November 3, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — State appellate judges have upheld the conviction of former state Rep. Thomas Wright on three counts of obtaining property by false pretenses.
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HICKORY — A man whose family was killed in their North Carolina home has pleaded guilty to drug charges that officials say led to the deaths of his wife and children.
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The ACC has honored a pair of Coastal Division quarterbacks who led their teams to come-from-behind victories. The ACC on Monday named Duke's Thaddeus Lewis and Miami's Jacory Harris as its co-offensive backs of the week.
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Duke's Kyle Singler was named to the The Associated Press' preseason All-America team on Monday. Singler averaged 16.5 points and 7.7 rebounds last season for the Blue Devils but his role should change to more of a perimeter one this season. He received 3...
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November 2, 2009
RALEIGH (AP) — Lottery players in North Carolina should soon be able to play for up to four big jackpots a week instead of just two.The North Carolina Education Lottery Commission voted Monday to begin selling tickets for the Mega Millions multistat...
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Contaminated fresh ground beef caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday.
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ASHEVILLE (AP) — Crews are hoping they can begin drilling rocks at the top of a massive rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line after rain delayed their progress over the weekend.N.C. Department of Transportation ins...
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RALEIGH (AP) — San Jose has had little trouble racking up wins so far this season, though it's only in the last week or so the Sharks feel they've actually started playing well.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Texas is back to No. 2 in the AP college football poll.The Longhorns jumped Alabama and landed right behind top-ranked Florida on Sunday, a day after winning 41-14 at Oklahoma State in their best performance of the season.Florida, No...
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November 1, 2009
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Armanti Edwards ran for four touchdowns and threw for two more in Appalachian State's sixth straight victory, a 52-27 win over Furman on Saturday. Edwards was 25-for-36 passing for 355 yards and ran for 106 yards on 13 carries to help...
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Thaddeus Lewis and his Duke teammates don't know if opponents are starting to believe that the rumors of the Blue Devils' vast improvement are true. And, Lewis said, he doesn't care.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Terrell Hudgins caught three touchdowns and set a Football Championship Subdivision record as Elon beat Wofford 34-6 on Saturday. Hudgins, who had 11 catches for 153 yards, had his 24th 100 yard game to surpass NFL Hall of Famer Jerry...
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CLEVELAND -- Delonte West scored 13 points in his delayed season debut, Mo Williams added 24 and LeBron James 14 as the Cleveland Cavaliers, back at full strength, rolled to a 90-79 win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Saturday night.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Flyers defenseman Braydon Coburn waited five years for his first two-goal game in the NHL. Then he took care of the feat in 1½ minutes.
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BOSTON COLLEGE 31, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 10: Former walk-on kicker Steve Aponavicius became the host Eagles' all-time scoring leader as they overpowered the Chippewas. "It's tremendous for Steve, it really is," coach Frank Spaziani said. "He dr...
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October 31, 2009
RALEIGH — A North Carolina orthodontist is offering to pay trick-or-treaters to fork over their candy. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that Dr. Jason Gladwell of Wake Forest will pay children $1 per pound of candy they bring into his offi...
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The Carolina Panthers will be without starting receiver Muhsin Muhammad and free safety Charles Godfrey for Sunday's game at Arizona. Reserve tight end Dante Rosario was also ruled out Friday.
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Frank Beamer knew North Carolina was good, but even he was stunned by how the Tar Heels pushed around 14th-ranked Virginia Tech on Thursday night.
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CHARLOTTE -- D.J. Augustin made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left in the second overtime and the Charlotte Bobcats recovered from blowing an 18-point, fourth-quarter lead for a 102-100 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night. Stunned after N...
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Kentucky point guard John Wall of Raleigh has been cleared to play by the NCAA. The school announced Friday that the 6-foot-4 freshman must sit out two games and repay almost $800 in expenses incurred during unofficial visits to schools during his junior...
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October 30, 2009
Connecticut picked up right where it left off last season: unanimous No. 1 in the women's basketball poll.The Huskies received all 40 first-place votes Friday from a national media panel. It's the seventh time in school history UConn has held the top pres...
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TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr. will keep his crew chief next season.Hendrick Motorsports says Lance McGrew will stay with the No. 88 team in 2010.McGrew took over the job on an interim basis in May when Tony Eury Jr. was fired after a hor...
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MOORESVILLE (AP) — NASCAR placed driver AJ Allmendinger on probation Thursday following his arrest earlier in the day on a charge of drunken driving.
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The Charlotte Bobcats are picking up the third-year, $1.22 million option on the contract of center Alexis Ajinca for the 2010-11 season.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Three North Carolina state agencies will receive a combined $34 million more because Gov. Beverly Perdue's administration is freeing up funds it initially held back this year due to budget worries.
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