January 19, 2012
RALEIGH — Both sides of the proposed state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage have begun ramping up their campaigns in what is expected to be an expensive and bitter fight from now until the May 8 referendum.
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December 25, 2011
CHAPEL HILL -- Everett Withers grew up in Charlotte wanting to play football at North Carolina, never imagining that one day he'd be the head coach there. So when the opportunity came -- when UNC named Withers its interim head coach after firing Butch Dav...
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September 24, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- North Carolina will seek a waiver from key provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind law, which has been criticized for too much emphasis on high-stakes standardized tests.
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CHAPEL HILL (MCT) -- Jacob Pinto had a full ride to UNC-Chapel Hill, until he lost his scholarships and grants this year because his parents made more money and the state cut funding to UNC-CH.
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Paul Langfield smiled as he waded waist high in the Eno River last weekend, fishing for tires and other junk. "I'm getting a beer for every tire I find," he said and laughed. Eleven area groups collaborated on the cleanup that cleared 50 tires a...
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September 23, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby said Thursday that Gov. Bev Perdue is not a target of the SBI probe into who paid for dozens of unreported flights during Perdue's 2004 and 2008 campaigns.
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September 22, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- The social and economic costs of the merger of Duke Energy and Progress Energy will get an airing today in Raleigh when public hearings resume on the deal. The companies have said they will eliminate 2,000 jobs once they consolidate.
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September 19, 2011
The much-anticipated "Gears of War 3" video game is one of those rare products that has retailers opening their doors at midnight to satisfy the pent-up demand. More than 20,000 retailers worldwide plan midnight launches tonight, according to Ca...
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August 31, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- North Carolina is among three states in the running for an economic development project that could bring as many as 1,500 jobs to an area just west of Wilmington. But winning the project could require the state lawmakers to pass a targete...
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August 24, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (MCT) — If you happened across the website of alt-rock giants R.E.M last week, you may have been surprised to see, at the very top of the homepage, the announcement, "Chapel Hill Community Chorus Project performs 'Everybody Hurts......
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August 18, 2011
CARTHAGE (MCT) — The people of Carthage were nearly united in their shock in March 2009 that eight people could be shot dead in a nursing home in their little town.More than two years later, as the lone gunman accused in the killings is on trial for...
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July 15, 2011
DURHAM -- One of the three women killed in a triple murder-suicide shooting last month along N.C. 54 in Durham, was shot eight times, according to an autopsy report.
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July 10, 2011
RALEIGH (AP) — Nine years of being treated by her male colleagues in the Army as if she didn't deserve her sergeant stripes did not leave Jennifer Malinski inclined to join the American Legion once she left service. "A bunch of old men," s...
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June 3, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- A Union County eighth-grader who earned a trip to Thursday night's finals of the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee, bowed out in the 10th round. Three contestants from the Triangle lost their places before the semifinals. Sukanya Roy of...
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May 29, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- In a move that could complicate the already tense state budget negotiations in Raleigh, a judge has ordered a court hearing about whether proposed school cuts would compromise children's constitutional right to a quality education. Wake C...
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May 26, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- The recession has accelerated trends already well under way in this state, giving an overwhelming employment edge to educated workers in a technology-based economy. The N.C. Commission on Workforce Development on Wednesday painted a dire...
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May 24, 2011
SANFORD (MCT) — Lowe's will break ground Wednesday on a new store in Sanford to replace the one destroyed by a tornado on April 16.The store, which will be built on the same site, will have 103,000 square feet of retail space and an adjacent 34,000......
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RALEIGH (MCT) — It'll be a country showdown tonight as Garner's Scotty McCreery sings for viewer votes for the last time on "American Idol."
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May 20, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) — Two bear sightings in Raleigh on Thursday and the one in Garner a day earlier were likely of a single, confused young animal who accidentally wandered into the area while hunting for a new rural home, a state biologist said.
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May 18, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- Duane Deaver is fighting to get his job back at the State Bureau of Investigation, saying that he is being held to a different standard than other agents who have erred.
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May 17, 2011
CHAPEL HILL (MCT) -- The board of the UNC Health Care System reiterated Monday that it doesn't plan to sell its Raleigh subsidiary, Rex Healthcare, but will form a committee to consider an acquisition offer from rival WakeMed.
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May 12, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) -- WakeMed officials plan to announce today that they're making a $750 million bid to buy cross-Raleigh rival hospital Rex Healthcare. WakeMed executives have accused Rex and its Chapel Hill-based parent, UNC Health Care System, of using &qu...
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May 11, 2011
RALEIGH (MCT) — Republican senators want to spend less on education next year than their House counterparts, a development that has Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue spitting mad.Senate Republicans on Tuesday began public discussions of the changes they wa...
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RALEIGH (MCT) — Dozens of families are scrambling to find suitable care for their children with mental illness after state officials decided to pull 141 North Carolina youngsters from a Virginia residential treatment facility following allegations o...
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April 20, 2011
The groundskeeper in Caddyshack grappled with a gopher. The state of North Carolina is in a battle with beavers. The state has spent $80,000 trapping beavers and removing dams at stream and wetland restoration projects and just signed a $150,000 contract...
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