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Earl threatens East Coast with a pounding
BUXTON (AP) — The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in
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Advisers warn Perdue against waiting to hire
RALEIGH (AP) — Gov. Beverly Perdue should avoid putting the leadership of the embattled Highway Patrol into “indefinite limbo”
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Earl could force evacuations ahead of Labor Day
RALEIGH (AP) — A powerful Hurricane Earl threatened to sideswipe much of the East Coast just ahead of Labor Day,
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Death penalty foes raise lab issues
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina’s criminal prosecutions are so tainted by racial bias and scientific fraud that the state should consider eliminating the death penalty,
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Court: ‘Life’ inmates to continue sentences
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina inmates given life terms under a quirky law more than 30 years ago should continue serving their sentences, North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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Davidson College president named to run UNC
RALEIGH (AP) — The University of North Carolina’s hiring Thursday of Davidson College President Tom Ross
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Gov.’s campaign fined on flight reporting errors
ASHEVILLE (AP) — The State Board of Elections fined Gov. Beverly Perdue’s campaign $30,000 on Tuesday
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N.C. among winners of ‘Race to Top’ grants
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina will receive about $400 million as a winner in the second round of the “Race to the Top”
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Elections board will hear Perdue flight case
RALEIGH (AP) — With more than 40 flights disclosed late and a few still unaccounted for,
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Scathing crime lab report puts pressure on AG
RALEIGH (AP) — A blistering report this week identifying how North Carolina’s state crime laboratory workers misrepresented blood evidence in dozens of cases over 16 years covered only two of Ro...
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Blue Cross raising price on policies
CHAPEL HILL (AP) — North Carolina’s largest health insurer plans to raise prices next year on individuals paying for their own coverage by an average of about 7 percent, the smallest increase ...
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Crime lab review finds N.C. cases flawed
RALEIGH (AP) — Anal-ysts at North Carolina’s crime lab omitted, overstated or falsely reported blood evidence in dozens of cases,
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Vacation leftovers help the needy
CHARLOTTE — Every Saturday morning, 700 to 800 rental houses empty out in the coastal town of Holden Beach, creating a traffic jam of tourists that stretches as far as the eye can see.
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Bias claims are new diversion for NC executions
RALEIGH (AP) — Two decades after Blanche Moore was sent to death row for the fatal poisoning of a former boyfriend,
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N.C. has more than its share of snakebites
RALEIGH (AP) — Matt Jenkins thought he had run over a stick in the road until it struck out and bit his bare foot.
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