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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina contractor says plans for a new sea turtle hospital in Surf City are in the works.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Chilling 911 calls from slain NC family home</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Police have released 911 recordings that contain the sounds of a gunshot and a relative pleading for ambulances to get to the scene of a quadruple murder-suicide in Fayetteville earlier this week.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Three workers at a major North Carolina hospital are gone after failing to get vaccinated against the seasonal flu.
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APEX, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina home daycare is closed while authorities investigate the death of an infant.
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          <title>Kin tells of brief call from doomed scallop boat</title>
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CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) - A relative of a crew member aboard a scallop boat that sank off the New Jersey coast in March says she got a satellite phone call from him just before the boat went down, killing him and five others.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NC hospital segregates flu victims in outdoor tent</title>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A major North Carolina hospital is pitching tents to battle the spread of swine flu.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Workers begin blasting at I&#45;40 rock slide</title>
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Blasting is under way as crews try reopening Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee state line where a massive rock slide closed the road late last month.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Judge dismisses case against NC city over shooting</title>
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a civil lawsuit filed by the family of a man killed by a North Carolina police officer during a traffic stop.           ]]></description>
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          <title>2 men injured when small plane crashes in NC</title>
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities say two men are recuperating in the hospital after their small, fixed-wing airplane crashed into a corn field North Carolina.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NC public TV network spotlights changing economy</title>
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HICKORY, N.C. (AP) - The manufacturing and furniture industries that built up the Hickory area have been hit hard in this recession, so the community is talking through what to do next.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Lawmakers return to NC capital to talk sales tax</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Several dozen legislators are back in Raleigh to discuss North Carolina&#8217;s tax structure and whether an overhaul can be approved as soon as next spring.
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          <title>Love affair gone wrong may have sparked Mt. Airy shooting</title>
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Police say a love affair gone wrong may have sparked the quadruple shooting and killing in Mount Airy on Sunday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Audit: NC funeral board didn&#8217;t keep some minutes</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An audit says the state board that licenses North Carolina funeral home directors and embalmers failed to maintain properly the minutes from the board&#8217;s closed sessions.
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          <title>NC appellate judges reject public records lawsuit</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Court of Appeals has sided with the state treasurer&#8217;s office in a public records lawsuit that accused officials of withholding documents about the state&#8217;s pension fund.
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          <title>NC Rep. Warren, former sheriff, won&#8217;t run in 2010</title>
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HIDDENITE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina House member and former Alexander County sheriff won&#8217;t seek re-election next year because he wants to spend more time at home.
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          <title>NC mayor pays DMV $338,000 after worker&#8217;s theft</title>
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina mayor has been stuck with the bill of more than $300,000 after an employee embezzled the money from a state license plate agency run by the mayor.
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          <title>Dell to refund money early to NC communities</title>
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Dell Inc. is getting a discount for quick repayment of more than $26 million in local incentives that went for naught when the company decided to close its North Carolina computer assembly plant.
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          <title>NC man whose family slain enters plea in drug case</title>
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HICKORY, N.C. (AP) - A man whose family was killed in their North Carolina home has pleaded guilty to drug charges that officials say led to the deaths of his wife and children.
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          <title>Need a home? NC affordable housing leaders meet</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Affordable housing leaders are trying to help North Carolina families keep a roof over their heads at a time many are losing their homes to foreclosure.
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          <title>Voters in NC&#8217;s largest city to select new mayor</title>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The candidates began their campaigns months ago, and now it&#8217;s up to the voters in North Carolina&#8217;s largest city to decide which of them will be the new mayor.
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          <title>NC Secretary of State to attend investment forum</title>
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina&#8217;s secretary of state is participating in a statewide campaign to help senior citizens avoid investment scams.
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          <title>Poll: NC residents divided on public option</title>
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ELON, N.C. (AP) - A new poll shows that while three out of four North Carolina residents believe the U.S. health care system needs reform, they are split on whether that reform should include a public option.
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          <title>Small businesses hope I&#45;40 detour brings them big business</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Some businesses in small towns hope to capitalize on the Interstate 40 closure.
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          <title>Engineer for Interstate 40 says rockslide is not the first</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; An engineer who helped build Interstate 40 says last week&#8217;s rockslide isn&#8217;t the first one there.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Economic summit at Duke University to focus on the recession</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A summit at Duke University and the University of North Carolina will address whether the recession has disproportionately affected blacks.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Home of Former State Governor Charles Aycock Open for Visitors</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  FREMONT, N.C. (AP) - The boyhood home of former North Carolina Gov. Charles Aycock is ready for visitors again.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Gov. Perdue signs emergency declaration to help with repairs on I&#45;40</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Governor Bev Perdue signed an emergency declaration to help the western part of the state recover from the major rock slide on Interstate 40.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State and Local law enforcement crack down with Halloween &#8220;Booze It &amp;amp; Lose It&#8221;</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Police plan to crack down on drunk driving this Halloween with the Halloween &#8220;Booze It and Lose It&#8221; campaign runs Saturday and Sunday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor frees up money for state agencies that was held back due to budget concerns</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Three North Carolina state agencies will receive a combined $34 million more because Gov. Beverly Perdue&#8217;s administration is freeing up funds it initially held back this year due to budget worries.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Orthodontist pays kids to turn in Halloween candy</title>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina orthodontist is offering to pay trick-or-treaters to fork over their candy.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Poll shows Sen. Burr approval rating at 37 percent</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr has a 37 percent approval rating among adults in the state, just one year before he comes up for re-election.
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          <title>Sex offenders banned from church challenge NC law</title>
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PITTSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Hearings have been postponed in a case that pits the constitutional right to worship against a North Carolina law that tries to protect the public from child molesters.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Raleigh man has left his nearly $1.7 million estate to four North Carolina cat charities.           ]]></description>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina judge says a state panel has recommended his removal for misconduct after allegations he failed to resign as a corporate board director and fought with another judge.
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North Carolina Governor Bev Perduce announced the launch of a new website devoted to help implement North Carolina&#8217;s new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January 2, 2010.           ]]></description>
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CULLOWHEE, N.C. (AP) - Western Carolina University&#8217;s marching band has topped off an award as one of the country&#8217;s best with an invitation to perform at the Rose Parade.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina Museum of History is presenting an exhibit of decades-old photographs that aren&#8217;t so far removed from events of today.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has completed his testimony before the State Board of Elections about his campaign&#8217;s finances and relationship with political ally McQueen Campbell.           ]]></description>
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Governor Perdue is headed west to survey damage on I-40 from the rockslide.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Hanesbrands is shutting down operations at a North Carolina hosiery plant that employs 320 people.
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) - A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 85 in south-central North Carolina, killing the driver and throwing cattle out of the rig.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Computer giant Dell Inc. has returned more than $1.5 million to the state after the company announced that it was closing a large computer assembly plant in central North Carolina.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A former death row inmate accused of kidnapping a North Carolina grandfather and his family has pleaded guilty to several charges.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - A 53-year-old North Carolina man is facing 14 years in prison for his part in an scheme which led investors to hand over more than $11 million to his company.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Jurors could soon be deliberating the case of a soldier who was wounded when a sheriff&#8217;s deputy shot him in confusion about a military role-playing exercise in North Carolina.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A group opposing state incentives for corporations has told the North Carolina Court of Appeals the taxpayers it represents should be able to challenge tax breaks used to lure Google to Caldwell County.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - State officials say tourists can still make their color-watching trips, despite a rock slide that has blocked Interstate 40 in western North Carolina.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov. Beverly Perdue is returning to North Carolina after a nearly two-week trade and cultural mission to China and Japan.
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; A rockslide closed part of Interstate 40 in the western part of North Carolina.
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former Gov. Mike Easley will return to the spotlight this week as the State Board of Elections convenes to scrutinize his campaign&#8217;s finances.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; It&#8217;s a battle between the state and dozens of inmates sentenced to life in prison.
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&nbsp;  &nbsp;  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - More than 20 people representing China&#8217;s tobacco industry are visiting North Carolina to learn more about the state&#8217;s homegrown product.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Former governor Mike Easley will do some explaining on Monday about his campaign expenses.
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HIGHLANDS, N.C. (AP) - The actress who portrayed the false accuser in &#8220;To Kill a Mockingbird&#8221; has died of brain cancer in North Carolina.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Computer giant Dell Inc. has agreed to pay back more than $26 million to a North Carolina city and county and two special funds for incentives given to its soon-to-be-closed manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - An autopsy of a North Carolina college student killed by police has been revised to show he was not suicidal before the night of the shooting.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov. Beverly Perdue says North Carolina must take a long-term view when it comes to expanding the state&#8217;s commercial interests in China.
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GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina relative of a missing girl found dead in Georgia landfill says the family is &#8220;torn up&#8221; about the confirmation of her identity.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Two companies plan to introduce high-speed wireless internet in North Carolina.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The city council in North Carolina&#8217;s largest city is considering a smoking ban for some public sidewalks.
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GRAHAM, N.C. (AP) - The North Carolina father of a 7-year-old girl who vanished on her way home from school in Florida says he would forgive a kidnapper as long as his daughter returns home.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A hearing by electric regulators on Duke Energy&#8217;s request to raise its base rates in North Carolina has been delayed.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina tax collections continue to fall this fiscal year, but they are nearly in line with what lawmakers expected when they passed the state budget.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Some University of North Carolina officials are up in arms about a rifle featuring the school&#8217;s symbol on its stock.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina university will activate sirens on its campus as part of the testing of its mass emergency notification system.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Police in North Carolina&#8217;s largest city say heroin deaths have more than tripled in the last year.
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Some drug makers are having to pay up.           ]]></description>
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The author of a book about arts and crafts furniture has won the 2009 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award from the Western North Carolina Historical Association.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Tom Fetzer now has another new title - husband.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - The Duke University center on leadership and ethics named for the school&#8217;s long-time basketball coach is pushing its way onto the business calendar.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - A middle school drama teacher in North Carolina once convicted of embezzlement now faces 10 charges of sexual misconduct with a student.
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Old man winter made an early appearance across the North Carolina mountains.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Police are investigating a stabbing at the state fair late Friday night involving two teenagers who got into a fight.           ]]></description>
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&nbsp;  &nbsp; Former Governor Mike Easley finds himself at the center of a new controversy related to the drought of 2002.
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