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By RAY DUCKLER

So who the heck was Franklin Pierce? I tried to find out, thinking Monday – Presidents Day – was a good time to try. Turns out, one of the most important people in the state’s history featured more gray area than a giant storm cloud.Pierce was the...

By ERIC RYNSTON-LOBEL

Erik Valdovinos couldn’t have scripted the moment any better.There he sat in Matthews, North Carolina, holding a microphone and broadcasting the NCAA men’s soccer Division II Final Four. Also a player for the Franklin Pierce University program, the...