November 17, 2009
BURLINGTON — Burlington police are seeking a male suspect who they say attempted to rob two women at gunpoint Tuesday morning. At about 10:45 a.m., officers responded to the Biscuitville restaurant at 2045 N. Church St. on a armed robbery call. Two...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it will temporarily cut prices up to 60 percent on popular toys and video games on Saturday, almost a week ahead of the traditional sales blitz the day after Thanksgiving.
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JP Looney’s Sports Bar drew a $7,000 fine by the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission in connection with an underage drinking violation.
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WINSTON-SALEM — Forsyth County District Attorney Tom Keith announced today that he will retire on Nov. 30. Keith was elected as district attorney in 1990 and has served continuously since then.
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GREENSBORO — Two teens and two younger children escaped a burning home overnight after a blaze was sparked by an unattended candle.The Greensboro Fire Department said a fire broke out at 12:04 a.m. Tuesday at 2006 Lionne Drive. It caused about $80,0...
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HIGH POINT — Local law enforcement officials will participate in a town hall-style discussion regarding using Tasers in public schools.The event is sponsored by the High Point Human Relations Department and YWCA of High Point as part of its Front Po...
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Want To Go? What: A public meeting to discuss the proposal to cut the number of autism classroom wings from three to two and increase the size of the two wings.
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SANFORD (AP) — The father of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found off a rural road regrets giving the girl's mother a chance to raise their daughter, even though she seemed to be getting her life together.The girl's father, Bradley Lockhart, said...
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GREENSBORO — A survey crew found skeletal remains today behind a house northeast of the city limits.The Guilford County Sheriff's Office was called to a wooded area behind a home in the 4000 block of Hicone Road about 9:30 a.m. today. The area is be...
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — Winston-Salem Police Officer Daniel Clark gave a tearful nod of appreciation to the Winston-Salem community for its respo
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GREENSBORO — A head-on collision in northern Greensboro injured four children and two adults Tuesday morning.The crash happened at9:12 a.m. in front of 4228 Yanceyville Road just north of Lorraine Road. Yanceyville was closed for nearly two hours af...
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HIGH POINT — Police are looking for a man who robbed a pharmacy at gunpoint Sunday night.High Point police said the Walgreens pharmacy at 2109 N. Main St. was robbed at 11:14 p.m. Sunday.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Bassett Furniture Chairman and Chief Executive Robert Spilman has died at 82.Spilman died Sunday in Richmond, the company said.Spilman retired in May 1997 after joining the company in 1957 as a sales manager. He also serv...
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GREENSBORO — The mother of the man accused in the burning and severe beating of a 3-month-old puppy in August said her son abused the dog over fear it would harm his newborn child.Sally Laws, the mother of 20-year-old Lashawn White...
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WINSTON-SALEM — A tractor-trailer hauling seven passenger vehicles burned on the side of a highway Monday night.No injuries were reported in the fire, which was reported at 9:47 p.m. Monday along westbound Interstate 40 at Thomasville Road.
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BURLINGTON — State crews will close lanes on Interstate 40/85 one night this week in Alamance County so they can remove overhead signs.Various lanes on nortbound I-85 (also eastbound I-40) will be closed starting at 8 p.m. Thursday until 6 a.m. Frid...
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RALEIGH (AP) — Lawyers for a disgraced former state legislator have gone back to court seeking to overturn his conviction for obstruction of justice.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Costco customers may have to look elsewhere for Coca-Cola products now that the retailer has stopped carrying them because the pair are fighting over prices.
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WINSTON-SALEM — A man faces charges after police say he robbed the same convenience store four days apart.Shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday, Winston-Salem police were called to the Fairway One Stop at 225 S. Broad St. after the store was robbed. Witnes...
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WINSON-SALEM — A man armed with a handgun robbed a Church's Chicken on Monday night, police said.At 10:56 p.m., Winston-Salem police officers responded to an armed robbery call at 1301 N. Patterson Ave.The manager told police an armed man entered th...
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GREENSBORO — Two men robbed a couple who had entered their vehicle Monday night after eating at a Waffle House, police said.About 9:15 p.m., Steve Moore and his wife Cynthia were entering their vehicle at the restaurant at 4302 Big Tree Way when the...
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GREENSBORO — Jury selection will begin today in the first-degree murder trial of a Greensboro man accused of fatally shooting a store clerk in November 2006. Raytheon Williams, 20, of 607 Holt Ave. , is one of four people accused in the Nov. 25......
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As the 2010 campaign season descends upon us, this column will stray from policy into politics from time to time. And right at the top of the Tar Heel ticket next year will be the race for U.S. Senate. The incumbent is Richard Burr , a Winston-Salem Repub...
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GREENSBORO — As the county asks smokers to quit for a day this week, bars and restaurants are learning how they’ll be forced to ban it in 2010.
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Not much surprises Michele Forrest , who seeks out the homeless in tent camps atop near-frozen earth and huddled in blankets underneath highway underpasses. Yet, as she has passed out food and hygiene items recently, the circumstances have become even mor...
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