as she worked as a fundraiser for Perdue's campaign.
Grand jurors noted that Fulenwider had already donated the maximum allowed to Perdue's campaign when the scheme was hatched with Sitton and Peter Reichard, who was Perdue's former campaign manager. |
