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  • Senate Republicans moving 2-year budget in chamber

    RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina senators are getting their first attempt to change a proposed state government budget plan for the next two years. The Senate Appropriations Committee planned to meet Tuesday to discuss and vote ...

  • OTAs Five things to watch

    CHARLOTTE - Today marks the beginning of Phase Three of the Panthers' offseason workout program as the team takes the field for the first of 10 organized team activities (OTAs). All coaches are allowed on the field, and team offense vs. team defense drills are permitted provided no live contact occurs. Clubs may require players to wear helmets but no shells are allowed during Phase Three. ...

  • Man sentenced in deaths of Caldwell man woman

    Matthew Powell, 24, of Granite Falls, was sentenced Monday in Caldwell County to at least 11 years 2 months in prison, for his role in a double murder in 2010, prosecutors say. (Caldwell County Sheriff's Office ...

  • Catawba woman found guilty of rape

    Donna Craig Stewart, 46, of Newton, was sentenced Monday to between 25 and 32 years in prison, after being convicted on two counts of rape of a child, the prosecutors office says. (Catawba County Sheriff's Office ...

  • Police find $1 million in cocaine in mans car

    MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Horry County police found about $1 million worth of cocaine hidden in the car a Galivants Ferry man was driving, after stopping the man for allegedly speeding on U.S. 501. Police charged Alejandro Valderrabano Contreras, 31, of Galivants Ferry with speeding over 15 mph, but less than 25 mph, having no South Carolina driver’s license and trafficking in cocaine 400 grams or ...


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Movie Review

Coyote Ugly

"Coyote Ugly" is not much more than a silly, groan-inducing tale of a good girl trying to make it in big bad New York City livened up with a few rousing scenes of curvaceous young women in tight leather pants and wet tank tops shaking their stuff on a bar. It is of little surprise that the film's entire ad campaign has been based on the latter part of that description, rather than the former, eve ... ...

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  • Feds aim to stop travel for NC man on theft charge

    ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) -- Federal prosecutors want to stop a former manager at a Navy bombing range in North Carolina from taking a cruise to the Bahamas, saying he may never return to face charges of stealing more than $6 million worth of scrap ...

  • Gov. McCrorys plea Keep the 12 special superior court judges

    Pat McCrory urged North Carolina senators to keep 12 special Superior Court judgeships that would be eliminated in the $20.6 billion budget they passed Sunday night. The 12 judges hear cases anywhere in the state, filling in as needed for any of the 97 Superior Court judges who may be out sick in any given week. The governor appoints the 12 special Superior Court judges to five-year terms, ...

  • Wakes Cooke County budget calls for $44M increase in spending

    Wake County Manager David Cooke is asking for a $44 million expense spike on the county budget, most of it for education, public safety and bond ...

  • Can Dara Biosciences bust out of this slump

    DARA Biosciences (Nasdaq: DARA) execs say the Raleigh company is about to bust out of its slump -- and that all it needs is time. Nasdaq, however, is only giving the pharma six months. The pharma, which recently switched its focus to in-licensing oncology support products, has been issued a warning by Nasdaq that it could be delisted. To avoid that fate, the company has a six months to close ...

  • Chapel Hills LaUNCh finishes month with 17 startups

    LaUNCh Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill's first real foray into the accelerator space, is about to complete its first official month. With 17 tenants, startups that moved in this past February, ...

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