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  • Undocumented students to demonstrate in Raleigh

    Thirty teens from the Charlotte area will travel to Raleigh to get lawmakers' attention. They said many undocumented students drop out after high school because they can't afford to pay out-of-state tuition which is an additional $20,000."To me, it's very personal, because I could have gone to school in fall of 2009, but I couldn't," said student Elver Varrios. ...

  • Raleigh holds line on taxes in 2013-14 budget

    Raleigh, N.C. - The Raleigh City Council unanimously approved a $707 million budget Tuesday for the fiscal year that starts July 1.No tax increase was included in the budget, but the council did approve a $1 increase to the solid waste fee and higher water and sewer rates to help pay for infrastructure upgrades. The higher rates amount to about $3.75 a month for an average family."This ...

  • Feds propose expanding Cary immigration office

    Cary, N.C. - Two years after local opposition scuttled plans for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in a former Cary supermarket, federal officials are looking to expand the existing office in Cary.A closed-door meeting is set for Wednesday as officials begin the pre-application process with Cary to secure more space for the ICE office.The agency uses about 2 acres on Centrewest ...

  • GE Aviation to Add 50 Jobs in North Carolina

    GE Aviation confirmed Monday a plan to add 50 jobs at its engine assembly plant in Durham, N.C., to boost capacity for assembly of a new jet engine that one company official said is being developed to power heavily-used aircraft. The company formally announced the plans to add capacity at the Durham plant as part of larger announcement of a $195 million total statewide investment that ...

  • Mooresville provider of surveillance planes will add 35 jobs

    A Mooresville company that provides surveillance planes to the U.S. government and its allies will add 35 high-tech jobs during a $1.75 million plant expansion over the next three years, Gov. Pat McCrory announced Tuesday. IOMAX USA Inc. employs a total of 65 people at its Mooresville headquarters in River Park Business Park off N.C. 150 and a satellite location in Denver, N.C. “This is an ...


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The Furies [DVD]

The Furies [DVD]

Long overshadowed by Winchester 73, which was released the same year and marked the beginning of the extensive relationship between director Anthony Mann and star James Stewart, The Furies has frequently been neglected in histories of the western, particularly the role it played ... ...

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  • Durham police investigating fatal shooting

    Durham, N.C. - Investigators are looking into a fatal shooting that happened in east Durham Tuesday morning.Kammie Michael, a spokeswoman for the Durham Police Department, said officers responding to a 911 call around 11:40 a.m. found Jermaine Andrea McDonald, 37, dead in the street in front of a house in the 100 block of North Hyde Park Avenue.Police said McDonald lived on the street, but ...

  • Gaydosh warms to American football

    's hometown of Peace River, Alberta, Canada.The average high temperature is 72 degrees, with more than 17 hours of daylight. It's a far cry from the 17 hours of darkness and average temperature of 11.5 degrees in January."I'm not used to humidity like this. It's something else," Gaydosh said following one of the Panthers' organized team activities. ...

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  • Divers look for teen in Henderson County lake

    TUXEDO, N.C. (AP) -- Divers are searching for a Hendersonville teen presumed drowned in Lake Summit in Henderson County near a railroad bridge where teens often jump into the ...

  • NC group offers reward for stolen Venus flytraps

    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina environmental group is offering a $1,500 reward to find the thief who stole more than 1,000 Venus flytraps from a city garden in ...

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