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5 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Media Advisory: Not-a-Dime's-Worth-a-Difference Tour Heads to Wilmington

As John McCain arrives in Wilmington tomorrow to peddle his failed economic policies, State Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand and Agriculture Commission Candidate Ronnie Ansley will hold a press conference to ...

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro, North Carolina, Whiteville, NC, Navassa, NC

10 hrs ago | StarNewsOnline.com

Police recover stolen gun in Krispy Kreme arrest

Published: Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 7:44 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 8:21 p.m. Wilmington police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Krispy Kreme customer at gunpoint Saturday.

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Related Topix: New Hanover County, NC

14 hrs ago | StarNewsOnline.com

2,000 tickets for McCain's Wilmington visit gone in 45 minutes

Published: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 7:25 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 11:22 p.m. As the rain steadily poured down, a crowd of people flooded the parking lot of the local GOP headquarters ...

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, New Hanover County, NC

23 hrs ago | WECT-TV Wilmington

Accident on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge

A woman lost control of her car Saturday on the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge. Around 11 a.m., a women traveling east into Wilmington hydroplaned and crashed into the rail on the bridge.

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Sat Oct 11, 2008

WECT-TV Wilmington

Police make arrest in Wilmington Wachovia Bank larceny

Police say on Friday afternoon they arrested a man suspected of stealing from a bank.

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro

StarNewsOnline.com

Guns bought legally can become criminal tools without vigilance

Published: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:03 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:04 p.m. So far in 2008, more than 100 guns have been reported stolen in Wilmington and New Hanover County, according ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Wilmington Metro, New Hanover County, NC

WLOS

Errol Flynn's daughter to speak in Wilmington

The daughter of swashbuckling actor Errol Flynn will discuss the book she's written about her father at a bookstore in Wilmington.

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Related Topix: Family, Animation Movies, Action, Adventure, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Errol Flynn

StarNewsOnline.com

Authorities use federal sentences to keep armed offenders off the streets

Published: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 3:06 p.m. For years, Willie F. Stith was in and out of New Hanover County courts.

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Related Topix: New Hanover County, NC, Wilmington Metro, Federal Prisons, Prison

Fri Oct 10, 2008

HendersonvilleNews.com

McCain to visit NC for first time since May

Republican presidential candidate John McCain has scheduled a campaign stop in Wilmington, his first North Carolina visit with voters since May.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, John McCain, Wilmington Metro, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

StarNewsOnline.com

Portraits of the six people shot and killed so far this year in Wilmington

Published: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 1:58 p.m. Sabya Monike Jacobs smiled often and was nice to most everyone she met, said Celestine Bristel-Johnson, who ...

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Wilmington Metro, New Hanover County, NC, Drugs

United States Coast Guard

Coast Guard medevacs injured merchant sailor

A Coast Guard MH-60 rescue helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., medevaced an injured merchant sailor from a ship 110 miles east of Wilmington, N.C., Friday morning.

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Related Topix: Elizabeth City, NC

Myrtle Beach Online

Locals, state may pay for NC waterway dredging

Coastal North Carolina towns and the state face a possible $5 million price tag to dredge sections of a protected waterway for commercial and recreational boat traffic.

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Related Topix: Shallotte, NC

WECT-TV Wilmington

Wilmington Home Going Green

These days, consumers aren't just going green on the roads by buying hybrid vehicles.

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Thu Oct 09, 2008

StarNewsOnline.com

Teen Insight: Teens too young to vote still involved this election

Published: Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. A person can't walk for five minutes on the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's campus without ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Raleigh Metro, Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, John McCain

WWAY-TV Wilmington

Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region

Submitted by WWAY on 9 October 2008 - 4:02pm. Health inspectors found two low performers this week; including a Carolina Beach restaurant that scored so low they shut it down.

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro, Life, Food, Dining, Carolina Beach, NC, New Hanover County, NC

NCAA.com

Old Dominion: Monarchs Travel To Wilmington For Saturday Night Match against the Seahawks

The Old Dominion University soccer Monarchs return to CAA action Saturday as they travel to Wilmington, NC to take on the UNC Wilmington Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. ODU leads the all-time series 16-4, including a 3-0 ...

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WECT-TV Wilmington

National Geographic Shoots Special at Cape Fear Serpentarium

A rare collection of snakes in Wilmington brings National Geographic the Cape Fear Serpentarium on Wednesday afternoon.

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Related Topix: National Geographic, Vocal, Wilmington Metro

Wed Oct 08, 2008

StarNewsOnline.com

Clinton man killed in SUV wreck

Published: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 9:04 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 9:06 p.m. The man killed Sunday night when an SUV hit the median and flipped over on South College Road was Johnny ...

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro

WWAY-TV Wilmington

Local News, Weather and Sports for Wilmington, NC and the Cape Fear Region

Submitted by John Rendleman on 7 October 2008 - 11:59pm. Option 4 is the school redistricting plan that maintains a neighborhood school philosophy.

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Related Topix: Wilmington Metro

WBT-AM Charlotte

Report: North Carolina gas prices among highest in US

North Carolina has the most expensive gasoline in the continental United States.

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

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