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School spanking comes under fire

Although spanking public school students as a means of discipline has fallen from favor in most North Carolina communities, it remains an option in McDowell County.

05/31/2011 5:33 PM

Stings show most clerks comply with tobacco laws

The majority of McDowell store clerks snuffed out any chance of underage people buying tobacco, state statistics show.

02/15/2010 5:18 PM
Tobacco barred from prison

Beginning today, ashes are all that will remain of tobacco products on prison property in Marion.

08/02/2009 6:42 PM
First Puff: Obama, it seems, has yet to kick the habit

President Obama seems to have broken one of his first campaign promises: to kick his cigarette habit. Although he agreed to quit smoking if his wife, Michelle, allowed him to run for the White House, the president acknowledged yesterday that it's been a challenge to stay away from cigarettes that have been part of his life, off and on, for the past 30 years.

06/23/2009 12:00 AM
Obama to sign anti-smoking bill in Rose Garden

WASHINGTON
President Barack Obama is set to sign into law an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate tobacco.

06/22/2009 6:00 AM
Historic anti-smoking bill aims at stopping teens

Historic anti-smoking legislation sped to final congressional passage on Friday — after a bitter fight lasting nearly a half-century — and lawmakers and the White House quickly declared it would save the lives of thousands of smokers of all ages. Even more important, they said, the measure could keep countless young people from starting in the first place.

06/12/2009 4:36 PM
Senate vote puts cigarettes in FDA's hands

The Senate struck a historic blow against smoking in America yesterday, voting overwhelmingly to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in the cigarettes that kill nearly a half-million people a year, to drastically curtail ads that glorify tobacco and to ban flavored products aimed at spreading the habit to young people.

06/12/2009 12:00 AM
Senate to vote on FDA power to regulate tobacco

The Senate votes Thursday on legislation that for the first time would give the government control over the production and marketing of tobacco products, a long-sought goal that supporters say could save lives and millions in health care dollars.

06/11/2009 11:38 AM
Senate set to vote on tobacco regulation

A tobacco-control bill heading for a Senate vote Thursday, would for the first time give the Food and Drug Administration legal authority to regulate the sale, manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products.

06/11/2009 10:08 AM
Senate votes down challenge to FDA tobacco legislation

The Senate yesterday rejected the main challenge to legislation giving the Food and Drug Administration sweeping controls over tobacco products, easing the way for passage of the bill this week.

06/10/2009 12:00 AM
Relay for Life -- Friday & Saturday

Waugh: "Relay is a team-led event where we celebrate those who have survived, remember those that didn't and fight back for all to eradicate cancer."

05/06/2009 8:16 PM
House approves FDA regulation of tobacco

The House has approved legislation that for the first time would give the government powers to regulate tobacco products.

04/02/2009 12:14 PM
House vote expected today on FDA regulation of tobacco

Anti-smoking forces are predicting a long-awaited victory when the House votes on legislation that would, for the first time, allow government regulation of tobacco products.

04/02/2009 6:43 AM
U.S. House readies for tobacco regulation vote

The House is set to pass legislation that would for the first time give the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate cigarettes and other tobacco products.

04/01/2009 11:48 AM
Obama's picks for FDA are longtime advocates of tobacco regulations

President Obama's picks to fill the top two positions at the Food and Drug Administration have repeatedly bucked tobacco companies and pushed for greater restrictions on cigarette marketing, second-hand smoke and sales to minors.

03/19/2009 12:00 AM
Perdue budget cuts jobs, spending

Gov. Beverly Perdue presented a $21 billion budget proposal today that would whack more than 1,000 jobs from state government and slice $360 million from overall state spending.

03/17/2009 1:15 PM
Burr, Hagan team up to introduce alternative tobacco-regulation bill

An alternative federal tobacco-regulation bill was introduced today by both of North Carolina's senators. President Barack Obama said today that he still supports giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco products.

03/11/2009 4:50 PM
Bill limits cigarette advertising

WASHINGTON

03/11/2009 12:00 AM
Warren Buffett says economy fell off a cliff

Billionaire Warren Buffett said unemployment will likely climb a lot higher depending upon how effective the nation's policies are, but he remains optimistic over the long term.

03/09/2009 10:59 AM
House panel passes tobacco regulation

A House panel today approved sweeping tobacco regulation that would would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to police the tobacco industry.

03/04/2009 5:50 PM