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High Point bans panhandling
A North Carolina city says it understands if someone asks for spare change on its streets, but warns panhandlers not to get pushy.
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NC Troopers To Target Fast Holiday Drivers
Thanksgiving holiday travelers should keep an eye on their speedometers. The North Carolina Highway Patrol will aggressively enforce speeding laws across the state until Nov.
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Correction officials, doctors set to argue
The state's highest court will hear legal arguments today that could break the two-year stalemate on executions in North Carolina -- or extend the de facto moratorium.
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Meek to step down as NC Democratic Party chairman
The head of the North Carolina Democratic Party has decided two terms is enough.
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Debate over doctors and death protocols in NC
As reported in this local article , which is headlined "High court debates execution issue: N.C. justices chide doctors, legislators for not resolving lethal injection deadlock," the messy realities of state ...
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Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer
Authorities in North Carolina are apologizing for disturbing a funeral and tasering one of the pallbearers.
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Van Der Beek back creekside in North Carolina
James Van Der Beek is back creekside. Five years after his star-making turn as the center of "Dawson's Creek" came to an end, Van Der Beek is back on one of Wilmington's sound stages - working with some of his ...
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Canadian cold/flu breakthrough remedy undergoes NCI-sponsored trial in leukemia patients
Cancer patients - with their weakened immune systems - are particularly vulnerable when the cold and flu season hits.
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Researchers Find Clue to Stopping Breast Cancer Metastasis
If scientists knew exactly what a breast cancer cell needs to spread, then they could stop the most deadly part of the disease: metastasis.
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Environmentalist try to stop coal-fired plant
Attorneys for 16 environmental groups trying to stop construction of a coal-fired power plant in western North Carolina say a new federal ruling will help their case.
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Former Va. teacher donates $1 million to UNC
A former Virginia school teacher has donated more than $1 million to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her alma mater.
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Retailers Say New Lowe's Store Will Hurt Them
Retailers in Manning say a city council plan to give close to $1 million to a big-box home improvement store will hurt them.
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NC Senator-Elect Kay Hagan Names Top Staff
North Carolina Senator-elect Kay Hagan has named several members of her senior staff in Washington.
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High Point puts sex offender ban on hold
HIGH POINT High Point City Council has delayed a plan to ban sex offenders from the North Carolina city's parks.
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N.C. troopers ready to target speeders
Beginning on Monday, the North Carolina Highway Patrol will begin a big push to crack down on speeders.
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'Dirty dancer' wins 188,000 pay-out a Us town has agreed to pay...
A US town has agreed to pay A 188,000 to a woman banned from a community centre after residents complained about her dirty dancing.
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Families, Friends, Schools And Neighborhoods Contribute To Adolescent Alcohol Misuse
That's the finding of a new longitudinal study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the University of California at Davis, and the University of California at Irvine.
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Police Searching For Parents Who Abandoned Baby
Police plan to release still images of the man who abandoned a newborn baby in the women's restroom of a McDonald's restaurant in southwest Charlotte early Wednesday.
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NC gas prices drop by nearly half
Gasoline prices are dropping quickly in North Carolina, down about $2 in the past 60 days.
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Conservative Democrats could be stumbling block for Obama agenda
Many Democrats are pushing party leaders to advance an ambitious agenda when they take total control of Washington next year.
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