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9 min ago | PilotOnline.com

N.C. eye doctor before board for telling patient she was fat

A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat.

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4 hrs ago | WYOW-TV Eagle River

Man faces murder charge in NC girl's disappearance

A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl facesnew charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

9 hrs ago | Government Technology

Microsoft and North Carolina Launch Free Tech-Training Initiative

North Carolina and Microsoft are launching a public-private partnership to provide technology training to the state's residents at no cost, Gov.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, North Carolina Government

14 hrs ago | Digtriad.com Piedmont Triad, Winston-...

North Carolina Fails Premature Birth Report Card

For the second consecutive year, North Carolina earned an "F" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, but it showed improvement on criteria that can help give all babies a healthy start in life.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

WMBF

Author John Grisham is UNC-CH commencement speaker

Best-selling mystery writer John Grisham will deliver the commencement address at the University of North Carolina spring graduation.

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Related Topix: John Grisham, Vocal

WVEC-TV Norfolk

Navy sets new bird study at NC landing field site

The Navy is conducting another bird study at a proposed North Carolina site for a practice landing field for jets fighters.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, US News

Digtriad.com Piedmont Triad, Winston-...

Shaniya Davis Picked Up In Front Of Home According To Search Warrant

A search warrant says a man charged with kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl picked her up in front of her home and drove her to the hotel where she was last seen alive.

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The Business Journal of the Greater T...

UNC, colleges, K-12 power learning site

The state of North Carolina has launched a new Web site to provide access to online courses from K-12 grades, community colleges and universities.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government

KTVN Reno

New heart attack treatment guidelines stress coordination

There's a message for doctors, hospitals and communities in new guidelines for treatment of coronary disease and heart attacks: Get organized.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Hampton Roads, Virginia, news, sports...

Health officials: avoid eating Lake Gaston walleye

Virginia and North Carolina health officials are advising against consuming walleye fish caught in Lake Gaston because of mercury contamination.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, Virginia Government, Virginia

WBAL-TV Baltimore

Study: CT Scans Rule Out Heart Attacks Faster

A CT scan -- a kind of super X-ray -- provides a faster, cheaper way to diagnose a heart attack when someone goes to the emergency room with chest pains, a new study suggests.

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Related Topix: Health, Pain, Aspirin (generic), Bayer, Alka-Seltzer, Medication

WRAL.com - Local News

Former N.C. banker's luxury goods to be auctioned

Jewels, art, cars and more than 150 bottles of fine wine will be auctioned off in North Carolina's capital city to help recoup nearly $70 million in losses for investors duped in an alleged Ponzi scheme.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law

Telegram & Gazette

Former NC lawmaker asks court to void conviction

Lawyers for a disgraced former North Carolina legislator have gone back to court seeking to overturn his conviction for obstruction of justice.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government

Jacksonville Daily News

The problem with political math

It never ceases to amaze me how some politicians do math. Given North Carolina's recent budget woes and massive federal budget deficits as far as the eye can see, it should be obvious that many lawmakers never learned how to subtract.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, Science, Computer Science, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Tue Nov 17, 2009

WTVD

Nesbitt chosen to replace Rand

The Senate Democratic Caucus met Tuesday morning to name a new majority leader to replace retiring Senator Tony Rand.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government

KTNV-TV Las Vegas

NC Museum of Art 'tunnels' through to new building

The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few feet over the years.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting

The CW Washington, WDCW-TV

South Carolina Statehouse gets smaller Christmas tree because of recession

You can call it the recession tree. South Carolina's Statehouse Christmas tree is shorter than usual and doesn't even reach above the roughly 25-foot Confederate soldiers' monument on the front lawn.

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Winston-Salem Journal

Perdue: Jobless rate to rise though economy better

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue says the state's financial picture is improving but that unemployment may keep rising in the short term.

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Mochila

Vigil held for N.C. girl feared slain

Songs and prayers were part of a North Carolina community's gathering to remember little Shaniya Davis, the 5-year-old girl whose body was found Monda ...

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Related Topix: Video

Mon Nov 16, 2009

WXII12

NC Appeals Court Judge Steelman Seeks Re-Election

Court of Appeals Judge Sanford Steelman is seeking another eight-year term on North Carolina's second-highest court.

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