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  • Defense continues effort to repair Abaroas character

    Durham, N.C. - Attempting to undo what they say was damage to their client's reputation, defense attorneys for Raven Abaroa continued calling witnesses Thursday to counter the "dishonest portrait" they say was painted by prosecutors - an image of a controlling and verbally abusive husband who was feared by his ...

  • Fuquay-Varina teacher earns national award

    Fuquay-Varina, N.C. - A Fuquay-Varina High School teacher was named Physical Education Teacher of the Year by  the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE).Charla Tedder Parker has taught phys ed at Fuquay-Varina for 12 years and has been an educator for 30. She topped four other regional winners for the national award."I teach from my heart every day. I want my ...

  • Family keeps Fiddler’s Grove tradition going

    The Fiddler's Grove Ole Time Fiddler's and Bluegrass Festival, which started in the early 1920s, features live music on stage and sometimes in impromptu sessions under the trees. The festival takes place Friday and Saturday in northern Iredell County. (Facebook ...

  • Cabarrus County’s economy would suffer if October race moved away

    On May 21 – about a month after attempting to revive a lawsuit that claims Cabarrus officials reneged on incentives – the Speedway Motorsports Inc. mogul said there was a 70 percent chance the Bank of America 500 race in October could be moved to Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Though, NASCAR said it has not received a request to move the ...

  • Defense tries to cast doubt on ID of shooter in toddler’s death

    The defense in the first-degree murder trial of Ellis Royster pounded away Thursday morning at a key prosecution witness, trying to show the jury that there is doubt whether it was Royster who fired the shots in 2010 that killed a 2-year-old boy. For the second straight day, Shariff Baker held the witness stand. Baker was an eyewitness to the Aug. 12, 2010, shooting and he gave conflicting ...


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Return to Horror High [DVD]

Return to Horror High [DVD]

You have to give credit to Bill Froehlichs Return to Horror High for its sheer ambition, even if it never really comes together. Made in 1987, at the teetering peak of the 1980s cycle of teen horror movies, Return to Horror High is not, as its title might s ... ...

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  • Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

    (AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata). This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut ...

  • NC House honors fallen soldiers for Memorial Day

    The House unanimously passed a resolution Thursday honoring the military service members from the state who died in 2012 campaigns and all those from past wars. The resolution named 12 service members from North Carolina who died in Iraq and Afghanistan since the last Memorial ...

  • RTRP CEO Charles Hayes on proposed budget cuts

    significant budget cuts proposed in Raleigh. "It's not over yet," he says, taking a break from headlining the State of the Research Triangle Region Forum Thursday. "We are business-driven and business-led any time you have a cut in your budget you have to either increase revenue or cut expenses." For more directly from the man himself, including his thoughts on ...

  • Triangle talent projected for late first round

    Mark Thomas and Mike Maniscalco on 620 The Buzz Thursday morning .Wasserman thinks that Bullock is "definitely right on the border" of becoming a first rounder. He considered Bullock as one of the top shooters at the NBA Combine and a potential quality role player at the NBA level. North Carolina State's CJ Leslie and Lorenzo Brown decided to enter the draft a year early and are ...

  • NC man was on run from law when killed by drone

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan - An American citizen raised in Fuquay-Varina and killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday. The Obama administration revealed Wednesday that Jude Kenan Mohammad died in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region, making him the fourth ...

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