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Mystery builds around school official Taft's assault

17 hours 53 min ago
RALEIGH - Three days after a state school board member was found injured in the West Raleigh home of a Raleigh lawyer, police still are combing the crime scene for evidence and remain uncharacteristically tight-lipped about the crime.

Wake schools' January legal bill is $6,000

17 hours 53 min ago
Raleigh attorney Thomas Farr's far-reaching work for the Wake County school board has included e-mail requests to officials for facts that are on their Web site and a meeting with current board lawyer Ann Majestic, for which taxpayers got billed from both sides for a total of $425 an hour.

State's U.S. Senate hopefuls define themes

17 hours 53 min ago
WINSTON-SALEM - Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate generally agreed on the issues, but offered sharply different styles and points of emphasis Monday in their first forum leading up to the primary May 4.

Burlington man is accused of rape in Cary

17 hours 53 min ago
CARY - An Alamance County man was arrested Monday on charges of second-degree rape and second-degree sexual offense.

National GOP chief vows to reclaim North Carolina

18 hours 11 sec ago
National Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele vowed to reclaim North Carolina for his party Monday and introduced a TV ad seeking to build support for the GOP brand in the state.

North Carolina's surplus prosthetics go to Haiti

18 hours 21 min ago
GREENVILLE - Donors across North Carolina are helping to restore the lives of people injured in Haiti's earthquake by giving, literally, parts of themselves.

Inmates can write, state says after ACLU suit

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:57
RALEIGH - Prison inmates in North Carolina will be able to write novels and other manuscripts and send them to publishers without interference from guards under a settlement reached with the ACLU.

Rabbi gives lessons for Lent

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:57
CHAPEL HILL - The 40 days of Lent are a time when Christians are called to examine their faith. At Church of the Holy Family, members have been invited to examine it in a new way: through Judaism.

Campbell, NCSU join for degrees

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:57
RALEIGH - Two local universities are teaming up to offer a two-for-one special.

Overdose killed mental patient

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:57
RALEIGH - A young mental patient from Louisburg who died last summer at a psychiatric hospital in Rocky Mount was killed by an overdose of prescription medications, according to the state medical examiner.

Chapel Hill to discuss change in voting system

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:57
CHAPEL HILL - It wasn't the system that got Donna Bell appointed to the Town Council last year, but "ranked voting" is what Bell is recommending for future appointments.

The fight to keep a library

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:52
Alex Garver of Garner only goes to his neighborhood library once or twice a month, but when he goes, he makes a big haul.

Panel will explore road-money split

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:52
They snipped a red ribbon in Beaufort County a couple of weeks ago to celebrate the nearly finished U.S. 17 bypass around Chocowinity, a shrinking town with a pretty name.

N.C. design team advances to finals

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:52
A team of students from N.C. State and UNC-Chapel Hill is a finalist in a national urban design competition.

Churches can play role in census

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 04:52
RALEIGH - Wake County community groups want to increase people counted in the 2010 Census, and they are inviting area pastors to help spread the word.

Crash victim had gunshot wounds

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 02:55
DURHAM - When police responded to a call of a disturbance involving a weapon shortly before 9 p.m. tonight, they found a vehicle crashed into a tree and the driver suffering from gunshot wounds.

Rampage driver called schizophrenic

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 01:42
A psychologist testified Monday that he determined Abdullah El-Amin Shareef was psychotic after meeting with him five times between 2004 and 2009.

Box maker to close in Wilson

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:21
Wilson is about to lose another employer.

American Eagle to start Fayetteville flights

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 21:20
American Eagle Airlines plans to add nonstop service between Fayetteville and Dallas/For Worth International Airport, increasing competition for travelers in the Sandhills region.

In Clayton, 1,000 teens celebrate the joy of no sex

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 09:46
CLAYTON - More than a thousand teenagers, many of them from local churches, yelled, "Sex is great!" during a high-energy performance Sunday night at Cleveland Community Church. The phrase was followed closely by five other words: "In the context of marriage."