Joan Adams Mondale, an accomplished potter who championed fine arts while her husband Walter was Vice President of the United States, saluted Winston-Salem yesterday for founding the country's first arts council 60 years ago and expressed optimism for the role that arts might play in Winston-Salem's future.

In the years following the Vietnam War, thousands of Vietnamese fled their country in small boats on the South China Sea. It's been 30 years since then-Vice President Walter Mondale championed the cause of those "boat people."

WASHINGTON - Since her inaugural year in office, Rep. Michele Bachmann has drawn national attention, mostly through statements her opponents have labeled outrageous.

The nearly simultaneous resignation of the area's top two law enforcers this week will give the public an opportunity soon to realize how differently North Carolinians choose sheriffs and police chiefs — one by election and the other by selection.

The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth Council is celebrating its 60th anniversary this week with a series of events that underscore just what a driving force the arts are, both in regard to entertainment and economic development.

In the first public update in more than two months, a website tracking Eleanor Mondale 's recovery from brain cancer surgery says it is going well and that there has been "no sign of the tumor returning."

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Hope to hear Eleanor on the airwaves soon! Great news! In the first public update in more than two months, a website tracking Eleanor Mondale 's recovery from brain cancer surgery says it is going well and that there has been "no sign of the tumor returning."

Robert H. Philibosian and Ira K. Reiner battled it out in 1984 for the ostensibly nonpartisan post of Los Angeles County district attorney, in which partisan politics played the decisive role.

Petters apologizes for losses, but denies running a Ponzi scheme.