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Retired Pregnant Race Horse Shot And Killed In NC
Last Updated: 1:43 PM 02/09/10 - The retired race horse was worth approximately $30,000. Carteret County deputies say they believe the horse was specifically targeted.
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Sheriff: Man Arrested in Prostitution Bust
Last Updated: 10:21 PM 02/06/10 - A Wilson County man is charged with maintaining a place for prostitution. Jail officials say he has a court date of March 5th.
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CAUGHT ON TAPE: Newspaper Box Thief
Last Updated: 2:39 PM 02/09/10 - Some is breaking into newspaper boxes in Beaufort County and lawmen want to see if you know who the bad guy is.
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Work Progressing On Bodie Island Lighthouse
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Last Updated: 2:42 PM 02/09/10 - The 156-foot lighthouse is now encased in scaffolding with a giant crane helping with the work. (Full Story)
 SNOW DAYS: Memorial Day Holiday Now School Day For Some Students
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Last Updated: 1:03 PM 02/09/10 - Edgecombe County schools were out three days last week and must make up those lost days. (Full Story)
Trial Begins For Deadly Road Rampage In 2004
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Last Updated: 8:19 AM 02/09/10 - An Eastern Carolina man found competent years after a deadly 2004 road rampage is on trial. (Full Story)
 The Next Storm: More Rain to Strong Winds
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Last Updated: 8:17 AM 02/09/10 - Another storm will be developing off the coast late Tuesday into the overnight. Rain is likely late Tuesday, with very strong winds on tap by Wednesday. (Full Story)
Angelina Jolie To Visit Haiti With UN Refugee Agency
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Last Updated: 7:04 AM 02/09/10 - The U.N. refugee agency says its goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie is heading to Haiti to meet with earthquake victims.
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Bridge Collapse Widow Adopts Haitian Twins
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Last Updated: 6:20 AM 02/09/10 - A woman whose husband was killed during the 2007 freeway bridge collapse in Minneapolis is realizing her dream of starting a family with the arrival of adopted twins from Haiti. (Full Story)
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Leaving Haiti
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Last Updated: 6:01 AM 02/09/10 - Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune are leaving Haiti. (Full Story)
 Update: Overturned Tractor Trailer Cleared From Roadway
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Last Updated: 11:49 AM 02/09/10 - A flipped over tractor trailer on a busy highway ramp in Wilson has been cleared away for the morning commute (Full Story)
Hertford Grammar Principal Honored
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Last Updated: 6:47 AM 02/09/10 - Dianne Meiggs is competing to be 2010 Wachovia North Carolina Principal of the Year. (Full Story)
 River Advocates Allege Clean Water Act Violations
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Last Updated: 4:33 AM 02/09/10 - River advocates are alleging Clean Water Act violations by a Jones County hog operation. (Full Story)
NEW INFO: Patient At Cherry Hospital Chokes And Dies
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Last Updated: 10:20 AM 02/09/10 - A state report shows 80-year-old Lawrence Russell, Jr. of Beaufort County, a patient at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro, died last week. (Full Story)
 Neuse River Advocates Say NC Hog Operation Violated The Clean Water Act
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Last Updated: 10:02 PM 02/08/10 - They claim the farm regularly violated the law by applying hog waste to fields so that the waste ran freely into ditches, off of the property and directly into nearby waterways. (Full Story)
More Rain On Tuesday
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Last Updated: 9:27 PM 02/08/10 - It looks like a soggy Tuesday across much of eastern North Carolina. (Full Story)
Newspaper Makes One "Super" Typo
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Last Updated: 4:32 AM 02/09/10 - The Indianapolis Colts may have lost the Super Bowl, but at least a Virginia newspaper gave them something to smile about. (Full Story)
Denny's Offering Free Breakfast
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Last Updated: 3:35 AM 02/09/10 - Today is your chance to get a free Grand Slam breakfast from Denny's! It's just a limited time offer, find out what time you need to get there. (Full Story)
SBI Investigating ENC School System
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Last Updated: 9:10 PM 02/08/10 - District Attorney Dewey Hudson called for the investigation into Duplin County Schools after a few items on a 2008 audit of the school system concerned him. (Full Story)
Three Men Throw Their Hat In For Role Of Bertie County Sheriff
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Last Updated: 9:20 PM 02/08/10 - Monday was the first day candidates could file to run in the spring primary, and one Sheriff's race, where the Sheriff just stepped down, saw several people file to get their names on the ballot. (Full Story)
Horses & Dogs Found Dead, Authorities Say Owner Committed Suicide
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Last Updated: 9:06 PM 02/08/10 - The SBI is investigating the animal deaths on Tram Road in Duplin County.
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Eastern Carolina Man Survives Connecticut Power Plant Explosion
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Last Updated: 8:32 AM 02/09/10 - Family members say Paul Gaskins was among those injured when part of the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown blew up. He was thrown some 40 feet by the blast. (Full Story)
Couple Accused Of Stealing From Salvation Army
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Last Updated: 5:06 PM 02/08/10 - New Bern police say when the two saw the officer, they began putting the stolen items back into the donation shed. (Full Story)
COPS: Man Targeted Churchgoers' Vehicles
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Last Updated: 2:55 PM 02/08/10 - Beaufort police say they've nabbed a man who has been breaking into cars while people were in church. (Full Story)
 Sheriff: Wife Shoots Husband After Being Threatened
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Last Updated: 8:46 PM 02/07/10 - Sheriff Deputies say a woman shot her husband after she was threatened by him with a shotgun. (Full Story)
Two Injured, Police Shot At During Weekend Nightclub Fight
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Last Updated: 11:12 AM 02/08/10 - Keon Green is charged with discharging a firearm at a law enforcement officer after Kinston police were called to the Platinum Club on North Queen Street early Sunday morning. (Full Story)
Body Found In Airplane Wheel Well
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Last Updated: 7:21 AM 02/08/10 - Japanese authorities say they're trying to identify a body found inside one of the landing gear compartments on a Delta Airlines flight that arrived in Tokyo from New York. (Full Story)
Powerball Winner To Get A "Mountain" Of Cash
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Last Updated: 5:42 AM 02/08/10 - At least one western North Carolina resident is about to get a significant bump in their bank account. (Full Story)
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