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Builder and giver

Money |  Quiet GOP moneyman Bob Perry dies

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/builder_and_giver]

Fest season
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Fest season

Music |  Outdoor music events kick off with family-friendly MerleFest—and without Doc Watson 

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/fest_season]

President Obama (right) congratulates his choice for transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, on Monday.

Signs and Wonders: Turning to 'reason' instead of prayer in Charlotte

Newsworthy |  Like a Foxx. As I reported Monday, President Barack Obama appointed Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be the next transportation secretary. What I have found…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/05/signs_and_wonders_turning_to_reason_instead_of_prayer_in_charlotte]

Danylo Fedoryka at last weekend's MerleFest

Music, beauty, God, and life

Music |  Scythian’s Danylo Fedoryka is unabashedly pro-life

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/music_beauty_god_and_life]

Scythian revs up the crowd at Merlefest Saturday.

Reporter's Notebook: MerleFest’s greatest hits

Music |  WILKESBORO, N.C.— Observations from this past weekend’s MerleFest, an annual music festival that draws close to 80,000 people to the foothills of the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/merlefest_s_greatest_hits]

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses the Democratic National Convention last September.

Obama nominates rising star thin on transportation experience

Politics |  CHARLOTTE, N.C.—President Barack Obama today nominated Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as his new transportation secretary. If confirmed by the Senate, Foxx…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/obama_nominates_rising_star_thin_on_transportation_experience]

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton addresses a pro-gay marriage ralley on April 18.

Signs and Wonders: Lobbying Republicans to support gay marriage

Newsworthy |  Republicans, down and out. Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer last year formed American Unity PAC, which supports Republican candidates who are in…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/signs_and_wonders_lobbying_republicans_to_support_gay_marriage]

Doc Watson at MerleFest 2012

What would Doc do?

Music |  At the first MerleFest without Doc Watson, organizers and musicians work to keep the Friends-of-Doc feel alive

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/what_would_doc_do]

Enter the Haggis perfoming at MerleFest Friday.

Figuring it out

Music |  At MerleFest, it’s all about the music at this laid-back gathering of musicians and music lovers in the western foothills of North Carolina

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/figuring_it_out]

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.

Dollars and Sense: The power of the tweet on Wall Street

Money |  Flash crash. Last week, with the Boston bombings, the fertilizer plant explosion in Texas, the Dow having its worst week of the year so far, and gold and…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/dollars_and_sense_the_power_of_the_tweet_on_wall_street]

The Mormon temple in Salt Lake City

Signs and Wonders: Mormon Church in the mushy middle on Scouting

Newsworthy |  Mormons speak. The Mormons have given a lukewarm blessing to the latest proposal by the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to lift its gay ban for youth members…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/signs_and_wonders_mormon_church_in_the_mushy_middle_on_scouting]

John Denver in 1979.

Remembering John Denver

Music |  A tribute album brings new fans and new respect for the late singer-songwriter

[http://www.worldmag.com/2013/04/remembering_john_denver]

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