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  • Government made $100B in improper payments

    PrintBy its own estimate, the government made about $100 billion in payments last year to people who may not have been entitled to receive them — tax credits to families that didn’t qualify, unemployment benefits to people who had jobs and medical payments for treatments that might not have been necessary.

  • Which Duke? Wayne's estate wants judge's opinion

    Duke vs. DukeDetailing a decade-long battle over the “Duke” brand, the estate of actor John Wayne asked a California district court to declare that Duke University and The Duke’s estate both can use the word without confusion in the market.

  • Former UNC football player to testify at US Senate hearing

    North Carolina vs. Florida State 10/22/09Former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill football player Devon Ramsay will be one of six people to testify Wednesday afternoon during a U.S. Senate committee hearing on whether the NCAA is fulfilling its mission.

  • Senate walkout, anger mark budget meeting

    State budgetA day of scheduled budget negotiations got off to a rocky start Wednesday morning after House leaders insisted on hearing from outside experts on education spending.

  • Additional claims of inappropriate touching from 70s surface at Carolina Friends School

    Carolina Friends SchoolThe principal of Carolina Friends School in Durham says the school has received additional reports of abuse from students who say they were inappropriately touched by an administrator in the 1970s.