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Effort to block beach smoking ban stallsSubmitted by StarNewsOnline.com on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:39pm.READ MORE: Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy announcement hit close to homeSubmitted by Jayne Dees on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 6:06pm.READ MORE: 
Movie star Angelina Jolie's announcement she underwent a double mastectomy is making headlines. Experts says it is not uncommon for people to undergo a preventive double mastectomy, especially if they carry the BRCA gene like Jolie. People who carry the BRCA gene have an increased risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer.
Full story...Senate bill could snuff out smoking bans at Wrightsville Beach, CFCCSubmitted by Holden Kurwicki on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 4:34pm.READ MORE:
Public smoking bans tend to spark emotions on both sides of the conversation, and that is certainly true at Wrightsville Beach, the first public beach in the state to ban smoking on the sand. Now a bill in the state Senate could send the ordinance up in smoke.
Full story...NC Senate bill requires abortion educationSubmitted by WWAY on Wed, 05/08/2013 - 3:08pm.READ MORE:
A bill requiring North Carolina's health instructors to teach students that abortions cause premature births in later pregnancies is headed to the Senate floor.
Full story... » NC House votes to bar sex-selective abortionsSubmitted by Chris Phillips on Tue, 05/07/2013 - 10:44pm.READ MORE:
House Republicans seeking to further restrict abortions in North Carolina have passed a bill barring the procedures on the basis of the gender of the fetus.
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