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Activist fights for right to counter recruit
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8.30.2008 : 12:05 am
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WILKESBORO, N.C. -- Sally Ferrell bounded from the truck and grabbed a posterboard sign that read: "War is not the Answer." Over the years, she's organized dozens of peace vigils like this one being set up in a parking lot. Find common ground, she has always preached, and any conflict can be resolved.
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Nuts about Planters peanuts
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8.30.2008 : 12:00 am
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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. -- Since their Mr. Peanut collection has grown to more than 3,000 items, Joyce and Bob Spontak look back with amusement on the days when they owned five Mr. Peanut items and thought that they had everything.
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New teacher achieves dream
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8.30.2008 : 12:00 am
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LEXINGTON, N.C. -- Aug. 25 was extra special for Charles England Intermediate School teacher Oneeka Lockhart. The fourth-grade teacher had worked hard to get to where she was. Not only was it the students' first day of school, but it was also her first day of teaching in a classroom of her own.
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Tennessee lottery numbers
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8.29.2008 : 11:55 pm
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Tennessee state lottery: Cash 3 Midday
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Friday drawing
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8.29.2008 : 11:13 pm
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RICHMOND, Va. -- These numbers were drawn Friday by the Virginia Lottery: DAY DRAWINGS
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Ga. lottery numbers
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8.29.2008 : 11:13 pm
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ATLANTA -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Georgia state lotteries:
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John Edwards to emerge from seclusion for speech
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8.29.2008 : 7:01 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- In a return to the public stage, John Edwards has confirmed plans to talk politics a month after admitting to an extramarital affair. But his wife won't be at his side.
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Easley declares 2 NC counties state disaster areas
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8.29.2008 : 6:26 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov. Mike Easley declared two North Carolina counties state disaster areas Friday after the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay damaged more than 200 homes and businesses.
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NC GOP candidate Mumpower fires son from campaign
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8.29.2008 : 6:16 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Republican congressional challenger Carl Mumpower fired his son Matt from his campaign staff Friday, hours after the 24-year-old was arrested at an Asheville restaurant and bar when police said he punched a patron.
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NC's US Corps of Engineers sends 24 to Gustav
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8.29.2008 : 6:14 pm
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WILMINGTON, N.C. -- Staff members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Wilmington are headed to the Gulf Coast as part of a nationwide mobilization for Hurricane Gustav.
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Hurricane victims rebuild fortress-like homes
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8.29.2008 : 5:04 pm
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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Floodwaters 5 feet deep filled sculptor and retired Navy Cmdr. Robert Noguere's bayfront home when Hurricane Ivan made landfall in 2004.
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Hurricane-force winds, heavy rain hit Phoenix area
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8.29.2008 : 4:50 pm
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PHOENIX -- A series of fast-moving thunderstorms packing winds of up to 100 mph plowed through the Phoenix area, leaving tens of thousands without power, damaging several airliners and collapsing a brand-new college football facility.
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John Edwards to emerge from seclusion for speech
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8.29.2008 : 4:29 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- John Edwards will emerge from seclusion and speak next month at Hofstra University in New York, taking the stage exactly one month after admitting to an extramarital affair.
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NC road crews to suspend most work for holiday
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8.29.2008 : 3:44 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Most road construction projects are being suspended around North Carolina during the Labor Day holiday weekend. The state Department of Transportation said the suspension will start at 4 p.m. Friday and continue until 9 a.m. Tuesday to ease congestion and improve safety. The suspension includes most U.S. highways and interstates.
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I- 85 southbound blocked 7 hours by wreck in NC
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8.29.2008 : 3:36 pm
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HENDERSON, N.C. -- Traffic was diverted off southbound Interstate 85 near the North Carolina-Virginia border while crews remove wreckage of a tractor-trailer that lost control in a construction zone.
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NC man charged, accused of threatening Obama
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8.29.2008 : 3:31 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina man has been formally indicted on a charge that he threatened to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
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NC motorist avoids being robbed by hitting police
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8.29.2008 : 3:28 pm
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A Winston-Salem man was nearly robbed before he got the attention of a police officer -- by ramming his car.
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North Carolina Education Lottery results
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8.29.2008 : 3:15 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the North Carolina Education Lottery: Midday Pick 3
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NC amputee is ball girl at US Open
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8.29.2008 : 2:05 pm
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NEW YORK -- A 24-year-old triathlete from North Carolina with a prosthetic leg is working as a ball girl at the U.S. Open in New York City.
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NC man charged, accused of threatening Obama
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8.29.2008 : 11:30 am
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A North Carolina man accused of threatening to shoot Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been indicted. U.S. Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert said Friday that 48-year-old Jerry M. Blanchard of Indian Trail has been charged with knowingly and willfully threatening to kill, kidnap and inflict bodily harm upon a major candidate for president.
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NC police arrest 5 people in online robberies
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8.29.2008 : 11:00 am
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Police have charged three men and two women after receiving reports that several men were robbed when responding to online advertisements for sex or massage.
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Fay's remnants help ease NC drought
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8.29.2008 : 10:24 am
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Torrential rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay this week helped pull North Carolina out of the worst category of drought, but a scientist said Friday the drought is far from over.
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NC governor pledges help for flood damage
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8.29.2008 : 8:01 am
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CONCORD, N.C. -- North Carolina's governor is promising help for residents of Cabarrus County, where flooding from remnants of a tropical storm damaged or destroyed scores of structures.
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DA requests death penalty hearing in NC killings
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8.29.2008 : 7:26 am
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Prosecutors in Swain County have asked for a hearing over whether suspects in a double homicide there should face the death penalty.
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Truck driver charged in Interstate 40 pileup
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8.29.2008 : 5:54 am
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- A West Virginia truck driver has been charged in the death of a toddler killed in a seven-vehicle wreck last month on Interstate 40 in North Carolina.
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Credit union expands definition of 'green' cars
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8.29.2008 : 4:01 am
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The State Employees Credit Union is increasing the types of cars covered by its "green" vehicle loans. Beginning next month, the Raleigh-based credit union will include new and used vehicles that have a combined city and highway gas mileage of 28 miles per gallon in its definition of "green." Previously, the credit union included just new hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles in that definition.
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NC Highway Patrol urging slower driving
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8.29.2008 : 4:01 am
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Highway Patrol is urging motorists to slow down as they take Labor Day weekend trips. The patrol said speed is the top cause of death in traffic accidents and troopers will increase patrols on interstates during the weekend that starts at 6 p.m. Friday and ends at midnight Monday.
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Woman rescued from vehicle now in fair condition
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8.28.2008 : 7:51 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A mother who spent five days trapped in her truck next to a rural western North Carolina highway has been upgraded to fair condition.
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Foxx's Democratic challenger calls for new play
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8.28.2008 : 6:19 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Democratic congressional challenger Roy Carter is telling voters to put him in the game. Carter on Thursday released his first TV ad which draws on his experience leading teams as a high school football coach.
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NC governor candidates launch new TV ads
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8.28.2008 : 6:10 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory says job creation will be his top priority if elected. In a new statewide television ad released Thursday, McCrory says state government needs to give North Carolinians more opportunities.
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Trash company accountant from NC pleads guilty
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8.28.2008 : 5:55 pm
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- An accountant from North Carolina charged in a federal probe of mob influence in the trash industry pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a scheme to fix prices for trash hauling services in Connecticut and New York.
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U of I plans October appearance by John Edwards
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8.28.2008 : 5:13 pm
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URBANA, Ill. -- Less than a month after John Edwards admitted having an extramarital affair, the University of Illinois says the two-time presidential candidate has agreed to speak on campus in October.
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2 NC cities: Heavy rains cause wastewater spills
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8.28.2008 : 4:32 pm
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GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Two North Carolina cities are reporting significant untreated wastewater spills after heavy rains were pushed in by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay.
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Insurance companies "on-call," prepare for Gustav
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8.28.2008 : 4:09 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As Tropical Storm Gustav spun toward the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, insurance companies were ready to send adjusters and appraisers to assess damage from the storm if it does make landfall in the United States. They were also prepared financially, having made changes in their coverage in the three years since Hurricane Katrina.
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Sea level rise would desvastate Charleston
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8.28.2008 : 3:55 pm
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CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A sea level rise of 5 feet by the end of the century could inundate Charleston, unless levees like those in Holland are built to wall in the peninsula on which the historic city is built.
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Rare NC pottery to be auctioned at fundraiser
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8.28.2008 : 3:39 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Not many people are familiar with the name Isaac Lefevers, but in pottery circles, he's known as the James Dean of North Carolina pottery.
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Portrait unveiled of student killed in beach blaze
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8.28.2008 : 3:36 pm
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COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The University of South Carolina has unveiled a portrait and created a scholarship fund to honor of one of six students killed in a beach house fire in North Carolina last fall.
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Remnants of Fay move to NC Outer Banks
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8.28.2008 : 2:59 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Remnants of Tropical Storm Fay hung over North Carolina's Outer Banks as the system that dumped torrential rain across the state began moving out to sea, a forecaster said Thursday.
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NC to hire firm to evaluate mental hospital
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8.28.2008 : 2:02 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's top mental health official has ordered an independent review of a Goldsboro health hospital where an unattended patient died after chocking on medication.
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NC Highway patrol gets first female major
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8.28.2008 : 12:19 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Highway Patrol has its first female major, who will become training director at the patrol's academy. The promotion of 42-year-old Capt. Jennifer Harris to major was one of eight promotions announced Thursday by patrol commander Col. Walter Wilson Jr.
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Heavy rain causes outage at NC Dept. of Justice
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8.28.2008 : 11:24 am
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Justice has become the latest victim of the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay. The agency said Thursday that phone service and Internet access were down due to flood damage at its downtown Raleigh building. A spokeswoman said the outage occurred sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday following heavy rains.
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Heavy rain buoys rafters, strands campers
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8.28.2008 : 10:20 am
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ERWIN, Tenn. -- Heavy rain in the mountains buoyed whitewater rafting on the Nolichucky River and temporarily stranded some campers. The river rose from a trickle to a torrent after the remnants of Hurricane Fay lumbered through the mountains this week.
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BB&T chief executive Allison to retire
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8.28.2008 : 8:49 am
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- BB&T chief executive and chairman John Allison says he is stepping down from his positions, starting at the end of the year, and observers said the move was a surprise.
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Popular NC beach reopened for vehicles
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8.28.2008 : 8:28 am
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NAGS HEAD, N.C. -- A popular beach on North Carolina's Outer Banks that has been closed to off-road vehicles has been reopened by the National Park Service in time for Labor Day weekend visitors.
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New one-stop service center planned for elderly
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8.28.2008 : 6:36 am
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Many older North Carolinians and those with disabilities will be able to get services at a one-stop service center planned in Raleigh.
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Marines face Canada in boxing invitational
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8.28.2008 : 4:01 am
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Canadian and American boxers will face off at Camp Lejeune this week. The Marine Corps Boxing Invitational Tournament kicks off Thursday at Goettge Memorial Field House aboard Camp Lejeune. Canadian boxers from Nova Scotia and Americans from across the country will compete in both women and men novice and open categories.
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Fort Bragg's logistics command gets a new leader
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8.28.2008 : 4:01 am
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Fort Bragg's massive logistics command is getting a new leader. Brig. Gen. Kevin A. Leonard will leave the 1st Sustainment Command Thursday during a ceremony on Seay Field. Leonard took command in December 2005 andled the unit in Iraq for a year.
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UNC Charlotte students to install weather stations
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8.28.2008 : 4:01 am
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CALABASH, N.C. -- Students from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will install five new weather stations in Brunswick County in the hopes of getting a detailed record of severe weather as it occurs.
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NC mom survives 5 days in wreckage of truck
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8.27.2008 : 8:52 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- Amber Pennell was trapped for five days in her mangled pickup truck, hidden under vines in a steep ravine in western North Carolina only 150 feet away from a four-lane highway.
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TVA asks NRC to renew build permits for 2 reactors
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8.27.2008 : 8:30 pm
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Valley Authority, faced with growing electricity demand and rising coal costs, asked regulators Wednesday to renew construction permits for two unfinished nuclear reactors it virtually abandoned 20 years ago.
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100 animals removed from Lincoln County home
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8.27.2008 : 7:27 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Officials say they've removed more than 100 animals from a Lincoln County residence. The Charlotte Observer reported that officials said many of the cats, dogs and other animals removed from the home in Denver on Tuesday were either malnourished or unhealthy.
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Grandmother questions $10,000 wireless bill
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8.27.2008 : 6:29 pm
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A Charlotte grandmother is fighting a wireless bill of more than $10,000 that was boosted by six weeks of calls to an adult chat line.
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Hospital director wants transfer to continue
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8.27.2008 : 5:52 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The leader of the new state mental hospital in Butner says plans to transfer patients there from aging Dorothea Dix Hospital in Raleigh should move ahead.
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NC agency suing auditor over ethics investigation
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8.27.2008 : 5:48 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina State Ethics Commission doesn't want State Auditor Les Merritt to look into a claim that commissioners gave preferential treatment to an aide to Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue.
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Wright found guilty of obstruction of justice
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8.27.2008 : 5:16 pm
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RALEIGH, N.C. -- A jury found former state Rep. Thomas Wright guilty of felony obstruction of justice Wednesday, but a second conviction this year for him won't mean additional time behind bars.
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NC man sentenced for role in Va crack cocaine ring
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8.27.2008 : 5:11 pm
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ROANOKE, Va. -- A North Carolina man who prosecutors said was part of a crack cocaine distribution ring that operated in Virginia has been sentenced on federal charges.
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A sampling of editorials from NC newspapers
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8.27.2008 : 4:50 pm
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From The News & Observer of Raleigh, Aug. 22 NC's probation system is in need of improvement
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Judge opts to reconvene hearing in 2009
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8.27.2008 : 4:36 pm
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A military judge has decided to wait until next year to consider the case of a soldier accused of killing a paratrooper and wounding 18 others during a 1995 shooting rampage at Fort Bragg.
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Vandals cause $50,000 damage at military schools
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8.27.2008 : 4:23 pm
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- Police are investigating vandalism at six schools on two North Carolina military bases that caused $50,000 in damage. The vandalism was found in May, July and August at middle schools and elementary schools at Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base, The Fayetteville Observer reported Wednesday. Both bases are adjacent to Fayetteville.
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