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  • UNC earns mercy-rule win over Miami in ACC tourney

    POST No. 1 North Carolina earned an eight inning mercy rule win over No. 8 Miami Thursday in ACC Tournament play at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Cody Stubbs hit the game-ending RBI double to put Colin Moran over the plate for the 10-0 win.Stubbs had a team high four hits, one run and three runs batted in in his five at bats. North Carolina starting pitcher Kent Emanuel pitched all eight ...

  • Durham couple dead in murder-suicide had filed domestic violence complaints

    Durham, N.C. - A divorced Durham couple that died in a murder-suicide Wednesday had filed domestic violence complaints against each other in the past, according to court documents.Police were called Wednesday to the Duke Forest Place office building, in the 3300 block of Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, and found 40-year-old Millicent Blair-Arnett dead in the parking lot. Her ex-husband, Anthony ...

  • Fayetteville man guilty of killing Shaniya Davis not of raping her

    Fayetteville, N.C. - A jury on Thursday convicted a Fayetteville man of kidnapping and killing a 5-year-old girl more than three years ago, but he was acquitted of raping her.The eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated for about 7 hours over two days before finding Mario Andrette McNeill, 33, guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, sexual offense of a child, indecent liberties ...

  • NC volunteers arrive to help victims of Oklahoma tornado

    The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives. A team from Fayetteville was expected to leave Thursday and arrive in Oklahoma by the weekend."All team members have heavy equipment and disaster experience and will be able ...

  • Seal makes a splash on North Carolina coast

    Carolina Beach, N.C. - The rare sight of a gray seal along the North Carolina coast is making quite a splash with beach-goers and prompting officials to issue a warning to those who may want to approach the animal.The seal was first seen May 16 on the north end of Wrightsville Beach and has moved to Carolina Beach, then Kure Beach."This is the furthest south sighting we have had of this ...


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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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  • Bunch of hurricanes coming government says

    The National Hurricane Center on Thursday joined other tropical weather experts in predicting an above-average number of named storms in 2013, saying the pattern that produced a busy 2012 season remains in place. The Hurricane Center’s annual forecast calls for a 70 percent chance of 13 to 20 named storms in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico basins during the season, which runs ...

  • N.C. lawmaker apologizes about public conflict with Speaker Tillis

    RALEIGH Both Republican lawmakers named Brawley reacted Thursday to the public conflict one had Wednesday with the speaker of the House. Rep. Robert Brawley of Mooresville, just north of Mecklenburg County, sent his House colleagues an email apologizing “for any discomfort caused” by his criticism of Speaker Thom Tillis, a Cornelius Republican. On the House floor Wednesday, ...

  • Earnings slip at apparel retailer Cato

    Charlotte-based women’s apparel retailer Cato Corp. reported Thursday that its sales and profits slumped in the first quarter, and Cato blamed the slide on tough economic conditions. Sales at the company’s 1,300 stores fell 2 percent, to $276 million, for the quarter ended April 28. Profits dipped 3 percent, to $30.8 million. And sales at stores open a year or more, considered a ...

  • Men accused of stealing trucks crushing for scrap metal

    Two men were arrested earlier this week after police accused them of stealing two trucks and a trailer from a Lincoln County driveway and crushing the vehicles for scrap metal. Thomas Adam Vandiver, 23, of Dallas and Terry Eugene Russell, 25 of Denver were arrested Monday and charged with larceny, receiving or transferring stolen vehicles and possession of stolen goods. Both were released on ...

  • Sen. Hagan amends farm bill to address crop fraud

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance ...

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