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Congress Approves Bill To Speed FAA Switch To GPS

Last Updated: 10:47 02/06/12

The bill authorizes $63.4 billion for the Federal Aviation Administration over four years. It accelerates the modernization program by setting a deadline of June 2015 for the FAA to develop new arrival procedures at the nation's 35 busiest airports so planes can land using the more-precise GPS navigation. (Full Story)

Trial Begins For Onslow Co. Man Charged With Making Mobile Meth Lab
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Last Updated: 8:11 PM 02/06/12 - Prosecutors say officers found evidence of a mobile meth lab in LaDonn Simpson's SUV- items Simpson says were not his. (Full Story)
Craven County Woman Charged With $500,000+ Fraud Scheme
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Last Updated: 7:58 PM 02/06/12 - A Bridgeton woman is behind bars accused of bilking people out of more than a half million dollars by telling them she was about to get a large settlement.
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Take A Look At This!
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Last Updated: 8:13 PM 02/06/12 - Take a look at this! A halftime show controversy, a donut running challenge, and honoring an icon. (Full Story)
Clearing Skies And Milder On Tuesday For Eastern North Carolina
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Last Updated: 5:35 PM 02/06/12 - Clouds will move away giving our area more sunshine and slightly milder temperatures on Tuesday. (Full Story)
SBI Investigates Officer-Involved Shooting
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Last Updated: 7:57 PM 02/06/12 - Goldsboro police say it happened around 1:40 p.m. Monday after police were trying to stop a vehicle. (Full Story)
Super Bowl XLVI Most Watched TV Show Ever
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Last Updated: 4:30 PM 02/06/12 - The Nielsen Company says 111.3 million people watched the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, 21-17. (Full Story)
Randy Travis Arrested Outside Texas Church
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Last Updated: 4:30 PM 02/06/12 - Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church. (Full Story)
UPDATED: Elderly Driver's Car Strikes Convenience Store
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Last Updated: 8:09 PM 02/06/12 - An elderly Pamlico County man was charged after his vehicle struck the front of a convenience store this afternoon in Craven County. (Full Story)
Man Charged With "Going Armed To The Terror Of The Public"
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Last Updated: 12:21 PM 02/06/12 - Carteret County deputies say John Nesi fired shots at a passing truck and at two neighboring homes. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Highway Reopens After Tanker Overturns
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Last Updated: 8:04 PM 02/06/12 - Highway 55 in Pamlico County was closed after a propane tanker truck overturned. (Full Story)
Tip Leads To Pitt County Drug Bust
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Last Updated: 6:50 PM 02/06/12 - The Pitt County Sheriff's office says two people from Wilmington were arrested in Greenville with a pound of high-grade marijuana. (Full Story)
ECU Student Survives Attack, Parents Murdered
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Last Updated: 8:23 PM 02/06/12 - Whitley French, a student at East Carolina University, was attacked in her parents' house over the weekend. The Rockingham County Sheriff's Office says her parents were both shot to death. (Full Story)
Two Greenville Country Clubs To Merge
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Last Updated: 8:10 PM 02/06/12 - After recent negotiations, two of the three country clubs in Greenville have agreed to merge due to economic pressures. (Full Story)
Second "Cool School" Stop Revealed
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Last Updated: 7:33 AM 02/06/12 - WITN News at Sunrise is headed to Washington this Friday. (Full Story)
New iPhone App Shows Sex Offenders Living Nearby
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Last Updated: 2:27 PM 02/06/12 - Users can search for offenders within a 1, 3 or 5-mile radius of their present location and receive alerts whenever a registered offender moves in nearby. (Full Story)
Authorities: Man Set Home On Fire With Children Inside
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Last Updated: 7:59 AM 02/06/12 - Authorities say the husband of a missing Utah woman intentionally set his home on fire Sunday, producing a scorching blaze that killed him and his two children. (Full Story)
ECU Student Killed In Motorcycle Crash
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Last Updated: 8:30 PM 02/06/12 - An ECU student was killed in a motorcycle crash in Greenville early Sunday morning. (Full Story)
ECU Student At Super Bowl Speaks About Experience
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Last Updated: 12:38 AM 02/06/12 - ECU student Josh Carter won Super Bowl tickets and talked to WITN about his experience in Indianapolis Sunday night. (Full Story)
Madonna Headlines Super Bowl Halftime Show
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Last Updated: 9:37 PM 02/05/12 - Madonna positioned herself as the queen of a new generation of pop stars at the Super Bowl halftime show -- complete with throne -- but didn't have complete control of Sunday night's show. (Full Story)
Call Of Breaking And Entering Leads To Drug Bust In Lenoir County
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Last Updated: 6:17 AM 02/06/12 - A call of a breaking and entering leads to a drug bust in Lenoir County on Saturday. (Full Story)
Pitt County Mother And Daughter Arrested On Drug Charges
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Last Updated: 8:07 PM 02/04/12 - A mother and daughter duo have been arrested in Pitt County on drug charges. (Full Story)
Woman Shot With Taser After Blocking Drive-Thru
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Last Updated: 2:17 PM 02/05/12 - Cumberland County deputies say they used a Taser on a woman who blocked the drive-thru at a McDonalds for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she broke in line. (Full Story)
Father And Son Arrested For Trafficking Drugs
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Last Updated: 7:56 PM 02/04/12 - The Pitt County Sheriff's Office has arrested a father and son on charges of trafficking heroin and opium. (Full Story)
Victims Identified In Deadly New Bern Shooting
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Last Updated: 7:21 PM 02/04/12 - The two victims found dead in New Bern Friday have been identified. (Full Story)
Dispute About Child Leads To Drug Bust In Greenville
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Last Updated: 9:32 PM 02/04/12 - A dispute about the welfare of a child led to a drug bust in Greenville. Two people have been arrested and charged. (Full Story)
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