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5 hurt in shootings at gun shows in Ohio, Indiana, NC
MEDINA, Ohio (AP) — Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday. At the Dixie Gun and Knife Show in Raleigh, a 12-gauge shotgun discharged as its owner unzipped its case for a law...
Tags: Shootings, Firearms, Medina (Saudi Arabia)
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Local disaster relief group prepares for Irene
As the East Coast gets ready for Hurricane Irene to roll in, Joe Wilkey is getting ready to go there.
“We plan to pull out of here either Monday or Tuesday,” he said, talking on the phone to a church leader in Norfolk, Virginia.
Wilkey is...Tags: Joplin (Jasper, Missouri), Natural Disasters, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), North Carolina, Disasters
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Elizabeth Edwards leaves husband John out of will
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (AP) — The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month makes no mention of her estranged husband and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday that...Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Politics, North Carolina, Elections, Orange County Superior Court
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Fourth American fatality by U.S. drones disclosed
WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepared to deliver a major speech on national security Thursday, his administration acknowledged for the first time that it had killed four U.S. citizens — one more than previously known — in drone...
Tags: Pakistan, Armed Conflicts, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John O. Brennan, Central Intelligence Agency
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NRC to inspect Duke North Carolina Harris nuclear reactor
ReutersMay 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said Wednesday that it was launching a special inspection at Duke Energy Corp's Harris nuclear power plant in North Carolina over a "quarter-inch flaw" on the plant's reactor vessel head....Tags: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Duke Energy Corporation
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North Carolina targets Tesla, considers banning direct-to-consumer sales
Autoblog.comFiled under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, Legislation and Policy North Carolina is the latest state to line up against Tesla Motors by proposing a bill that would bar direct automaker-to-customer sales within the state, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.... -
Larranaga still searching for recruits
CORAL GABLES — The Miami basketball program has five new signees for the 2013-14 season. And though the signing period ends Wednesday, there's still hope of landing a few more newcomers before the season opens in November. Coach Jim Larranaga...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Coral Gables, North Carolina State University
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TABLE-U.S. soybean processors downtime schedule
ReutersMay 6 (Reuters) - Downtime maintenance schedules for selected U.S. soybean processing plants, according to processors, cash traders and brokers contacted by Reuters. * = Indicates downtime confirmed by the company. + = Indicates a plant may be closed or...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Gainesville, West Point, Bloomington, Emporia (Emporia, Virginia)
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Annapolis' Borland, Williams lead classes at NOOD Regatta
Two Annapolis sailors, Jeff Borland and Tim Williams, took advantage of favorable winds on their home Chesapeake Bay waters to take the lead in their classes Saturday at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta. Borland leads the nine-boat Etchells class...Tags: Somerville, Boston, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Suffolk (Suffolk, Virginia), Havre de Grace
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'The Mothers' follows one couple's attempt to adopt
Our cultural obsession with babies and motherhood has raged for decades. The media take stock of every new celebrity baby bump; women go to undreamed of lengths to procure progeny, freezing eggs, implantation and surrogates. As in the culture at large,...Tags: Animals, Family, Manhattan (New York City), Social Issues, MySpace
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FEATURE-Struggling Catholic schools strategize to draw new students
ReutersBy Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - For years, headlines about Catholic schools in the United States have told gloomy tales of falling enrollment and multiple closings. Between 2000 and 2013, 2,090 U.S. Catholic schools closed or...Tags: Religious Education, Teaching and Learning, Minority Groups, Parochial Schools, Colleges and Universities
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Laurel student serves as state house page in North Carolina
Kenni Patrick, a student at St. Vincent Pallotti High School, served as a page for the North Carolina House of Representatives, in Raleigh, N.C. The daughter of Kenneth and Tanya Patrick, of Laurel, she was sponsored by Rep. Julia Howard (Republican-...
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