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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Despite no 'mass layoffs' message, BB&T is cutting jobs
North Carolina's third-largest bank is making some layoffs and leaving other positions unfilled, a top executive says. However, BB&T also continues to make "selective" hires and is not closing any branches.
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Car connected to missing pair found in Texas
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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Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich
The Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Friday to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether he should be thrown out for abuse of power, including allegations that he tried to sell President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
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- Probation chief's last day is Friday
Updated at 12:21 p.m. - Transformer problem knocks out power in Smithfield
Updated 34 minutes ago - Fort Bragg soldiers arrested in bank robberies
Updated 1 minute 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.
- Probation chief's last day is Friday
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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 36 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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- Obama completes national security team
Updated at 1:08 p.m. | - Cheney: Iraq is 'not a mess'
Posted at 4:16 a.m. - VP-elect Biden holds talks with Pakistani leaders
Updated at 1:57 p.m. - Bill Clinton holding fundraiser for NC Rep. Shuler
Updated at 1:48 p.m. - Obama: Some ambassador nominees will be political
Posted at 12:52 p.m.
- Obama completes national security team
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- UNC System hate-crimes panel to hold public forum
Updated 12 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
Posted 8 minutes ago - Alabama sheriff to give up profits from jail food
Posted 34 minutes ago - Baltimore mayor indicted on theft, perjury charges
Posted at 2:48 p.m. - Ill. court: Official can't block gov's Senate pick
Updated 56 minutes ago - 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
Jan. 6, 2009 |
- 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
Jan. 8, 2009
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