UNC grounds plans for new airport in Orange County
Citing "a significant lack of trust" in the community, UNC Chancellor Thorpe on Friday scrapped plans to build a new airport in southwestern Orange County to replace Horace Williams Airport.
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Outgoing probation chief: More needed than leadership change
Robert Guy, director of the Division of Community Corrections, announced last week he will leave the post, which he has held for the past 12 years.
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Family members: Missing boy is in Mexico
Mary Esther Avellaneda, 38, and Jose Andres Avellaneda, 13, were last seen leaving their Sampson County home on Sunday night, relatives said.
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Prayers delivered for Perdue, state officials
Governor-elect Beverly Perdue attended an inaugural prayer service Friday morning in downtown Raleigh. Later Friday, she and her husband will attend the inaugural ball.
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For eight years, Gov. Mike Easley led the state in good times and bad. As governor, he had his own style – something that often brought him criticism and praise.
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- Huge eastern N.C. wildfire officially out
Posted 39 minutes ago - Transformer problem knocks out power in Smithfield
Updated 55 minutes ago - Fort Bragg soldiers arrested in bank robberies
Updated 21 minutes ago - Homebuilders feel economic pinch
Updated at 9:03 a.m. |
- N.C. State gets tentative OK to study Korean campus
Updated at 9:32 a.m.
- Huge eastern N.C. wildfire officially out
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- Cold-like virus kills hundreds of children in U.S.
Updated Jan. 8 10:55 p.m. | - UNC study: C-section timing is critical
Jan. 7, 2009 | - Children's cardiac intensive-care unit opens at Duke
Jan. 8, 2009 |
- Cold-like virus kills hundreds of children in U.S.
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- Masked man waits in line to rob Ohio bank
Posted 57 minutes ago - Man gets jail for fleeing before probation verdict
Posted at 7:10 a.m. - Ark. funeral home no haven for meth lab
Posted at 2:24 a.m. - R.I. boys accused of stealing car to get to school
Updated at 7:32 a.m. - Man allegedly caused flats with nails in driveways
Posted Jan. 8 4:44 p.m.
- Masked man waits in line to rob Ohio bank
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- Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
Updated at 2:43 p.m. | - Court: Burris doesn't need second signature
Updated 7 minutes ago | - House approves bill to fight wage discrimination
Posted at 1:37 p.m. - Obama completes national security team
Updated 18 minutes ago | - Cheney: Iraq is 'not a mess'
Posted at 4:16 a.m.
- Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
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- UNC System hate-crimes panel to hold public forum
Updated 33 minutes ago - Third suspect arrested in Harnett home invasion
Updated at 11:14 a.m. - Man sought in fatal Fayetteville shooting
Updated at 11:13 a.m. - Silver Alert canceled for Elizabeth City man
Updated at 5:26 a.m. - Missing Raleigh man found safe
Updated at 12:16 p.m.
- UNC System hate-crimes panel to hold public forum
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- Blagojevich says his impeachment no surprise
Updated 8 minutes ago | - Baltimore mayor indicted on theft, perjury charges
Updated 14 minutes ago - Alabama sheriff to give up profits from jail food
Posted 55 minutes ago - Ill. court: Official can't block gov's Senate pick
Updated at 2:57 p.m. - TVA waste pond leaks in Ala.; spill enters creek
Updated at 2:32 p.m.
- Blagojevich says his impeachment no surprise
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- Which home-fitness devices can help you?
Updated Jan. 8 10:49 p.m. | - Clogged pipe leads to dispute between neighbors, golf course
Jan. 7, 2009 | - Good tickets are hard to find
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- Which home-fitness devices can help you?
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- RaleighWood: Weekend planner
Jan. 8, 2009 - Carolina Parent: Weekend fun for kids
Posted at 11:17 a.m. - Gaming Guru: More gaming at CES
Posted at 11:37 a.m. - Brian Shrader: The new Mason-Dixon Line
Updated at 7:27 a.m. - Bill Leslie: Big toe blues
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