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This Weekend, Scuppernong Riverfest - Columbia NC
October 11, 2008 17th Annual Scuppernong River Festival The Scuppernong River Festival celebrates our Youth and Education, the Key to a Greater Tomorrow. Come join the locals for a full day of celebration and fun, followed by evening fireworks. The day starts with the parade at 10:00 AM. Vendors, food, all day entertainment at numerous locations. And, after the fireworks, dance the night away at our street dance with Billy Scott and the Party Prophets.
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American heartland suffers from Wall Street's woes
While all eyes Thursday were on Wall Street's plunge, its cause is being felt across America as the snowballing financial crisis sends an already weak economy into an accelerating decline.
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McCain needs shift in public opinion
It was a late night for John McCain's campaign - a post-debate repast of karaoke until the wee hours of the rain-soaked morning.
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Report Says N.C. Mental Hospital Dysfunctional
A health consultants' report says a North Carolina mental hospital where a patient died and others were beaten had leadership problems and was dysfunctional.
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Elections officials deny illegally purging voters
A newspaper report Thursday said tens of thousands of eligible voters have been removed from rolls or blocked from registering in at least six swing states, but election officials quickly lined up to defend ...
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Parking Lot Politics Going Too Far?
Parking lot politics in central North Carolina have some people crying foul. A lot owner put up "no parking" signs targeting Barack Obama supporters.
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President Declares Major Disaster for North Carolina
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has declared a major disaster exists in the State of North Carolina and ordered federal aid to supplement state and ...
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Changing state IDs wona t change reality
The new vertical driver's license for North Carolinians younger than 21 years old is sure to help store clerks and bartenders checking identification for people purchasing alcohol.
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Pledges to take high road fall short
When the Tennessee Republican Party issued a press release in February titled "Anti-Semites for Obama" - with references to "Barack Hussein Obama" and a picture of the senator in a traditional Somali outfit ...
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Statea s politicial landscape is unsettled
As we head into the final weeks of the 2008 election cycle, it's amazing to step back and look at how much the political landscape of North Carolina has changed during the last year.
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NC's largest city freezes hiring, expenses
North Carolina's largest city is preparing for an economic decline by putting a freeze on hiring and other expenses.
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2 -- not 3 -- NC guv candidates debate again
Pat McCrory and Mike Munger are heading back to a television studio for another debate while Beverly Perdue stays away.
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North Carolina has most expensive gas in 48 states
Some parts of North Carolina have the most expensive gasoline in the continental United States, but the prices already are dropping in some areas.
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Jobless rate sets off more benefits
North Carolina's rising unemployment rate has triggered a safety net that may catch about 40,000 jobless North Carolinians who have exhausted their unemployment benefits in the past year.
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Former NC ethanol company officials face charges
A federal grand jury has charged two former executives at a company seeking to build an ethanol plant in eastern North Carolina with conspiring to commit extortion and bribery.
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US presidential debate John McCain faces Watergate threat before second showdown
John McCain faces a fresh assault by Democrats ahead of the second presidential debate on Tuesday night as he was linked to a central figure in the Watergate break-in and a group implicated in the Iran-Contra ...
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Jury selection set to begin for alleged murderer
Jury selection set to begin for alleged murderer By Jennifer Harr - 10/05/2008 On Monday morning, lawyers in Fayette County will start the process of selecting a panel of jurors to hear the facts of a ...
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Autopsy shows Navarre man's waterfall death accidental
An autopsy report says a Florida man who jumped 70 feet off a waterfall in the North Carolina mountains died in an accident and not a suicide.
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McCain forced to defend North Carolina
For the third weekend in a row, Barack Obama campaigned in North Carolina as part of the most vigorous Democratic effort since at least 1992 to win this reliably Republican state.
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Venus' flytraps in distress
Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any Venus' flytraps hidden underfoot.
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