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2 hrs ago | Burlington Times News

N.C. newspapers tout win over public notice bill

The North Carolina Press Association is claiming victory in a battle to maintain government notices in newspapers, but the war isn't yet over.

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2 hrs ago | WFMY 2 Greensboro

Criminal Trial Set To Begin for Ex-NC Rep. LaRoque

A former North Carolina lawmaker is set to face a jury over accusations he used a pair of government-funded non-profit corporations as personal piggy banks.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government

6 hrs ago | The Mountaineer Publishing Company

N.C. activists need teachable Tuesdays

The North Carolina chapter of the NAACP is spearheading a weekly series of protests at the state legislature called "Moral Mondays" directed against Republican-supported bills such as tax reform and voter ID.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, North Carolina Government, US News, Criminal Defense Law, Prison

10 hrs ago | The Las Vegas Sun

Photo: Don Hall, right, of North Carolina-based Samaritan

Single Sign-On: You can use Facebook account to log in to LasVegasSun.com. Don Hall, right, of North Carolina-based Samaritan's Purse hugs Linda Lou Wilson in the kitchen of her damaged home in the Rancho Brazos subdivision Sunday, May 19, 2013 in Granbury, Texas.

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12 hrs ago | The Charlotte Observer

N.C. Senate delivers $20.58 billion budget proposal

Sen. Phil Berger, left, listens to Sen. Bob Rucho, right, speak during a press conference with other Republican senators to discuss their ideas to put forth a new tax plan for North Carolina.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, Pat McCrory, US Governors, Healthcare Law, Law, Archdale, NC, Standardized Testing, Education, Medicaid, Health

16 hrs ago | MTV

Does Kelly Rowland Have The 'X Factor'?

With two spots left vacant on the "X Factor" panel and season three about to go into production, the show just may have found the perfect two women to replace L.A. Reid and Britney Spears .

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Related Topix: Kelly Rowland, Black Entertainment, Hip-Hop, R-N-B, Celebrities, Simon Cowell

20 hrs ago | Salon

"The Unwinding": What's gone wrong with America

Think of George Packer's new book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America" as the un-Internet take on the transformation this country has undergone in the past 35 years.

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Related Topix: Nonfiction, Arts

Sun May 19, 2013

WSOCTV

Officials worry salmonella outbreak could spread nationwide

North Carolina Health Officials worry a salmonella outbreak could soon spread nationwide.

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USA Today

Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'

In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs

KHOU-TV Houston

What do we eat? New food map will tell us

Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace.

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Related Topix: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Medicine, Nutrition, Life, Food

Fox News

Military wife surprises husband with weight loss

Deployed for a year in Afghanistan, Army Spc. Larry Shaffer returned to North Carolina this week to discover his wife, Misty, had dropped more than 100 pounds in that 12-month period as a homecoming gift to her husband.

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CBS Local

Both Sides Of NC 51 Reopened After Car Accident

The North Carolina Department of Transportation reported that the accident happened around 2 p.m. today.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government

Mountain Xpress

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May 16, 2013. The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership today announced eighteen grants totaling nearly $225,000 in funding to preserve and promote Western North Carolina's heritage.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, Cherokee, NC, Agriculture, Science, Ashe County, NC

Sat May 18, 2013

Boston Herald

Amesbury woman adjusting to life after amputation

More than seven months after losing her leg in a near-fatal accident in Haverhill, Paige Fortin is finally back on her feet.

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Related Topix: Opinion

Knoxville News Sentinel

Ina Hughs: Pilot's story makes thrilling read in 'Becoming Clementine'

Velva Jean is the name of the main character in a series of novels by Jennifer Niven.

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Related Topix: Sports

WSET-TV Lynchburg

Liberty University's Jerry Falwell Jr. Stands Behind NC Teen

Liberty University's Chancellor is standing behind a North Carolina high school student who was expelled last month for bringing two guns to school.

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Related Topix: Liberty University

Fox News

Victims claim Marines failed to safeguard water supply

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch's brew of cancer-causing chemicals.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, US Navy

The Las Vegas Sun

Marine daughter seeks dignity for `Devil Dog pups'

As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Jacksonville Daily News

Hagan urges officials to combat 'sexual assault crisis'

"I don't want wondering or worrying, will today be the day I become a victim of sexual assault?" U.S. Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Senator Kay Hagan, US News, US Senate, Democrat, North Carolina Government, Department of Defense, US Military, US Marine Corps

Fire Rescue Magazine

Woman in Towed Car Likely Died at North Carolina Crash Scene, Autopsy Finds

An autopsy shows the body of a Clayton woman found inside her car after it was towed to an impound lot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, and suggests she may not have lived long after the crash.

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