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Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
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DNC: Nearly $500,000 of equipment was lost or stolen in Charlotte
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NSA chief: Spying stopped 50 terrorist ‘events’
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Report: Most teacher ed programs are substandard
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Dome: House and Senate leaders hope to strike deal on a major tax bill
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Debate forms around Rural Center’s oversight, future
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Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
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OWASA will continue fluoridating water in southern Orange County
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New Wake superintendent to get security and enhanced retirement pay
New Wake County Schools Superintendent Jim Merrill's contract includes the ability to request security for himself and his family as well as coverage of his $16,500-a-year contribution to the state retirement system.
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National Weather Service confirms tornado touched down in Franklin County
A National Weather Service preliminary report confirms that a tornado cut a 1.25 mile damage path in Franklin County on Tuesday evening. No injuries were reported.
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Saunders: Slim Whitman, a late-night joke who laughed all the way to the bank
Most people who were alive in the 1980s won’t ever forget Slim Whitman, whose commercials were omnipresent. Whitman died Wednesday.
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New Wake superintendent to get security and enhanced retirement pay
New Wake County Schools Superintendent Jim Merrill's contract includes the ability to request security for himself and his family as well as coverage...
Crime
Raleigh hit-and-run driver had right of way, but fled after fatal weekend crash
A man accused of running down two women near N.C. State University early Saturday and then driving off had the right of way, but he was speeding and may have been driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to an accident report made...
Nation/World
Former TWA Flight 800 investigators want new probe
Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to...
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Saunders: Slim Whitman, a late-night joke who laughed all the way to the bank
Most people who were alive in the 1980s won’t ever forget Slim Whitman, whose commercials were omnipresent. Whitman died Wednesday.
Health & Science
OWASA will continue fluoridating water in southern Orange County
An agency serving southern Orange County will continue to fluoridate its drinking water, and the Durham County Board of Health has recommended that Durham do the same.
Weather News
National Weather Service confirms tornado touched down in Franklin County
A National Weather Service preliminary report confirms that a tornado cut a 1.25 mile damage path in Franklin County on Tuesday evening. No injuries were reported.
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NC speed limit debate slowed until Thursday
The full House has hit the brakes at least for another day on a vote for legislation that could raise the speed limit on some North Carolina interstates and highways from 70 mph to 75.






