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Missing Nash County Sex Offender Arrested In Charlotte
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Last Updated: 3:19 AM 02/03/12 - A registered sex offender the Nash County Sheriff's office has been searching for since March was found Wednesday at a homeless shelter in Charlotte. (Full Story) |
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North Carolina High School Coach Apologizes For Confrontation
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Last Updated: 6:19 AM 02/03/12 - A Winston-Salem high school coach has apologized, after a 15-year-old student recorded him and another official during a profanity-laced confrontation over text messages that the coach sent to a 16-year-old female student, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. (Full Story) |
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Beaufort To Host Public Celebration For Winning Cool Town Contest
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Last Updated: 3:59 AM 02/03/12 - On Friday, Beaufort will have a public celebration for it's newest honor of being named America's coolest small town. (Full Story) |
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Highway Patrol Issues 62 Citations During Distracted Driving Campaign
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Last Updated: 11:33 PM 02/02/12 - Troopers worked several roadways and issued a total of 62 citations for moving violations, including five for texting. (Full Story) |
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TV Sitcom Actress To Seek Green Party Presidential Nod
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Last Updated: 4:45 AM 02/03/12 - Roseanne Barr is running for the Green Party's presidential nomination, and she says it's no joke. (Full Story) |
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Maine Girl Returns Home After Six-Organ Transplant
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Last Updated: 4:10 AM 02/03/12 - A 9-year-old Maine girl is home after undergoing a transplant of six organs to remove a tumor that was spreading throughout her abdomen. (Full Story) |
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House Ready To Consider Insider Trading Ban
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Last Updated: 5:27 AM 02/03/12 - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is wasting no time in acting on Senate-passed legislation to explicitly bar members of Congress and thousands in the executive branch from insider stock trading. (Full Story) |
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Prosecuters To Release Names Of Sandusky Accusers
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Last Updated: 3:46 AM 02/03/12 - Prosecutors in Pennsylvania say they will give Jerry Sandusky the names of the ten young men accusing him of sexual abuse. (Full Story) |
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North Carolina Schools: Crime, Suspensions and Dropouts Down in 2010-11
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Last Updated: 3:03 AM 02/03/12 - A new report says crime, suspensions and dropouts were all down in North Carolina schools during the 2010-11 school year that ended last summer. (Full Story) |
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Repeat Offender Arrested, $18,000 Block Of Cocaine Seized
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Last Updated: 11:31 PM 02/02/12 - Lawmen from several counties helped in a drug bust that turned up a block of cocaine valued at more than $18,000. (Full Story) |
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GPD: Home Searches Turn Up Drugs, Cash, Gun, 3 Arrests
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Last Updated: 11:32 PM 02/02/12 - 41-year-old tony miller of Greenville, 18-year-old Gushonda Knight and 31-year-old Tony Conner are all charged with various drug related offenses. (Full Story) |
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J.H. Rose High Graduate On Super Bowl Giants Practice Squad
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Last Updated: 10:03 PM 02/02/12 - Andre Brown graduated from J.H. Rose High School in Greenville in 2004 and is now part of the Superbowl this weekend as a member of the New York Giants practice squad. (Full Story) |
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NEW INFO: Ayden Teen Charged For Murder In Greenville
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Last Updated: 8:07 PM 02/02/12 - Calvin King, a 17 year old from Ayden, is behind bars for the murder of Demetrius "Deejay" Boone of Winterville. The 18-year-old was shot and killed at Pirates Cove Apartments in December. (Full Story) |
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Purple Heart Veteran Gets New Wheelchair-Friendly Home
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Last Updated: 6:18 AM 02/03/12 - Contractors are putting the finishing touches on a home in Onslow County before they hand over the keys to a Purple Heart combat veteran. (Full Story) |
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Onslow Co. Animal Shelter: Military Deployments Create Pet Issues
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Last Updated: 9:56 PM 02/02/12 - Volunteer Alex Douglas says he understands military orders, but after so many pets are left at the shelter during deployments he says the lack of planning just gets frustrating. (Full Story) |
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Former US Rep. Bob Etheridge Joins Democratic Race For NC Governor
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Last Updated: 7:07 PM 02/02/12 - Former U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge Harnett joins Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton and state Rep. Bill Faison in the Democratic race for North Carolina governor. (Full Story) |
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Bowles Says He Will Not Run For Governor
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Last Updated: 6:22 AM 02/03/12 - Former White House Chief of Staff and two-time U.S. Senate candidate Erskine Bowles is passing on a bid for North Carolina governor. (Full Story) |
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