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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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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) |
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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) |
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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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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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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) |
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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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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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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North Carolina News Headlines
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- Backyard hens in Cary could ruffle some feathers
- Bridges to plead guilty in $2.3 million fraud
- Family of 5-year-old killed by pit bulls gets $20,000 settlement
- More beachfront could be coming to Lake Wylie public swimming area
- Convicted cop killer Demeatrius Montgomery wants new trial
- Dogs rescued in raid arrive in Charlotte
- Komen controversy had benefits for Planned Parenthood
- County can't stop tax-value appeals
- Pendergraph to run for 9th District seat
- Charlotte airport among 28 that will test lower-hassle screening
- Car stuck under 18-wheeler in west Charlotte wreck
- Humane Society takes in 20 dogs rescued from puppy mill
- County can't stop tax-value appeals
- Family of 5-year-old killed by pit bulls gets $20K settlement
- NC Republicans: No recorded votes at next session
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