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NC shooting suspect testifies at murder trial

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The suspect in the shooting death of a Pennsylvania football player told a jury that he thought he was going to be shot when he fired at the victim's teammates in a Durham parking. Full story...
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Charlotte Mayor Foxx gets seat on Obama's Cabinet

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A rising star in the North Carolina Democratic Party is heading to Washington for a position in President Obama's Cabinet that may one day help Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx seek higher office back home. Full story...
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Nearly 400 years later, debate continues over NC-SC line

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Nearly 400 years since the Province of Carolina was split into the colonies of North Carolina and South Carolina, the two states are still trying to figure out their boundary. Full story...
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Former middle school teacher gets 18-year sentence

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A former Buncombe County middle school teacher is headed to federal prison for producing child pornography and recording videos of students' genitals. Full story...
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Witness: Pa. player's alleged killer sought blacks

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Two North Carolina restaurant workers say a Texas man accused of killing a Pennsylvania high school football player warned he'd shoot any black person who crossed him. Full story...
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NC receives $211M in cigarette lawsuit payments

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North Carolina's annual share of payments from top cigarette companies paying for smoking-related health care costs is $211 million. Full story...
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New Hanover Co. GOP chair named to state Board of Elections

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The chair of the New Hanover County Republican Party has been named to the state Board of Elections. Gov. Pat McCrory announced Rhonda Amoroso is one of the three Republicans who will join the board May 1. Full story...
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Environmentalists want slowdown on NC Senate bill

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North Carolina environmental groups want the Senate to slow down a bill that would roll back state and local environmental regulations that are tougher than federal standards. Full story...
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Drifter gets 4 life sentences, killed NC hikers

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A drifter previously convicted of killing and beheading hikers in Florida and Georgia will serve four additional life sentences for murdering a North Carolina couple in a national forest. Full story...
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NC Senate agrees hunters can use gun suppressors

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A bill allowing North Carolina hunters to install noise suppressors on their rifles or shotguns has passed the Senate, but not before some legislators made a racket about the issue. Full story...
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NC Senate wants cursive, times tables taught

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The General Assembly appears ready to pass a law requiring North Carolina public schools to teach old-school lessons of cursive writing and multiplication tables. Full story...
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McCrory unveils 'innovation center' for government

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Gov. Pat McCrory says a computer technology continuing education and testing center will ensure North Carolina state employees learn the latest technology and that products actually work before they're purchased for state government. Full story...
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3 Perdue backers plead guilty to misdemeanors

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Three of former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue's supporters are paying fines after pleading guilty in a case growing from an investigation of the Democrat's 2008 campaign finances. Full story...
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Lawyers discuss blood analysis in Peterson case

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The attorney for a Durham novelist who's been granted a new trial in the 2001 death of his wife says a State Bureau of Investigation agent gave false and misleading testimony, meaning the trial was flawed. Full story...
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PA player tells of shooting in NC murder trial

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A football player from Pennsylvania says he was texting and talking with his girlfriend moments before a shooting in a Durham parking lot in which a teammate was killed and he was wounded. Full story...
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