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Judge cuts sentence in UNC assault case

1 hour 56 min ago
A judge has cut several years off the prison sentence of a Durham man convicted on robbery charges involving three UNC-Chapel Hill football players.

Louisburg College picks new president

1 hour 59 min ago
Louisburg College, the only private two-year college in North Carolina, named a new president today.

Johnston and Wilson to get disaster relief

4 hours 22 min ago
The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved a request for a federal disaster declaration for Johnston and Wilson counties, as well as nearby counties Franklin, Harnett, Nash, Sampson, Wake and Wayne due to damage from the Nov. 15 tornadoes.

Raleigh's former first lady dies

6 hours 47 min ago
Marguerite "Rita" McKinley Massey Lightner, the wife of Raleigh's first African American mayor, has died. She was 84.

Two men held for possessing silencers released

7 hours 33 min ago
Two British men were ordered released from federal custody while they await charges for illegally importing two gun silencers discovered in luggage the men flew with from London to Raleigh.

Staff improperly restrained patient

7 hours 50 min ago
Internal records show workers at a state mental hospital in Butner strapped a patient to a bed face-down for more than an hour earlier this week, violating proper procedures and potentially endangering the patient.

Nov. is Adoption Awareness Month

8 hours 34 min ago
November is Adoption Awareness Month in North Carolina, a time to celebrating adoptive families and note there are thousands of children who still need a loving family.

Police find vehicle stolen by man charged with murder

9 hours 28 min ago
Cary police recovered the vehicle stolen by a man wanted in the murder of Maria Teresa Herrera-Diaz, 29. Arnulfo Barron Cobos, 45, fled the residence at 102 Dunhagan Place in the vehicle the morning of her murder on Sept. 6.

Durham police want help solving ATM robberies

9 hours 44 min ago
Durham police are asking for information about three armed robberies that occurred over the last two months at the drive-through ATM at Bank of America, 4811 Hope Valley Road.

Parade will close many downtown streets

11 hours 22 min ago
The Raleigh Christmas Parade starts at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. The 1.2-mile parade route begins at Hillsborough and St. Mary’s streets and makes its way to Fayetteville Street. Many streets downtown will be closed for the event.

Cooper custody documents become public

12 hours 6 min ago
The custody order, made public this morning, details the Wake County District Court Judge Debra Sasser's conclusions which led her to give the Cooper's two young daughters to Nancy Cooper's family.

Man shot to death at Fayetteville shopping center

13 hours 16 min ago
Police in Fayetteville say they are looking for two men in the shooting death of a man at a shopping center.

Authorities say student died in freak accident

13 hours 23 min ago
A Lenoir-Rhyne University student died in what authorities say may have been a freak accident during a fraternity pre-initiation team-building exercise.

N.C.'s ski resorts are waiting for business

13 hours 34 min ago
While the recession and its fallout cast uncertainty for businesses, officials with the Southeast's ski resorts say they worry more about the region's fickle weather.

If you snoozed, you missed the snow

13 hours 41 min ago
Light snow fell across the Triangle for about two hours this morning. But by 8 a.m. the big flakes were gone, and no more snow is expected the rest of the day.

Big 3 beg, but bailout denied

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:30
CEOs are told they must do better.

Road chief's hometown gets millions

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:30
The N.C. Board of Transportation is pumping $270 million in road money into Fayetteville, the hometown of Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett and of a key legislative ally, weeks before Tippett leaves office.

Son's death prompts mother to alert others

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:30
Kris Marceno was an actor, a singer, a bright student with a wide circle of friends. But on Nov. 2, he died alone while playing a dangerous game: He strangled himself in an apparent attempt to get a high.

Washington wows Hagan

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:30
Kay Hagan doesn't know which wooden desk she'll use in the U.S. Senate chamber, but after her introduction to the inner workings of Congress this week she knows generally where it will be.

Man gets life in prison after girl was shot to death

Fri, 11/21/2008 - 00:30
Rashaan Ali will spend the rest of his life in prison and Ian Wattley could spend as little as three more months locked up for the death of a West Millbrook Middle School student in May 2007.