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November 20, 2009
Landing your next job after the interview
NC unemployment tips 11%
Doctors discover new drug-resistant strain of H1N1
Three of four patients diagnosed with a drug-resistant strain of the H1N1 virus at Duke Hospital have died.
Complaints about PTSD treatment at Camp Lejeune
A civilian psychiatrist said he was fired from his job at Camp Lejeune after complaining about the PTSD treatment offered to marines.
Tuition will rise at East Carolina University, but how much?
NC General Assembly: Tuition will go up by 8%
Perdue Aims to Brings More Jobs to NC through Port of Morehead City
The Governor toured the Port of Morehead City today and explained her take on the Port’s role in today’s economy.
EXCLUSIVE: 16 year old nearly killed in hunting accident speaks for the first time
Hunting and drinking can be a deadly combination and one family in the east says earlier this week, it nearly was.
US to drop shooting case against Blackwater guard
WASHINGTON (AP) - Prosecutors say they’ll drop manslaughter charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide contractors charged in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting.
UPDATE: Marine faces murder and burglary charges in connection with death of fellow Marine
More details surface regarding the homicide investigation of Cpl. Joshua Hartzell. A fellow marine has been arrested.
USER GENERATED CONTENT: Can you identify this bird?
A mystery bird sparked numerous phone calls and e-mails to the WNCT newsroom today after Storm Team 9 Meteorologist Gannon Medwick featured the viewer submitted picture on Friday’s Noon newscast.
Police: NC girl raped, killed on day she was taken
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home.
NC unemployment rate bumps up to 11 percent
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s unemployment rate rose slightly to 11 percent in October, a fraction off its historic peak earlier this year and the ninth straight month in double digits.
Mosquitoes out in full force after recent rains
The recent rain and mild weather is causing a return of mosquitoes.
Boil water advisory lifted for Bear Creek
Good news for the folks living in the Bear Creek area.
NC judge bans talks over smaller jail than planned
YADKINVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina judge has issued an order preventing a committee in Yadkin County from meeting to discuss overhauling plans for a jail to replace a closed lockup.
Sink Your Teeth Into This: Is someone you know a “Twi-hard” fan?
Thousands of people started off their Friday by catching the midnight showing of “New Moon.”
Man critically injured in Rocky Mt. shooting
Police in Rocky Mount are looking for two suspects involved in a shooting that left one man critically injured.
DNA evidence sends NC killer to prison
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison after new DNA evidence tied him to the 1995 slaying of a woman who rejected him.
NC female inmates allege sexual assaults in prison
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Four female inmates say North Carolina’s prisons subjected them and other prisoners to sexual violence and harassment amounting to cruel and unusual punishment.
New commander Marine Corps Special Operations
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.(AP) - The Marine Corps special operations unit is getting a new commander and a new headquarters.
October could signal direction for NC jobless rate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina’s unemployment figures for October could show whether a predicted late-year jobs crunch is hitting the state economy.
Artifacts from Queen Anne’s Revenge go on display
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Artifacts from the shipwreck of what’s believed to have been Blackbeard’s flagship will be shown off in an eastern North Carolina lab.
November 19, 2009
NC DOC recalculates good conduct credits for 27 inmates
Bobby Bowden’s attorney Staples Hughes calls challenge a political war
ECU Board of Trustees recommends tuition increase of 3.6%
Board will vote Friday
Santa’s Christmas wish list: the H1N1 vaccine
The men who play Santa Clause in malls all over the country want something special for Christmas this year. Several national Santa groups want special priority for the H1N1 vaccine, because they are exposed to so many children.
Microsoft provides training vouchers in NC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force.
UPDATE: Man accused of kidnapping Fayetteville girl now faces rape, murder charges
The man accused of kidnapping five-year-old Fayetteville girl now faces rape and murder charges.
Army fears anti-Obama politics at Palin event
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Officials at Fort Bragg in North Carolina say they don’t want Monday’s book-signing there by Sarah Palin to turn into an opportunity for political grandstanding against President Barack Obama.
Search over for two runaway teenagers
The search for two teenagers who ran away from a group home in Kinston is over.
SPECIAL REPORT: Get your beer here
Colleges and athletic programs across the nation are facing budget shortfalls like never before.
Golden Leaf awards over $4 million to community college in the east
Major money is headed to community colleges in the east to help meet the needs of the aerospace industry.
