Earl Jones, ousted as representative of NC House District 60 in the Democratic primary two years ago, is seeking a rematch with the seat’s current occupant, Rep. Marcus Brandon. Jones had represented the district, which harnesses predominantly African-American areas of High Point and Greensboro through rural corridor of Guilford County, since 2003.

When a US Army doctor guns down 13 of his fellow soldiers and wounds 29 others, naturally some questions arise, particularly when the doctor in question is a Muslim and has ties to the very same mosque where a couple of the 9-11 terrorists worshiped for a time, and its radical cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki.

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