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3 hrs ago | News Observer

A boost at the bottom

The nation's lowest-paid workers are getting raises. The minimum wage, which has been $6.15 in North Carolina since the beginning of 2007, climbs to $6.55 today.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Fuquay Varina, NC, Raleigh Metro

11 hrs ago | Independent Weekly

Death by sex in Three in the Attic

It's Friday night, and I've driven from Raleigh to the Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill to watch a 40-year-old sex comedy projected onto a bed sheet from a bootleg DVD on the rain-slicked lawn.

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Related Topix: Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh Metro, Three in the Attic, Drama, Comedy Movies

Thu Jul 24, 2008

National Post

Family of slain Alta. woman wants psych exam of husband

Nancy Cooper, a former Edmontonian woman who was found dead this week in North Carolina.

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Related Topix: Cary, NC, Raleigh Metro

WFMY 2 Greensboro

University Of North Carolina-CH Tops $300 Million

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's annual fundraising efforts have topped $300 million for the first time.

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Related Topix: Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh Metro, Wilmington, NC, Wilmington Metro

WXII12

Alamance Co. Mother's Arrest Strands Children On Highway

An advocacy group is questioning whether police acted properly when they left three children in a car with a family acquaintance after arresting their mother along Interstate 85.

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Related Topix: Alamance, NC, Raleigh Metro, Alamance County, NC

NC Mental Hope News

Neighbors decry new Central Prison hospital -WRAL-TV Raleigh

Neighbors decry new Central Prison hospital - WRAL-TV Raleigh Video link available by clicking post title.

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Wed Jul 23, 2008

News 14 Carolina

Body found near Crabtree Valley Mall

Police discovered the body of an unidentified adult male in Crabtree Creek Wednesday afternoon.

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Abc11tv.com

Man arrested for several Triangle robberies

Raleigh Police arrested a man who may be responsible for several robberies in Raleigh and Chapel Hill.

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Related Topix: Chapel Hill, NC, Raleigh Metro, Durham, NC

NC Mental Hope News

Stabbing death will be tried as capital murder case - WRAL-TV Raleigh

Stabbing death will be tried as capital murder case - WRAL-TV Raleigh Raleigh, N.C. - A Wake County judge ruled last week that there will be no pre-trial hearing to determine if a Raleigh man charged with ...

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Raleigh Metro, Death Penalty

WNCN-TV Raleigh

NC Health Inspectors On Lookout For Samonella

RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina inspectors are making their rounds after the FDA said it has confirmed a case of salmonella in a Mexican grown jalapeno found in a Texas factory.

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Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Food and Drug Administration

WFMY 2 Greensboro

Local Woman Starting Truffle "Farm"

Local Woman Starting Truffle "Farm" Posted by: Whitney Marshall 4 hrs ago In rural North Carolina, Susan Rice is planning her attack on the French.

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Related Topix: Vass, NC, Raleigh Metro, Johnson & Wales University, Italy, World News,

Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Dispatch

Veterans push for John McCain in Raleigh

Veterans backing John McCain are calling on North Carolina voters to consider the Republican candidate's military experience when choosing a president.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Raleigh Metro, Barack Obama

Abc11tv.com

Residents concerned over prison expansion

Blindsided is how some Raleigh residents say they feel after news Central Prison plans to expand the mental health hospital off of Western Boulevard.

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StarNewsOnline.com

Supporters: NC Pottery Center needs $100,000

Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 12:53 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 12:53 a.m. The center dedicated to supporting North Carolina's potters is in danger of closing unless it raises $100,000 ...

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Related Topix: Pittsboro, NC, Huntersville, NC, Raleigh Metro, Carolina (University of Puerto Rico System), University of Puerto Rico System

International Herald Tribune

Tropical Storm Cristobal skirts along the North Carolina coast, strengthens slightly

RALEIGH, North Carolina : Tropical Storm Cristobal headed for the open Atlantic late Sunday as forecasters discontinued tropical storm warnings along North and South Carolina.

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Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Hatteras, NC, Ocracoke, NC

Mon Jul 21, 2008

The Smithfield Herald

Shooting suspected arrested in Selma

Zebulon police on Friday arrested a man suspected of shooting another man in a fight over a woman July 11.

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Related Topix: Zebulon, NC, Wake County, NC, Raleigh Metro

Houston Chronicle

Judge seals warrants in case of slain NC mother

A judge has ordered information from search warrants sealed in the investigation into the slaying of a North Carolina mother whose body was found near her suburban home.

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Cary, NC

The Gaston Gazette

Wesley Franklin serves as Page in Raleigh for N.C. State House.

Wesley Franklin, a student at Freedom High School, recently served as a page for the North Carolina House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: Raleigh Metro, Carolina (University of Puerto Rico System), University of Puerto Rico System, Morganton, NC, Hickory Metro

Wral.com

Police search for three suspects in Raleigh nightclub robbery

Police are searching for three suspects in the Sunday morning armed robbery of a Raleigh nightclub.

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Sun Jul 20, 2008

Abc11tv.com

Remains found near a missing Johnston County woman's car Friday afternoon, still unidentified.

A car matching the description of a missing Johnston County woman's car was found in Raleigh Friday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Johnston County, NC

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