Why do second terms go wrong?
 President Bush is finding, as other two-termers found before him, that many things can conspire to make those second four years quite painful.
Is diversity worth the effort?
Magnet schools. Busing. Wake County goes to great lengths to try to keep the percentage of low-income students at each school below 40..
What makes people cuss?
GOLLY! Every language ever studied has eyebrow-raising words.
How do we keep the applause coming?
Art hangs from more walls and performers appear on more stages than ever in the Triangle these days, thanks to a decade of cultural momentum that is now paying off in visible ways.
Would rail work for you?
A few years from now, you might grow weary of the daily drive. Perhaps you'll be looking for options. What about the train?
What difference does a mayor make?
Mayor: n. the elected or appointed head of a municipal government, usually the chief administrative official but sometimes a largely ceremonial figure having little executive authority.
What's so bad about sprawl?
It's often cited in scary urban scenarios, but suburbs keep spreading. Why do we live where we do? Triangle residents offer insights.
The Lottery
North Carolina is starting from scratch: What's the game plan?
Have Americans become complacent about terrorism?
When those towers fell on that flash-frozen day of death and horror, the comfortable consciousness of a nation was shattered and seared, and Americans gained a new slogan of remembrance and vengeance. Or did they?
Has the world turned its back on arms control?
Despite decades of talks and treaties, nuclear weapons are still a threat.
In fact, more countries have them now, and more are trying to get them.
Can prayer heal?
As researchers try to solve a spiritual and medical mystery, they're churning up surprising findings -- and controversy.
Who wins? Who loses?
The pact that President Bush signed last week will end or reduce tariffs on goods sold and made in a market of 44 million people. What's in it for North Carolina?
Are foreign workers good for America?
The United States is a magnet for low-skilled foreign workers -- most of them illegal. As some in Washington look to let more migrants join the work force with the government's blessing, many wonder how it will effect our economy.
U.S. needs nuclear waste plan
The nation's 103 commercial reactors were never designed to store waste long-term and are now forced to deal with large quantities of spent uranium fuel rods that produce high levels of radiation.
What do we do with Dix?
Developers and parks proponents dream about what could be done with the 315 acres that will remain when the mental hospital closes.
Court fight: What's to come?
With moderate lawmakers scarce, expect a brutal battle to replace O'Connor, though history shows that both sides need to be careful what they wish for.
Hanging by a thread
Warlords, opium and neighbors bent on its demise pose serious threats to Afghanistan's new government. How does its survival dovetail with U.S. interests?
Courage
It took a huge amount of courage to write the declaration of independence, not to mention what it took to act on it.
Built with bondage
What do businesses owe blacks?
The dollar drama
Why do we do it this way?
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