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RALEIGH, N.C. : April 10, 2013 - The N.C. Division of Water Quality is offering tips on how to get your swimming pool ready for warm weather while still protecting streams and lakes nearby.

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An autopsy report says Wake County sheriff's deputies shot an unarmed mental patient four times, including once at point-blank range in the back.

RALEIGH North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, sheriffs, police chiefs and prosecutors from across the state say an N.C. Senate proposal to move most of the State Bureau of Investigation under the governor will hamper political corruption probes.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. & WASHINGTON, D.C.--Innovative PR and media relations firm Global Media Strategies (www.gmsinnovate.com) recently supported the world's largest multi-disciplinary multi-sector conference and marketplace of vetted innovations, innovators and technology business developers and funders, TechConnect World, in Washington, D.C. May 12-16. In addition to providing insights and best practices in publicity and marketing directly with attendees via David Menzies, Global Media Strategies president, the firm promoted the event as a strategic partner through its online news resources NCTechNews and Global TechWire. Both websites are published by Global Media Strategies to help technology professionals around the world get timely news and information about the life sciences, medical technology, biotech, cleantech, computers, innovation and entrepreneurs, high tech and education. Fresh, original articles and user-submitted news items are updated daily, while banner ads help generate web traffic for businesses looking to get in front of technology decision makers. Global Media Strategies has been specializing in getting businesses and organizations in front of target audiences via proven effective communication tools and methodologies since 2007. With clients across the United States and overseas, the firm operates out of the technology-rich Research Triangle Park region of North Carolina. Held at the Gaylord National Convention Center, TechConnect World houses four world-class technical events focused on advancements in Nanotech, Microtech, Biotech, Cleantech and the technology overlap between these converging domains. This year’s TechConnect World is co-located with the National SBIR Conference, designed to accelerate the commercialization of American innovation by providing the world’s largest on-site matchmaking program with investors and corporate development partners. The joint events will showcase more than 20 federal agencies and their top funded innovations including: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NASA, NSF, and many more. For more information about Global Media Strategies visit www.gmsinnovate.com.

Innovative creative services agency The Marketing Machine is celebrating its 15th year of helping customers grow their businesses through comprehensive branding strategy and targeted buzz-building campaigns.

Innovation and commercialization firm Montie Design is hosting a two-day seminar for businesses looking for professional guidance in taking a product from concept to marketplace.

Many of the demonstrators went into the Legislative Building clapping, singing, chanting, hoisting placards and raising their voices with expectations of arrest.

Mary Judd is congratulated by her brother-in-law, Alvin Atkinson, during her 76th birthday party held at Church of the Apostles in Raleigh on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

In addition, the state Department of Transportation said one lane of the westbound side of the interstate was closed at mile marker 293, the junction with U.S. 64 eight miles west of the other scene, because of an accident that happened about 11 a.m. The State Highway Patrol said its troopers were with an overturned tractor-trailer on a ramp from ... (more)

Cathy Berger and Chris Haynes, both of Cary, explore a new segment of the finally finished Black Creek Greenway on Wednesday, May 15.

The Rev. John Saxon, lead minister of the UU Fellowship of Raleigh, N.C., was among those arrested in the "Moral Monday" protests.

A 2-year-old boy is recovering after Randolph County deputies say he found a handgun inside his home and put it in his mouth, and the weapon fired.

The Edgecombe-Nash Retired School Personnel held a meeting March 12. Pictured are, front row from left: the Rev.

But so far, only the other driver, Josefina Hernandez Herrera, 40, of Raleigh, has been charged – with driving without a license and with riding with a child who was not in a “weight appropriate child passenger restraint system,” according to the report.

City Attorney Tom McCormick has told the Raleigh City Council that he’s waiting for guidance from Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby.

Major construction on the section of Interstate 40 that runs through Cary is set to begin in late 2014 and wrap up in August 2016.

SBB Four Corners was sold in December, but remained open for one final spring rally.

"It's like a motorcycle fashion show", said Sam Sharpe of Raleigh, NC as he watched motorcycles drive through the building at SBB Four Corners, Saturday afternoon.