February 15, 2012
RALEIGH -- Rep. Maggie Jeffus said today that she will not seek re-election this year. Jeffus, a Greensboro Democrat, has served 10 terms in the state House. After the 2011 redistricting, she was drawn into the same legislative district as Rep. Pricey Har...
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HIGH POINT — The number of homeless individuals in Guilford County is the same. But more school-age children are without homes.They stay in emergency shelters, hotels, motels or with friends or relatives because their families lost their homes or ca...
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RAEFORD (AP) — At least six people have been charged following an investigation of conditions at a Hoke County turkey plant, including a North Carolina agriculture official who tipped off the company about the probe. Dr. Sarah Jean Mason was charged...
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UNCG has hired a firm to aid in the search of a men’s basketball coach, athletics director Kim Record said today. Record said the school used Academic Search, a firm out of Washington, whose senior consultant David Braine, the former AD at Ge...
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GREENSBORO — A man who helped coach the Northern Guilford High School football team was charged with trafficking cocaine Friday. The former coach's arrest did not occur on school grounds or involve students, said Guilford County Schools Communicatio...
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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — Attorneys for the first death row prisoner to use North Carolina's Racial Justice Act to get a life sentence say statistics, affidavits and other evidence prove racial bias against black jurors both statewide and in their c...
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RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina state agency that created videos for state government and got public service announcements on television is closing its doors in April because of cash flow problems.
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Six Greenpeace demonstrators have been arrested after hanging a banner in front of the Duke Energy building in Charlotte protesting rate increases for the utility's customers.The demonstrators hung a sign between two 20-foot-tall tr...
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GREENSBORO — Authorities found a bag of cocaine in Mary Ann Holder’s black Ford Explorer the morning she shot five children and herself.But a state medical examiner didn’t find drugs in Holder’s bloodstream, according to an autopsy...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders of both parties praised an emerging deal Wednesday to extend a payroll tax cut and extra jobless benefits through 2012, but cautioned that bargainers still had to nail down final details.
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SHELBY (AP) — The FBI plans to use social media and billboards to look for new leads in the case of a Shelby girl who disappeared 12 years ago.
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YANCEYVILLE — A Caswell County teenager has died after falling into a reservoir.The Caswell County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Damien Farmer, 13, who attended Dillard Middle School.The sheriff's office said someone called 911 at 5:15 p...
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WINTERVILLE (AP) — Pitt County authorities say a father and son are free on bond after being charged with sexual exploitation of minors because of images of children found on their computers.Authorities say Melvin David Wetzel, 64, of Winterville an...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The crowd at Madison Square Garden grew louder with every tiny step Malachy took, and he sure took a lot of them just to get halfway around the dog show ring. That was perfect for this Pekingese. Gave him more time to soak in the che...
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CHARLOTTE -- Here's a chance for Charlotte-area sauce makers to flaunt their barbecue game.
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LOS ANGELES -- The iPhone has been a huge hit for Apple Inc., helping send the company's stock to all-time highs and producing record-breaking profits. But for AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., it's breaking the bank.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — In Whitney Houston's hometown, her family plans a private church service, with no public memorial set. In Los Angeles, where she died, there's not even a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for fans to pile flowers. So for the leg...
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Three students who were connected to a fight involving a student with cerebral palsy are no longer at Starmount Middle School in Yadkin County, and at least one felony charge has been filed, authorities said this week.
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WINSTON-SALEM — The state Attorney General's office will handle any potential prosecution of state Rep. Larry Womble, D-Forsyth, for his role in a fatal crash that occurred nearly 2½ months ago on Reynolds Park Road.Noelle Talley, a spokeswom...
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HIGH POINT — A poll conducted by High Point University found that President Barack Obama would have lost the state by 5 percentage points, 47-42, to an unnamed Republican opponent if the presidential election had been held earlier this month.
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Graphic images of the 160 dogs collected in a raid last week in Stokes County show the dogs sleeping in their own waste, in makeshift kennels that had exposed wires and an infestation of mice.
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RALEIGH — A Wake County prosecutor dropped charges Tuesday against an Occupy Raleigh protester who has a disability and was charged with trespassing in October after she refused to move her chair.
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RALEIGH — Joseph Smith Jr., the state's banking commissioner since 2002, has submitted his resignation so that he can monitor the $25 billion settlement that calls for five of the nation's largest banks to provide relief to struggling homeowners.
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RALEIGH — The N.C. Secretary of State is threatening to shut down Share Our Shoes, a prominent Raleigh charity, if it fails to account for tens of thousands of dollars spent on a variety of expenses, including some that have no connection to providi...
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