I am getting same problem but its reverse
I am getting my record if I am searching with Contains(group_name , '"Region 3 North"') but its not return my data if I am searching with Contains(group_name , '"Region 3 North*"')
I have already created stopList and assign to my index like
CREATE FULLTEXT INDEX ON [dbo].[tbl_temp]
(
City
Language 1033,
State
Language 1033,
Country
Language 1033,
Zip
Language 1033,
Group_Name
Language 1033
)
KEY INDEX [ClusteredIndex-20140625-154702]
WITH STOPLIST = [stoplistName]--SYSTEM
GO
Thanks in advance.