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  • NC county election officials seek legislative help

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Scores of county election board members want Republican legislative leaders to appropriate more money so the North Carolina State Board of Elections can tap into several times the amount for things such as more early voting sites and voting machine maintenance....

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  • 2 accused in contract killings on trial in Memphis

    MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Jury selection opened Monday in the West Tennessee case of two men charged with serving as contract killers for a violent organization accused of moving cocaine from Mexico into several U.S. states....

  • NC woman charged in wheelchair-bound man's death

    WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Police in Winston-Salem have charged a 19-year-old woman with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man confined to a wheelchair....

  • Connecticut signs Mims to 2-year deal

    UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- The Connecticut Sun has signed free agent Mistie Mims to a two-year contract....

  • US judge: Dismiss House of Raeford pollution case

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department isn't saying whether it will pursue new criminal charges against poultry processor House of Raeford after a federal judge says he'll dismiss the environmental crimes case....

  • NC State Auditor Beth Wood ties the knot at RDU

    MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood has brought new meaning to the term "wings of love."...

  • Randy Travis arrested for public intoxication

    SANGER, Texas (AP) -- Country singer Randy Travis has apologized after being arrested on a charge of public intoxication outside a North Texas church....

  • New iPhone app shows sex offenders living nearby

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina now offers a phone application that allows people to find out if sex offenders live near them and their children....

  • Con artist in Google probe moved to NC prison

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A convicted con artist who assisted investigators in Rhode Island with an undercover sting that resulted in Google Inc. forfeiting $500 million has been moved to a federal prison in North Carolina....

  • 1 westbound lane of I-40 open at rockslide site

    NEWPORT, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee transportation officials say westbound Interstate 40 traffic near the North Carolina state line will remain constricted to one lane for at least another month....

  • Retrial begins in case of slain NC pregnant woman

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Prosecutors are trying a second time to prove a Raleigh man killed his pregnant wife, after a jury deadlocked last year in the case....

  • NC county voters to decide on whether to stay dry

    HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Henderson County voters will soon have their first chance since 1955 to decide whether alcohol should be sold everywhere, or whether some parts of the county should stay dry....

  • NC groups upset over tree-cutting near billboards

    ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Conservation groups in North Carolina are unhappy with a new law that will allow increased tree-cutting around roadside billboards....

  • NCCU dedicates lunch counter from 1960 sit-ins

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- A reminder of North Carolina's racially segregated past is now on permanent display at North Carolina Central University....

  • Developers plan Chinatown outside NC capital city

    MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina developer is planning to turn a nearly deserted outlet mall across Interstate 40 from Raleigh-Durham International Airport into a center of Chinese commerce....

  • NC woman slain in robbery, police charge man

    BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- Burlington police say they've charged a man with first-degree murder after robbers burst into an apartment and left a 21-year-old woman dead....

  • NC-based Marine unit completes return after months

    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- About 1,000 Marines are bringing up the rear as the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit returns home to North Carolina after more than 10 months away on duty in northern Africa and Europe....

  • Police: Mom injects substance into daughter's IV

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Police say a mother of four has been arrested after surveillance cameras in her 5-month-old daughter's hospital room caught her injecting an unknown substance into her child's IV line....

  • Wrightsville Beach won't name suspended officers

    WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (AP) -- Wrightsville Beach is refusing to release the names of three police officers placed on administrative leave....

  • Couple killed in home invasion in Reidsville

    REIDSVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Rockingham County deputies say a husband and wife have been shot to death in an apparent home invasion....

  • Teens girls lead Charlotte police on Uptown chase

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Police say three teen girls stole a car at gunpoint, then led officers on a chase through Charlotte's busy Uptown streets before crashing the vehicle....

  • Woman shot with Taser after blocking NC drive-thru

    HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) -- Cumberland County deputies say they used a Taser on a woman who blocked the drive-thru at a McDonalds for 20 minutes after employees refused to serve her because she broke in line....

  • New rock slide along I-40 on NC side of state line

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina officials say a new rock slide has occurred along a stretch of Interstate 40 already closed by an earlier rock and mud slide just over the Tennessee state line....

  • Etheridge quickly organizing governor's campaign

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Former congressman Bob Etheridge says he's lived the American dream thanks to investments in public education and is running for North Carolina governor to keep those investments going in the 21st century....

  • NC mother accused of tampering with daughter's IV

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A 26-year-old Conover woman is accused by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police of tampering with her 5-month-old daughter's intravenous line at a local hospital....

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