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Exercise helps prevent age-related brain changes in older adults
Older adults who exercise regularly show increased cerebral blood flow and a greater number of small blood vessels in the brain, according to findings presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...
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Snow falling in western NC mountains
Published: Monday, December 1, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 1, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. Officials closed schools in a half dozen western North Carolina counties Monday as snow fell in the region, ...
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New sex offender rules take effect
Stricter new rules governing sex offenders are taking effect in North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that the rules taking effect Monday triple the time from 10 to 30 years that an offender ...
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Committee tackles growing transportation demands
A state committee looking into meeting the transportation demands of a growing North Carolina has tentatively approved a plan that could provide more than $1 billion a year for highways and transit programs.
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N.C. tree headed to the White House for Christmas
A Fraser fir from the mountains of western North Carolina is on its way to the White House.
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News Story: More Carolinians stay closer to home for Thanksgiving
Despite falling airfares and federal efforts to make Thanksgiving travel less stressful, fewer Carolinians will be flying for the holiday, part of a nationwide decline in holiday travel.
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Economist: Thanksgiving feast gobbling up more food dollars
Nothing beats a home-cooked Thanksgiving dinner except comparing it to what it costs to eat out, said a Purdue University agricultural economist.
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Shopper stops carjacker with frozen turkey
File photo of frozen turkeys. North Carolina authorities say a shopper halted a carjacking by attacking the alleged suspect with a frozen turkey as he tried to steal a woman's car in a grocery store parking ...
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NC Man Accused Of Attacking Grandpa With Machete
A 76-year-old man is recovering from machete wounds at a North Carolina hospital after authorities said he was attacked and robbed of his $200,000 life savings by his grandson.
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Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia by end of year
In a Tuesday Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, Somali militia of Al-Shabab are seen during exercises at their military training camp outside Mogadishu.
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Federal agency holds transportation funds for NC
The federal government is holding $25 million for mostly rural public transportation projects in North Carolina.
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Fewer plan for holiday traveling
Even with dramatic decline in gas prices across the nation, fewer people will be traveling this Thanksgiving than last.
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NC Legislator Asks Obama For State Stimulus
A North Carolina legislative leader has asked President-elect Barack Obama to include funding for the states in an economic stimulus package.
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Blood links NC family to first Thanksgiving
As a child, Ouida Swann Dest delighted in the mysterious stories about her family's link to the country's first Thanksgiving family.
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Scientists Teach Enzyme to Make Synthetic Heparin in More Varieties
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have learned to customize a key human enzyme responsible for producing heparin, opening the door to a more effective synthetic anticoagulant as well ...
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UNC Expands Brain Imaging Study of Infants at Risk for Autism
A study led by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers using brain imaging of infants to examine changes in their brains and behavior that may mark the onset of autistic symptoms is being ...
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Vice president visits NC elite military event
Vice President Dick Cheney paid a visit last weekend to a North Carolina holiday gathering of elite members of the U.S. military.
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Economy keeps more Americans home for Thanksgiving
Scott Fuchs will spend Thanksgiving with his family in Florida like he's done for 20 years or so.
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Davis: Yates expected to keep starting QB job
T.J. Yates is expected to start at quarterback for North Carolina this week at Duke.
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Easley to stimulate economy with building projects
Gov. Mike Easley said Wednesday he is fast-tracking more than $700 million in building projects as a way to stimulate North Carolina's economy, changing his strategy in the face of sobering job numbers and ...
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