November 24, 2009
RALEIGH — Rep. Mel Watt has been getting a lot of online grief lately for his work on a bill related to the Federal Reserve. The Charlotte Democrat, who represents parts of Guilford County, sits on the House Financial Services Committee.
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GREENSBORO — The trip to grandma’s house for Thanksgiving will be more expensive for Triad motorists this year because of a rise in gas prices of more than 60 cents a gallon in the past 12 months. The blow to drivers’ pocketbooks will be...
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WENTWORTH — Rockingham County commissioners moved forward Monday in their pursuit of countywide broadband Internet access by hiring a company to conduct an engineering study.
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On Nov. 14, I had a yard sale at my mother’s house. Two ladies were looking at some clothes that were mine. One pulled me aside to show me what she had found in my shirt pocket. To my surprise, it was $150! I have not been in the closet where that s...
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Do you have a holiday memory you want to share — an experience so special that it makes you smile, laugh, or maybe even cry? If so, we’d like to hear from you. Send it to Teresa Prout, city editor; News & Record; 200 E. Market St.; Greensb...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are thinking beyond Cyber Monday - a holiday marketing promotion many push for the Monday after Thanksgiving - and trying to spin their discounts into into Cyber Weekends or even Cyber Weeks.
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November 23, 2009
GREENSBORO — On the night of Friday the 13th, thieves stole seven smiles from Room 404 at Gillespie Park Elementary School.
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More North Carolinians are expected to travel this Thanksgiving weekend despite a rise in gas prices compared to a year ago, AAA Carolinas said today.
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Toriano Tucker Sr., 37, is wanted by Greensboro police on charges of domestic assault, harassment, stalking and injury to personal property. Officers say on Oct. 3 they responded to a domestic dispute call at a home on Hyde Drive. A female victim told off...
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WENTWORTH — A Waynesville consulting group will study the potential for broadband Internet access in Rockingham County, after the Board of Commissioners hired the company on Monday.
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BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina have arrested a man in the accidental shooting death of a college student at an off-campus party. Boone police Capt. Jim Wilson said 20-year-old Galen Elijah Ruble of Boone was arrested Monday in the deat...
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FORT BRAGG (AP) — Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday and hundreds greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering.
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MCLEANSVILLE — When Helen Paisley Sockwell began gathering stories and information from McLeansville residents almost seven years ago, she thought she was just compiling a church history. But what began as a project for Mt. Pleasant United Methodis...
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WHITSETT — The students had just begun shuffling along the leaf-covered trail when 9-year-old Austin Driver spoke up. “I found something! I found a track,” he said, the excitement in his voice encouraging the eight other children to hudd...
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GREENSBORO — A second person is being sought on charges involving the sexual abuse of a child, police said today. Greensboro police detectives are looking for Sergio Rene Salazar, 20, according to a news release. Salazar was charged with six counts...
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GRAHAM — A Highway Patrol trooper was hurt this morning when his patrol car was struck by another vehicle on Interstate 40/85 in Alamance County.First Sgt. C.J. Slemenda said Humberto Reyna, who is based in Graham, is being treated at UNC Hospitals...
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GREENSBORO — A Comfort Inn is scheduled to open in Greensboro on Dec. 1.The hotel at 1103 Lanada Drive was formerly a Best Western.The Comfort Inn, owned and operated by CN Hotels of Greensboro, will feature 110 guest rooms and three meeting rooms t...
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RALEIGH (AP) — A fourth victim has died from injuries suffered in a natural gas explosion that tore through a North Carolina Slim Jim plant five months ago, a hospital spokesman said Monday.
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GRAHAM — Alamance County authorities seized more than 400 grams of cocaine and about $15,000 in cash this weekend.The Alamance County Sheriff's Office said two Burlington men were arrested: 24-year-old Jose Guadalupe Vargas-Ramirez of 4457 Tangle Ri...
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LEXINGTON — An 18-year-old boy has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl.The Davidson County Sheriff's Office said Jason Cecil McKay Snyder of 317 Harris Drive in Thomasville turned himself in to deputies on Friday. He was charged with second-de...
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ATLANTIC BEACH (AP) — The Coast Guard has saved five sailors as their boat sank in the dark Atlantic Ocean.The Virginian-Pilot reported Monday that the Coast Guard was called after the sailboat Lazy Jack started taking on water about 30 miles south...
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BOONE (AP) — Police in North Carolina say the shooting death of a college student at an off-campus party appears to have been an accident.Multiple media outlets reported that 20-year-old Appalachian State University student Jay Derby of Matthews was...
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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — A headquarters of North Carolina's tobacco history is up for sale.The Winston-Salem Journal reported today that Reynolds American Inc. has put its historic former headquarters on the market.
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina grandmother to death.
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Small acts of kindness aren’t necessarily considered small by the recipients. Our 9-year-old grandson recently completed his first season of peewee football for Lewis Recreation Center. We want to publicly thank Coach Everett Meadows — he&rsqu...
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