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US Airways jet makes emergency landing in NC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A US Airways passenger jet traveling from Charlotte to Charleston, W.Va., has had to turn around and make an emergency landing....
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Romney leads GOP rivals, Obama in fundraising in Catawba County
Through the end of 2011, Catawba County residents donated more than $20,400 to the top presidential candidates, with Mitt Romney raising more than his GOP rivals and President Obama, according to campaign-contribution reports recently released by the Federal Election Commission.
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Wildfire burns in Uwharrie National Forest
ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A wildfire has broken out in the Uwharrie National Forest near Asheboro, and the U.S. Forest Service is asking people to stay away from the area....
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NC Ports Authority dinner for 15 cost about $1,500
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A spokesman says the N.C. State Ports Authority will develop new policies for meals and expenses after a steak house dinner for 15 cost more than $1,500 for food....
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Rioting engulfs Athens, buildings burn before vote
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Demonstrators set buildings ablaze and fireballs lit up the night sky in Greece's capital on Sunday amid widespread rioting before a historic parliamentary vote on harsh austerity measures designed to prevent the country from going bankrupt....
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NC high court to hear case of $14K hospital bill
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The case of a man who was stuck with a $14,419 bill he calls inflated and unreasonable after three days of care in a Charlotte hospital is going to be heard by the North Carolina Supreme Court....
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Duke University professor to discuss book on slave
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- The story of a woman who escaped slavery but left her son and daughter behind at a North Carolina plantation is the topic of a talk by a Duke University professor who wrote about her life....
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SC, NC almost finished with work on new border
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Officials in North Carolina and South Carolina will know later this year where the two states separate as they finish 18 years of work to re-establish the boundary....
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NC Sen. Mansfield to run for lieutenant governor
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- State Sen. Eric Mansfield of Fayetteville says he's running for lieutenant governor, saying he believes bickering in the Legislature has prevented North Carolina from moving forward....
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SPIN METER: Romney backed earmarks as governor
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney takes a hard line against congressional earmarks, but the GOP presidential front-runner had a more favorable view of federal pork-barrel spending when he was governor of Massachusetts....
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From the go, roller-coaster GOP White House race
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- From the start, it's been a roller-coaster race for the Republican presidential nomination....
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Man pleads guilty to role in NC Ponzi scheme
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A former North Carolina resident has pleaded guilty to federal charges in a money laundering conspiracy connected to a $32.5 million Ponzi scheme....
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First lady's trips boost health _ and her husband
DALLAS (AP) -- In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from "Top Chef."...
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Hickory couple found at Walmart after bank robbery
HICKORY, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a couple who robbed a bank in Hickory were found with the money 30 minutes later inside a nearby Walmart....
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Man gets up to 7 years in Lexington killing
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A 25-year-old Lexington man will spend five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to a Davidson County shooting death that went unsolved for five years....
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Simulations cut Navy costs, help stress commanders
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Military officials say they're putting commanders to the test with new computer software....
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Suicide call leads to homicide investigation
LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a call to 911 in Lincoln County about a suicide has now turned into a homicide investigation....
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Wife charged with killing husband during argument
CLIMAX, N.C. (AP) -- Randolph County deputies say a 66-year-old woman has been charged with murder in the shooting death of her husband....
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SPIN METER: Gov. Romney quiet on birth-control law
BOSTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney faulted President Barack Obama's original push to require church-affiliated employers to pay for birth control as an "assault on religion," but as Massachusetts governor, Romney was largely silent about a state law that required virtually the same contraceptive coverag...
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Local woman makes bid on Ghost Town in the Sky
MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. (AP) -- A $1.5 million bid has been made to buy a wild west amusement park in the North Carolina mountains that has been closed for most of the past decade....
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Faces beyond the numbers of long-term unemployed
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes - even prays - this will be the day when his fortunes turn around....
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NC high court to hear case of school bra search
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The case of a teenager who had to untuck her shirt and pull out her bra with her thumb as part of a search for pills at an alternative school in North Carolina is headed to the state Supreme Court....
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Police say woman reports rape near UNC campus
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Police in Chapel Hill say a woman has reported being sexually attacked near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus....
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Romney and Paul: Not allies but not foes, either
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Mitt Romney and Ron Paul rarely even acknowledge each other in the Republican presidential race, focusing their attention and attacks on rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum instead. That curious detente is being tested in Maine's caucuses this week, where Romney's repu...
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Santorum, Romney sell selves to conservatives
WASHINGTON (AP) -- GOP presidential rivals made contrasting appeals to conservatives Friday, with Mitt Romney saying he proved his mettle as Massachusetts governor and Rick Santorum saying Romney is so moderate that electing him would be a "hollow victory."...
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