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Halifax Man Charged With Stealing Nearly 50 Samurai Swords
Last Updated: 9:12 AM 02/08/12 - A Halifax man is behind bars Wednesday morning after he was arrested for attempting to sell almost 50 stolen samurai swords, according to the Roanoke Rapids Daily.
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North Carolina Parties Submit 11 Names For Presidential Primary
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Last Updated: 3:37 AM 02/08/12 - More than half of the candidates expected on North Carolina's presidential primary ballots in May come from the Libertarian Party. (Full Story)
Rep. Warren, Two Other Democrats Not Running
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Last Updated: 9:04 AM 02/08/12 - Three more Democrats have announced they aren't seeking re-election to the General Assembly this year, including two drawn into districts with incumbent Republican lawmakers. (Full Story)
Police: Belmont Man Stabbed Girlfriend Over Steak
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Last Updated: 3:26 PM 02/07/12 - A Belmont, North Carolina man has been arrested and charged with stabbing his girlfriend over the taste of a steak dinner. (Full Story)
Appeals Court: Cumberland County Weapons Center Is Not A School
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Last Updated: 10:47 AM 02/07/12 - A North Carolina court is rejecting claims that shooting ranges and a training center created by former Delta Force members to train police and troops as next-generation warriors qualifies as a school. (Full Story)
Raleigh Officer Wounded In Apartment Standoff
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Last Updated: 12:17 PM 02/07/12 - A Raleigh police officer has been wounded in a standoff with a man barricaded in an apartment. (Full Story)
Wild Horse Herd On Corolla Could Double After Bill Approval
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Last Updated: 6:41 AM 02/07/12 - A recently passed bill in the House of Representatives could soon double the size of the herd of wild horses on Corolla. (Full Story)
Woman Charged In Death Of Wheelchair-Bound Man
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Last Updated: 6:08 AM 02/07/12 - Police in Winston-Salem have charged a 19-year-old woman with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man confined to a wheelchair. (Full Story)
Longtime Political Candidate Hopes To Win An Office For the NC GOP
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Last Updated: 11:46 PM 02/06/12 - A man who says he's run for congressional office covering 29 of our state's 100 counties has thrown his hat in the ring for state auditor. (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)
Giants, Patriots Fans See Who Collects Most Food
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Last Updated: 6:53 AM 02/05/12 - Fans of the New York Giants and the New England Patriots will gather in the Triangle area to put their competitive energy toward charity. (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)
UPDATE: Sanitation Workers Hold Public Hearing Saturday
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Last Updated: 7:54 PM 02/04/12 - Some Greenville sanitation workers attended a public hearing Saturday afternoon to discuss complaints about their working conditions and what steps they should take next. (Full Story)
NC House Leaders Slam ACLU On Prayer Complaint
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Last Updated: 7:58 PM 02/03/12 - Republican leaders in the North Carolina House of Representatives say a complaint about prayers in the legislature shows a prominent civil liberties group is out of touch. (Full Story)
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)
North Carolina Schools: Crime, Suspensions and Dropouts Down in 2010-11
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Last Updated: 10:12 PM 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)
North Carolina High School Coach Apologizes For Confrontation
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Last Updated: 6:54 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)
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)
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)
NC Democrat Heath Shuler Won't Seek Re-election To Congress
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Last Updated: 7:54 PM 02/02/12 - North Carolina Democrat Heath Shuler recently announced he won't run for N.C. Governor, and now he says he won't seek re-election to the House. (Full Story)
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)
Feds Charging Surf Anglers To Drive On State Beaches
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Last Updated: 1:31 PM 02/02/12 - Surf fishers are learning the cost of reaching the beaches by driving a truck onto miles of sand at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. (Full Story)
North Carolina To Ok Another Summer For Governor's School
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Last Updated: 8:39 AM 02/02/12 - A summer program for gifted students in North Carolina will return after alumni and other donors stepped in with cash in the months since state lawmakers eliminated funding. (Full Story)
NC Debt Study Says A Little More Debt Possible
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Last Updated: 8:52 PM 02/01/12 - An annual report says North Carolina state government could issue a little more debt in the next fiscal year and remain within self-imposed borrowing guidelines. (Full Story)
UPDATE: Judge Allows Bow Hunting In Emerald Isle Gated Community
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Last Updated: 10:13 PM 01/31/12 - The Lands End community was selected as a deer-population control hunt location, but for the past two weeks residents had a temporary restraining order on the homeowners association. Monday night a judge lifted that. (Full Story)
Senators Question CDC Report On Camp Lejeune Water Contamination
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Last Updated: 9:15 PM 01/31/12 - A CDC agency is researching the effects of chemical contamination of water at the base from the 1950s to the 1980s. (Full Story)
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