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  • Closing arguments heard in Shaniya Davis Case

    Fayetteville, N.C. - Prosecutors making closing arguments Tuesday in their case against a Fayetteville man accusing of raping and killing a 5-year-old girl called on the jury to convict based on "strong circumstantial evidence" against the defendant.In his 90-minute closing, Cumberland County District Attorney Billy West exhorted jurors to find Mario Andrette McNeill guilty of rape and ...

  • N.C. sues Duke for polluting Charlotte drinking water

    North Carolina has sued Duke Energy for polluting Mountain Island Lake, Charlotte’s major water source, with contaminants from its coal ash lagoons. The N.C. Division of Water Quality added its claims about Mountain Island to an existing lawsuit filed in March. That litigation asked for a court injunction against a Duke subsidiary over coal-ash pollution at an Asheville power plant. It ...

  • Taylorsville teacher charged with indecent liberties with student

    A teacher in Alexander County has been suspended for alleged inappropriate behavior with her student. Nikki Setzer Icard, a math teacher at Alexander Central High School, is charged with indecent liberties with an 18-year-old male student. The school suspended Icard without pay, pending the outcome of the investigation. Icard graduated from the school herself in 2001. She started teaching ...

  • Youth collage art competition announced

    Call all young artists! In anticipation of the Labor Day grand opening of the 5.2-acre Romare Bearden Park in Uptown Charlotte, Mecklenburg Park and Recreation is hosting a Youth Collage Art Competition. The competition, open to children ages 1 to 18, is designed to celebrate the life of the internationally renowned artist while encouraging an expression of his legacy through the creation of ...

  • NC man accused of trying to scam insurance company

    LINCOLNTON, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities accuse a Lincoln County of filing a fake report of a stolen motorcycle and trailer to get money from an insurance ...


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The Hangover

The Hangover

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  • Athleta four other retailers coming to Crabtree Valley Mall

    Athleta, the women's fitness apparel competitor to LuLuLemon, has signed a deal to open a second store location in the Triangle at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. Athleta opened its first store in North Carolina at Durham's Streets at Southpoint mall in June of ...

  • Sanford hospital gets nod for $13M project

    Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford has received conditional approval from the state to expand its emergency department. The state, through ...

  • The banks with the most Triangle branches

    Despite the growth of mobile and other forms of electronic banking, the traditional brick-and-mortar branch office remains a key part of the industry. Regulators, both state and federal, methodically keep tabs of branch numbers and whether they are declining or growing. That counting continues even as industry experts debate the future of the branch, with its smiling tellers and coffee pot, ...

  • Tudor Doeren takes different rivalry approach than Fedora

    Caulton Tudor is a four-time winner of the N.C. Sports Writer of the Year award, a two-time president of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association and a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of ...

  • NCSU UNC confident heading into ACC Tournament

    Durham, N.C. - A day before their teams take the field in the 2013 ACC Baseball Tournament, North Carolina's Mike Fox and North Carolina State's Elliot Avent expressed confidence Tuesday about their chances to take home the title.In separate interviews with Mark Thomas and Mike Maniscalco on 620 The Buzz, both coaches noted the importance of playing well in tournament ...

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