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  • Old Dominion leaving CAA for Conference USA

    NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Old Dominion President John R. Broderick said leaving the Colonial Athletic Association and joining Conference USA is a "game changer" for ODU....

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  • NC senators back more forced annexation changes

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina senators have given initial approval to two bills that respond to a judge's ruling that found unconstitutional a key section of changes to forced annexation rules in 2011....

  • NC teen smoking rates reach historic lows

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A survey presented by the state Department of Health and Human Services says the percentage of North Carolina teens who smoke has hit an all-time low....

  • Conviction overturned in death of NC visitor

    HONOLULU (AP) -- The Hawaii Supreme Court has overturned the manslaughter conviction for a man accused of killing a North Carolina visitor with a single punch....

  • Ruling means June trial in Perdue campaign probe

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A judge's decision to refuse to dismiss charges against two people linked to North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's 2008 campaign means the first trial is slated to begin next month....

  • NC prosecutors learn to fight Racial Justice Act

    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- About 60 prosecutors from North Carolina were learning how to fight motions filed under the Racial Justice Act during a closed-door training session Thursday in Forsyth County....

  • Wilmington 10 seek pardons from outgoing NC gov

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Ten North Carolina youths sent to prison in the 1970s who became known as the Wilmington 10 are seeking pardons of innocence from Gov. Beverly Perdue before she leaves office this year....

  • Bluegrass awards show moving to Raleigh

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The International Bluegrass Music Association is bringing its weeklong convention and awards show to Raleigh for three years, beginning in 2013....

  • Developer: Pols can't keep approving new casinos

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Casinos are not like Starbucks stores: you really can't have one on every corner....

  • TVA says lack of spring rains has reservoirs low

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Tennessee Valley Authority says a lack of rainfall has hydroelectric generation running 12 percent below normal....

  • 13 NC candidates request primary runoffs

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina candidates who want to request a runoff are facing a deadline....

  • SC GOP volunteers head north to NC help party

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's Republican Party is getting a little help from its friends....

  • Murder charge may be dropped in Greensboro killing

    GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- The family of a Greensboro man who was beaten to death and his body left in a fire say they have been told a first-degree murder charge will be dropped against a suspect because of mistakes in the investigation....

  • 1 dead, 1 wounded in Martin County shooting

    OAK CITY, N.C. (AP) -- Martin County deputies say a man has been found shot to death and another wounded in the parking lot of a convenience store in Oak City....

  • 14 students suffer minor burns on school bus

    KNIGHTDALE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say 14 middle school students in Wake County suffered burns on their feet after hot water and steam came up through the floor of their school bus....

  • Alligator bites worker trying to capture it

    STACY, N.C. (AP) -- An employee with the North Carolina Aquarium has been bitten by an alligator as he tried to help capture the animal in Carteret County....

  • Chuck Brown, pioneer of 'go-go' funk music, dies

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation's capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75....

  • NC blocks dues check-off law targeting NCAE

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A trial court judge has blocked from taking effect a state law preventing members of the North Carolina Association of Educators from having their dues removed automatically from paychecks until a lawsuit is heard....

  • Car inspection exemption idea rejected by NC panel

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A legislative panel has declined to recommend to the full General Assembly that late-model automobiles be exempted from annual North Carolina safety inspections....

  • NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state's only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games....

  • NC Senate takes up Cherokee casino card games

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina lawmakers are moving to change gambling laws and allow the state's only casino to offer live dealer poker and blackjack games....

  • Former UNC president Friday in critical condition

    CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- University of North Carolina President Emeritus William Friday is in critical condition at UNC Hospitals....

  • 4 children exposed to mercury at Lenoir school

    LENOIR, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say four students at a Lenoir elementary school have been taken to the hospital after they were exposed to mercury....

  • Theft charges filed against ex-US House candidate

    HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A former chairman of the University of North Carolina's governing board and two-time Democratic congressional candidate faces criminal charges that he stole more than $2 million from law clients....

  • Man killed in Fayetteville home; woman missing

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Police say a man is dead and his girlfriend missing after a shooting in the victim's Fayetteville home....

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