January 3, 2012
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — An armed Iraq War veteran suspected of killing a Mount Rainier National Park ranger managed to evade snowshoe-wearing SWAT teams and dogs on his trail for nearly a day. He couldn't, however, escape the cold.
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October 18, 2011
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A group of U.S. governors is traveling to China this week to explore new economic relations, even as national political leaders escalate talks of sanctioning the country over trade policy.
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June 3, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Criminal charges are likely to be filed today against John Edwards, the culmination of a two-year federal investigation into money used to cover up his extramarital affair during the 2008 presidential election.
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April 14, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Delinquent taxpayers in North Carolina owe the state $1 billion, enough to fill almost half the budget gap that lawmakers are looking to address with cuts to public schools, universities and health programs.
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April 7, 2011
OAK RIDGE (AP) — Well before he became commandant of North Carolina's only military boarding academy, William Northrop regaled people with stories of serving in the jungles of Vietnam — how he was wounded in battle, how some comrades comm...
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March 31, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Three former Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape in North Carolina are allowed to pursue a lawsuit against the ex-county prosecutor and police investigators who handled their case, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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March 29, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Most of the military personnel deployed from North Carolina bases during the U.S. Census were tallied for other parts of the country, denying the state a congressional seat and future tax dollars, according to an Associated Press revi...
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March 22, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — The state's crime lab has found dozens more cases of mishandled blood evidence, adding to an already extensive review of years-old files, prosecutors said today.
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March 16, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Media outlets including The Associated Press are asking a judge to ease restrictions in a lawsuit over a sex tape said to depict presidential candidate John Edwards.
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February 28, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — More than half of North Carolina residents now support legal recognition of same-sex couples, and more than one-quarter believe they should have full marriage rights, according to a poll released today.
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February 27, 2011
CARY (AP) — North Carolina's restaurant inspectors award top grades for sanitation even when the establishments they examine have obvious problems such as roach or rodent infestations, according to an Associated Press analysis of state and county re...
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February 7, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Prosecutors in Forsyth County argued Monday that a North Carolina law that inmates are using to allege racial bias in their death sentences is too vague.
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February 4, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina's Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit Friday filed by a few taxpayers who challenged tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks used to lure Google Inc. to Caldwell County.
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January 28, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Teenagers aren't the only ones to blame for erratic driving tied to cell phones. Most of the motorists ticketed under North Carolina's new texting ban are actually over the age of 25, and some are over the age of 60.
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January 26, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Survivors and estates of Iraqis killed during an infamous 2007 shooting involving a U.S. security company's contractors cannot sue the firm or its workers in federal court, a judge ruled Wednesday.
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January 25, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — The first person convicted of a terrorism-related charge that's become a go-to tactic for prosecutors believes he should be released from prison after just a decade of his 155-year sentence because his original punishment was too hars...
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January 21, 2011
RALEIGH. (AP) — Local, state and federal authorities are searching for a woman involved in raising a child who recently reunited with her long-lost mother.
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January 17, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal criminal investigation targeting John Edwards is examining how much the two-time presidential candidate knew about money used to cover up his extramarital affair and out-of-wedlock child and whether he had other practices...
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January 14, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — A painter, musician and a nurse are among dozens of private individuals encouraged by a North Carolina man to dodge taxes by declaring themselves to be churches, federal prosecutors said Friday in a court filing that seeks to shut dow...
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December 29, 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — One year after restaurants began obeying North Carolina's smoking ban, several small businesses in the state are pushing ahead with a legal challenge to limit the scope of the law.
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December 12, 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — Family and friends of Elizabeth Edwards recalled her Saturday as an idealistic law student who challenged professors, a political sage who offered advice at every turn and a matriarch who comforted her family even as she was dying of...
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December 9, 2010
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Elizabeth Edwards' oldest daughter will give one of the eulogies at her public memorial service. Details of the funeral provided Thursday show that Cate Edwards will offer her memories along with two of her mother's long-time fr...
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December 8, 2010
CHAPEL HILL (AP) -- A son dying young. A six-year battle with cancer. A humiliating betrayal.
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December 6, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America.
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November 24, 2010
RALEIGH (AP) — Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley was convicted Tuesday of a low-level felony and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for an improperly filed campaign finance report, the lone accusation to emerge after sweeping investigations into his p...
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