February 15, 2012
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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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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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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FAYETTEVILLE — A former head of the state Division of Motor Vehicles regional law enforcement office in Fayetteville was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison for mail fraud.
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MAYODAN — Both of Cindi Johnson’s grandparents retired from Washington Mills. She still holds on to a few of their pay stubs. She worked one summer in the sewing room and jokes that stitching children’s sleepers in the summer heat was he...
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EDEN — The city said a broken sewer main led to a spill of about 12,000 gallons of raw sewage earlier this week.The city said the broken main at 417 Gallagher's Way was reported at 11 a.m. Monday and lasted about 8.5 hours.The city said about 4,000...
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February 14, 2012
RALEIGH (AP) — The state should close an Elizabeth City museum, a Kinston historic site and reduce operating hours at seven other locations to reduce operating expenses at attractions with high costs and low visitor traffic, the legislature's fiscal...
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RALEIGH (AP) — More U.S. House members from North Carolina are officially facing challengers in the May primary. The State Board of Elections web site says newspaper owner Ken Fortenberry of Lincoln County filed his candidacy paperwork Tuesday, sett...
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NEW BERN (AP) — A Fayetteville man has pleaded guilty to scamming nearly $900,000 in military benefits by falsely claiming to have been injured while serving the country. U.S. Attorney Thomas Walker says that 41-year-old Navy veteran Ronnie Glen...
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GREENSBORO — People who want to file to run for the Guilford County Board of Commissioners can do so this week.On Monday, U.S. Middle District Judge William L. Osteen Jr. did not decide about a temporary restraining order to keep commissioner candid...
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GRAHAM — A Greensboro man pleaded guilty Monday to having sex with an underage girl numerous times in 2009.
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