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The News & Observer -- News
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| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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… |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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… |