April 15, 2008
RALEIGH (AP)- With three weeks to go before North Carolina's primary, Chapel Hill corporate financial adviser Jim Neal has yet to air a single television advertisement in his bid to secure the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Neal's campaign said Tu...
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April 11, 2008
ROANOKE RAPIDS(AP)- Former President Bill Clinton, campaigning in a former mill town struggling with job losses, said Friday the United States can bring back the manufacturing industry - as long as the nation can enforce trade laws. "We can bring man...
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April 8, 2008
WINSTON-SALEM (AP) -- The measures of success in the presidential campaign change each time Barack Obama surpasses expectations, his wife said Tuesday, arguing that voters are struggling to keep up with the changing standards. "They tell you to raise...
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April 4, 2008
PEMBROKE (AP) _ Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that America has made progress on Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of better race relations — but not on his dream of economic equality. "We now are at a place where people can be judged......
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April 2, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) Prosecutors in Catawba County have dropped murder charges against a man who has spent 14 years on death row, a defense attorney said Wednesday. Attorney Frank Goldsmith said his client, Glen Edward Chapman, will soon be released from the sta...
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RALEIGH (AP) — The state's probation chief said Wednesday he is embarrassed by his agency's handling of a defendant now charged in the slaying of the University of North Carolina's student body president, but said it was unfair to question whether h...
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March 20, 2008
ELON (AP) — A spokeswoman who was fired from Gov. Mike Easley's administration for how she handled the media said Thursday that state officials are skirting open government laws and making it difficult for the public to get information that should b...
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March 18, 2008
CHAPEL HILL (AP) - A mourning University of North Carolina campus vowed Tuesday to continue the legacy of its slain student leader, who was shot to death and left on a street earlier this month. An estimated crowd of 10,000 — including some wearing...
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RALEIGH (AP) -- More than two-thirds of North Carolina residents expect water conservation to stick around long term as the state recovers from its worst drought on record, according to a poll released Tuesday. The Elon University poll showed a population...
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March 14, 2008
DURHAM (AP) — An autopsy report says a Duke University graduate student found dead in his apartment died instantly after being shot point-blank in his forehead. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released an autopsy Friday for Abhijit Mahato.
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March 13, 2008
DURHAM (AP)- Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. turned 17 last November. Within weeks, he was on probation. Within months, authorities allege, he embarked on a crime spree that started with the slaying of a graduate student at Duke University and ended with the f...
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March 11, 2008
CHAPEL HILL (AP) - Police in Chapel Hill say they have found additional surveillance photos of the suspect in the slaying of University of North Carolina student body president Eve Carson. Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran said Monday that detectiv...
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March 9, 2008
CHAPEL HILL (AP) - Detectives are searching for a man photographed using the ATM card of the UNC-Chapel Hill student body president found shot to death on a city street, police said Saturday. Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran released two surveillance...
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March 8, 2008
CHAPEL HILL (AP) -- Detectives are searching for a man photographed using the ATM card of the University of North Carolina student body president found shot to death on a city street, police said Saturday. Chapel Hill Police Chief Brian Curran released tw...
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March 7, 2008
CHAPEL HILL — Police investigating the death of UNC's student body president began circulating a photo on Friday of a possible suspect to law enforcement officials. Sgt. L.B. Evans, the watch commander in the neighboring city of Durham, said his dep...
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February 21, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — Three lawsuits filed in the fallout of the discredited Duke lacrosse rape case have fingered dozens of people for blame — but none so far name the 29-year-old woman who launched the case with false allegations of rape.
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February 12, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — N.C. State plans to launch a research hub for the development of plug-in cars, a project that has attracted the interest of both energy and automobile companies. The school already conducts research into the development of the no-gas...
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February 11, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr said Monday that he would accept a spot on John McCain's presidential ticket if asked by the Arizona senator. Burr has joined McCain on the campaign trail several times over the past year, stumping for...
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February 8, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) A persistent smile drew people to Candace Mitchell, a 16-year-old aspiring actress who daydreamed about a modeling career as she worked part-time at a Durham hair salon. She flashed her mom one of her notorious grins before jumping into a va...
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February 6, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — With no decisive Democratic winner in the Super Tuesday presidential primaries, there's a chance North Carolina's primary won't be worthless. But just a chance.
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January 16, 2008
JACKSONVILLE (AP) The key suspect in the slaying of a 20-year-old pregnant Marine told comrades he would flee to Mexico to avoid a conviction on rape charges, and authorities said Wednesday the FBI is now working with Mexican authorities to track him dow...
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JACKSONVILLE (AP) A 20-year-old Marine whose remains were found along with those of her child in the backyard of a colleague suspected of killing her had told victims' advocates at Camp Lejeune that she didn't consider the man a threat. Lance Cpl. Maria...
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January 15, 2008
JACKSONVILLE (AP) — A 20-year-old pregnant Marine who disappeared in December died from a head injury, authorities said Tuesday, formally rejecting the claims of the key suspect in her death that she committed suicide. Dr. Charles Garrett, the Onslo...
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January 11, 2008
JACKSONVILLE (AP) — Authorities on foot and all-terrain vehicles searched a residential neighborhood near Camp Lejeune on Friday for a shallow grave holding the body of a pregnant Marine, and said the main suspect in her death was a comrade she had...
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January 2, 2008
RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina wildfire officials were expected to temporarily lift an outdoor burning ban Wednesday, saying recent rains provided enough water to make conditions safer for controlled fires. The burning will help reduce built-up under...
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