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The News & Observer -- News

02/03/2012 06:45 PM
Krispy Kreme runners should expect longer route Saturday

If youre taking part in Saturdays 8th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge, youd better be prepared to run a little longer than in years past. The route has been expanded to…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Judge: Death-row inmate incompetent

A Wayne County judge has ruled that a convicted murderer must be taken off death row because he meets state criteria for mental retardation.

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02/03/2012 07:03 PM
FBI asks public's help in tracking 'no bag' bank bandit

The FBI asked the public Friday to help it identify a robber who has been seen carrying off cash from at least three Raleigh-area banks since Sept. 23.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
DMV officer sues over tracking device

A high-ranking law enforcement officer in the state Division of Motor Vehicles says his superiors planted a hidden tracking device in his state-issued car in hopes of finding something to…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Dad charged after Durham boy, 4, shoots himself

Police have charged a man with leaving a firearm unsecured in the presence of a minor after his 4-year-old son accidentally shot himself with a handgun.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Prosecutors tend to reject black jurors, researcher says

Prosecutors in jury selection studies have been more prone to strike black potential jurors than white potential jurors, a Tufts University researcher testified Thursday at Marcus Reymond Robinson's Racial Justice…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Local golfer faces prison for fraud

A Wake County man who made a regional name for himself as a professional and amateur golfer faces the possibility of federal prison time for a $2.7 million fraud scheme.

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02/03/2012 06:23 PM
Demonstrators protest U.S. actions on Iran; Hagan supports sanctions

About 20 people Friday chanted slogans protesting U.S. sanctions on Iran that President Obama and others say are intended to keep Iran from building nuclear arms.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Sign up for school at Positive Youth Day

Wake County parents can learn how to register kindergartners and other new students at the Southeast Raleigh Positive Youth Development Day event on Saturday.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Acupuncture helps rabbit

A troubled bunny at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham is undergoing acupuncture to help alleviate excessive head twitching and circling.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Hearing takes up fate of Durham's Liberty Warehouse

Former tenants of Liberty Warehouse gave vivid descriptions of leaking water, cracking beams, mold and erosion Thursday, while a construction manager working there gave assurances that the historic building is…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
'Santa John' had sex toys in car

"Santa John," 70, a mall Santa charged last month with using the Internet to solicit a 15-year-old girl for a sexually explicit photo shoot, was found to have sex toys…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Furry forecasters' predictions differ in Wake

Wake County residents who sought the meteorological wisdom of groundhogs Wednesday got a decidedly mixed message.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Dome: ACLU warns about prayers in legislature

The American Civil Liberties Union N.C. Legal Foundation is making good on its promise to stop the state General Assembly from saying predominantly Christian prayers at the opening of every…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Wheeler: Making friends of the homeless

Cross Point Community Church workers help feed people and clean up a homeless camp so that the property owner will be less likely to evict those who have built crude…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Industry seeks no rate increase for auto insurance

Drivers are getting a little good news: Auto insurance rates are not going up this year. This is the second year in a row that the state's auto insurers have…

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
N.C.-based Marine dies in Afghanistan

The Defense Department says a North Carolina-based Marine from Mississippi has died in Afghanistan.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Groups urge change in Wake school assignment plan

Leaders from the state NAACP and the Great Schools in Wake Coalition urged the public Thursday to lobby for changes in the Wake County school system's new student assignment plan.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Section of I-40 to reopen Monday

Westbound Interstate 40 near Tennessee will reopen more than a week earlier than expected after a rockslide in Tennessee closed the road Tuesday.

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02/03/2012 02:00 AM
Bowles won't run for governor, but Etheridge joins race

Erskine Bowles said Thursday that he would not run for governor, but other Democrats moved to fill the void with former Congressman Bob Etheridge announcing that he would seek his…

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