January 29, 2012
GREENSBORO — A local man said the state of North Carolina drained his bank account because officials mistakenly believed he owed them $5,000 in taxes. WGHP (Fox, Channel 8) reports that Tommy Marx got a letter recently saying he owed North Carolina...
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RALEIGH — A former North Carolina funeral director who left a body in a hearse for nine days has been accused of taking a woman’s life insurance money after her husband’s death. The Times-News of Burlington reports that Graham police cha...
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January 27, 2012
Oak Ridge resident Kevin Harvick said Wednesday night his wife is 14 weeks pregnant. Harvick announced DeLana Harvick's pregnancy during a media event at Richard Childress Racing.
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January 26, 2012
NASCAR said Wednesday it will stop issuing undisclosed fines going forward, a practice that made fans distrust the sanctioning body.
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January 15, 2012
BURLINGTON — Authorities are looking for clues after two pedestrians were killed by a train in Burlington. Burlington police said a southbound Amtrak train heading to Charlotte hit two men at about 7 p.m. Saturday.
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January 14, 2012
STAR, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say the man who shot and killed three co-workers at a North Carolina lumber company has died of a self-inflicted wound. Montgomery County Sheriff Dempsey Owens said in a news release that Ronald Dean Davis, 50, of Star...
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November 28, 2011
LAS VEGAS -- Chace Stanback had a career-high 28 and added 10 rebounds to help UNLV beat top-ranked North Carolina 90-80 on Saturday night in the championship game of the Las Vegas Invitational. Mike Moser added 16 points and 18 rebounds for the Rebels (7...
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October 29, 2011
Receiver Percy Harvin and cornerback Antoine Winfield are listed as questionable for the Minnesota Vikings' game against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. Harvin has a rib injury that has bothered him for most of the season. He missed the second half of th...
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October 14, 2011
Ron Rivera said Wednesday that rookie quarterback Cam Newton can take a hit, but the Panthers' first-year coach would like him to take fewer of them.
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September 24, 2011
Kevin Harvick has sold a controlling interest in his Truck Series team to Eddie Sharp Racing. Harvick had announced this month he planned to shutter his program at the end of the year. In the deal announced Friday, ESR acquired the No. 8 and No. 33 KHI tr...
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September 21, 2011
Twelve is enough for the Pac-12, putting the Big 12 in position to survive yet again in the latest round of conference shuffling.
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RALEIGH -- It's a short week for an N.C. State football team that needs time to heal. The Wolfpack's defense is wounded again and there's not much time to assess options with Thursday night's game at Cincinnati on the schedule.
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September 3, 2011
RALEIGH — Gov. Bev Perdue said Friday that Hurricane Irene caused at least $400 million in damage to North Carolina, and she pledged to build a temporary bridge across the largest breach in N.C. 12 that the storm carved through the Hatteras Island h...
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August 30, 2011
HENDERSONVILLE — Authorities say a newborn baby was found dead in a bathroom stall at a Hendersonville grocery store.An employee at a Bi-Lo called police about 9 p.m. Sunday saying the infant was found wrapped in a blanket in the women’s bathr...
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August 2, 2011
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — US Airways Group Inc. says it will offer direct refunds of ticket taxes that travelers paid before the taxes lapsed on July 23.
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May 10, 2011
CHARLOTTE — Oak Ridge resident Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch were fined $25,000 apiece and put on probation today by NASCAR for their actions on pit road at Darlington Raceway.
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May 4, 2011
U.S. pairs skating champions Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin are splitting up a week after finishing sixth at the world championships, the Associated press reports. The two won their national championship inside the Greensboro Coliseum in J...
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April 7, 2011
Point guard Kyrie Irving is leaving Duke after one season to enter the NBA draft, but North Carolina underclassmen Tyler Zeller and John Henson will wait at least one more year before turning pro. The Tar Heels will have to wait a little longer to learn w...
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January 23, 2011
If anyone else had been involved, it would have felt like a marathon, but Greensboro's John Isner was part of redefining the parameters of a tennis match last year and perhaps forever. "The target is 70-68," someone said loudly in the stands early Saturda...
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November 5, 2010
Officials at Pinehurst Resort said the final stage of renovations to the fabled No. 2 course will begin Nov. 16.
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October 7, 2010
Of all the things Tyler Alberts could have imagined happening to him right now, being offered a scholarship to play football at North Carolina would have been among the least expected. But that's what happened during the weekend, and Alberts, a 6-foot-8......
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October 2, 2010
PINE KNOLL SHORES — The North Carolina Aquarium wants visitors to help name a rare white loggerhead sea turtle in its care.
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CANTON — Haywood County deputies are looking for someone who stole 600 pounds of fish from a Canton trout farm. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Saturday that the theft was discovered Thursday when Sunburst Trout Farm owner Sally Eason and her h...
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WINDSOR — Gov. Beverly Perdue plans to tour flood damage in eastern North Carolina as swollen rivers were expected to crest Saturday following last week's heavy rains from Tropical Storm Nicole. Perdue's office said she would visit the towns of Wind...
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September 19, 2010
UNCG 1, NAVY 0: Matt Strine scored 11:54 into the match and Peyton Ford made a diving save with 15 minutes left to preserve the shutout as UNCG handed Navy its first loss of the season in men's soccer Saturday night at UNCG Soccer Stadium. The Spartans......
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