Politics

March 25, 2008 - A prominent corporate watchdog group has released its nominees for worst corporation of the year -- and the majority of those that made the list are based in or have ties to the South.

March 24, 2008 - Last week the North Carolina House of Representatives convened for a special session during which they expelled Rep. Thomas Wright by a vote of 109-5. The expulsion of the eight-term African-American Democrat from Wilmington is the chamber's first since Rep.

March 22, 2008 - We learned Friday that the still-unnamed individuals who improperly accessed the passport files of presidential candidates Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain were not actually State Department employees but worked for two private contractors -- The Analysis Corp.*

March 21, 2008 - Virginia lawmakers are giving prosecutors a powerful new tool to crack down on the brutal practice of dogfighting.

March 13, 2008 - Tomorrow is the last day to register at a discount for an extraordinary conference marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

March 11, 2008 - Mississippi voters head to the polls today, their 40 delegates -- 33 unpledged, seven supers -- suddenly important thanks to the tight Democratic race.

March 7, 2008 - For a hot minute, our country actually had a debate about NAFTA over the last couple weeks, thanks to sparring between the Clinton and Obama campaigns heading into this week's Ohio and Texas primaries.