November 21, 2009
It’s one of the quintessential sounds of Christmas: the jingle of coins as they hit the bottom of the Salvation Army kettle. But the traditional sound will have a modern companion this year: the plastic clicks of a credit card in action.
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November 20, 2009
GREENSBORO — Former special intelligence officer Scott Sanders will return to regular duty next month in one of the final acts in the racially charged drama that led to the departure of former police chief David Wray.
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GREENSBORO — A Greensboro man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in a 2006 robbery. It took a jury around two hours to convict 20-year-old Raytheon Williams on charges of first-degree murder......
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GREENSBORO — The word in Fisher Park was downtown Greensboro got a new produce market, and residents Jane Gallimore and Helen Ullrich had to check it out for themselves. On Thursday, they stopped by the Downtown Farm Market on North Greene Street as...
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GREENSBORO — UNCG undergraduates might not be thrilled about the prospect of paying an additional $254 in tuition and fees — but it could have been much worse, school officials suggested Thursday. Administrators noted that, facing a dire budge...
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GREENSBORO — Three officers were sworn into the ranks of the Greensboro Police Department on Friday as graduates of the agency’s first training course designed for recruits with recent basic law enforcement training certification.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — State Treasurer Janet Cowell unveiled new rules Friday banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency and setting a limit on charitable solicitations.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Army said Friday it would open Sarah Palin's appearance on Fort Bragg to media, a reversal from earlier in the week when the military wanted the event closed out of fears it would prompt political grandstanding against...
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GREENSBORO – Young visitors and staff had to evacuate the Greensboro Children’s Museum Friday evening because of a gas leak. The museum is expected to open at its normal time Saturday.
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The election of a Sedalia planning board member will take the town in a direction it hasn’t been. Shinita Wrenwick vows to serve on both the planning board and the town council unless it becomes “too much.” “If I get overwhelmed, I...
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GREENSBORO — One man featured in “Guilford County’s Most Wanted” has been arrested today. Greensboro police Warrant Squad officers responded to 403 Franklin Blvd. on a Crime Stoppers tip regarding Keith O’Brian Lane. The off...
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RALEIGH (AP) — A poll says North Carolina residents like electing their judges, but some are open to letting an independent commission appoint them.
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CHARLOTTE – The FBI’s Charlotte Division issued an alert Friday seeking information on a man accused of shooting a woman in the stomach and leaving her for dead. Authorities are looking for Phillip Thomas Williams, aka “Scoob,”&nbs...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Health officials say four people in North Carolina have tested positive for a type of swine flu that's resistant to the drug Tamiflu.It's the first cluster of that many cases seen in the U.S.Health officials said Friday the four cases...
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GREENSBORO — Greensboro Urban Ministry’s 18th annual Feast of Caring at First Baptist Church raised more than $75,000 Thursday evening, the nonprofit reports.
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A 28-year-old inmate died of apparent natural causes Thursday night at Central Prison, according to the N.C. Department of Correction.A nurse found Kayin Whitfield unresponsive and not breathing during a regular check at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, the Department...
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DENTON — Four people were charged with an assault after an incident Tuesday at a local home.The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said James Donald Graves Jr. was attacked by family members when he tried to retrieve his son from his father's house at...
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DINWIDDIE, Va. (AP) — The driver of a Miley Cyrus tour bus was killed Friday when the bus overturned, but the 16-year-old "Hannah Montana" star wasn't on board, Virginia State Police said.The bus was heading to Greensboro, where the pop si...
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson, on the verge of a NASCAR record fourth consecutive championship, signed a contract extension today to drive for Hendrick Motorsports through the 2015 season.
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FAYETTEVILLE (AP) — A 5-year-old girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released today.
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LEXINGTON — A Davidson County man has been charged in connection with sexual offenses that allegedly happened as far back as 1981.The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said Niles Lee Tysinger, 61, of 124 Riverwood Road has been charged with eight cou...
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GRAHAM — A Chapel Hill man was jailed in Alamance County after allegedly breaking into a home and out of a police car, then assaulting a deputy.
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North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased to 11 percent in October, according to statistics released today by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. The rate increased for the first time since May, when it was 11.1 percent. The rat...
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LEXINGTON — A Colfax man has been charged with 55 counts of embezzling radio equipment from his former employer.
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