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  • Defense witnesses offer contrasting image of Abaroa marriage

    Durham, N.C. - Jurors hearing testimony in the first-degree murder trial of Raven Abaroa, accused of killing his wife eight years ago, heard Wednesday about a starkly different relationship than the troubled one prosecutors have portrayed for the past three ...

  • North Carolinas Raleigh Adding City Jobs Giving Workers Raises

    As Raleigh continues to recover from the recession, City Manager Russell Allen's proposed budget keeps property taxes steady while increasing utility bills, adding 40 new positions and giving employees a 3 percent raise. The budget for fiscal year 2013-14 totals $705.23 million in spending. Up from $679 million this past year, it's the highest in city history and a reflection of ...

  • JPMorgan celebrates banking team growth

    JPMorgan Chase President, Mid-Atlantic market, Wayne Trotman and North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, speak at the Foundation For The Carolinas, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. JPMorgan Chase is celebrate its move into the Hearst Tower -- right in Bank of America's backyard. Davie Hinshaw - ...

  • Public financing for judicial candidates faces opposition from Senate leaders McCrory

    RALEIGH Advocates of North Carolina’s public financing program for judicial candidates ramped up their efforts to keep it Wednesday in the face of opposition from Senate Republican leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory. Among other things, they distributed a letter signed by three former governors and more than 200 business leaders – many from Charlotte – in support of the nearly ...

  • 2014 NASCAR Hall of Fame class spans decades

    Tim Flock, Maurice Petty, Dale Jarrett, Jack Ingram and Fireball Roberts were elected as the five-man 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. NASCAR chairman Brian France announce the five inductees in a ceremony at the NASCAR hall of fame. They were selected by a panel 55 voters, plus one ballot from a fan vote, from a list of 25 nominees. Flock, a two-time champion in what is now ...


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I Know Where I'm Going! [DVD]

I Know Where I'm Going! [DVD]

"I know where I'm going!" declares the headstrong protagonist Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller). And she does. At only 25, she knows exactly where she's going as she heads off to an isolated island off the western coast of Scotland in order to marry an extremely wealthy industrialist. However, as Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's charming comedy of love and fate makes clear, just because you ... ...

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  • NC college could lose aid for not reporting crimes

    ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) -- Elizabeth City State University could face the loss of federal financial aid as well as nearly $4.4 million in fines for not reporting more than 120 crimes as required by ...

  • Virginia Tech beats Virginia 10-1 in ACC tourney

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Chad Pinder hit two home runs - including a sixth-inning grand slam - and drove in six runs to help Virginia Tech beat Virginia 10-1 on Wednesday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference ...

  • Fort Bragg soldier from Osceola County declared dead

    ST CLOUD -- The US Army has declared dead a Fort Bragg soldier from St. Cloud, after being missing for more than a year. Specialist Kelli Bordeaux, 23, was last seen headed to a bar near her apartment in North Carolina in April 2012. Witnesses report seeing her leave the bar with a homeless sex offender, who denied any role in her disappearance. Volunteers scoured secluded areas around the ...

  • Firefighters battle house fire in Iredell County

    Iredell County officials and Charlotte-Mecklenburg firefighters responded to a 2-alarm fire on the Iredell-Mecklenburg county line Wednesday afternoon. Autorities were alerted to the house fire in the 200 block of East Port Lane in Mount Mourne just after 5 p.m., according to the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office. The fire was contained to one house and no injuries had been reported. The ...

  • Crews battling house fire near Lake Norman

    Multiple fire departments are on the scene of a two-alarm blaze in the Mount Mourne area of Iredell County. At 5 p.m., fire crews were dispatched to a home in the 200 block of East Port Lane just a few blocks off of Lake Norman. The home is near the intersection with Panther Hill Lane. Davidson, Iredell County and Cornelius Fire Departments are on the scene. Additionally, authorities ...

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