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  • Class of 2014 recruit Pinson picks UNC

    Wesleyan's Theo Pinson (#1) goes in for the dunk as Wesleyan defeats Miller School 69 to 54 during the 2011 HighSchoolOT.com Holiday Invitational Basketball tournament Wednesday December 28, ...

  • Jury deliberations begin in Shaniya Davis murder case

    Fayetteville, N.C. - The fate of Mario Andrette McNeill, who is accused of raping and killing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis in 2009, is in the hands of a jury following closing arguments Wednesday morning.If the eight-man, four-woman jury finds him guilty, they would hear evidence before deciding whether to sentence him to life in prison without parole or death.During closing arguments Wednesday, ...

  • Computer evidence focus of second day of Abaroa defense testimony

    Durham, N.C. - Defense attorneys for Raven Abaroa, on trial for allegedly killing his wife, Janet Abaroa, eight years ago, questioned a former Durham police computer forensics examiner Wednesday who said he left a computer hard drive locked in an evidence locker when he left the police force in December 2006.Ryan Johnson testified that, after watching online last week the testimony from the lead ...

  • Charlotte-area volunteers deployed to tornado-struck area

    Want to help? The Greater Charlotte chapter of the American Red Cross is seeking volunteers to help handle a myriad of tasks. If interested, call 704-376-1661, or you can volunteer ...

  • Audit NC Medicaid claims system untested flawed

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July ...


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Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatoichi Monogatari) [DVD]

In Zatoichi 2: The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (Zoku Zatoichi Monogatari), the titular blind masseur/swordsman, one of the most famous recurring characters in all of Japanese cinema, once again finds himself caught in a series of battles not of his own making. Although essentially peaceful, Zatoichi tends to find himself constantly enmeshed in violence--trouble follows him everywhere ... ...

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  • Federal inspectors launch investigation after North Carolina nuclear plant shutdown

    RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that was forced to shut down last week after operators discovered corrosion and cracking in the reactor vessel's covering. Two Nuclear Regulatory Commission specialist inspectors will join the on-site NRC inspectors ...

  • Testing gaps plague N.C.s new electronic Medicaid claims paying system

    Sufficient testing has not been done to ensure the state's new computerized Medicaid claims paying system, NCTracks, will be ready for primetime when the go-live switch is thrown July 1, says North Carolina ...

  • Salix reports successful Phase 3 for colitis candidate

    Salix Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: SLXP) says it successfully completed trials to evaluate the efficacy and treatment for active mild to moderate ulcerative proctitis (UP) or ulcerative proctosigmoiditis (UPS). Salix reported that in each of the two Phase 3 studies, "a statistically significant proportion of subjects treated with budesonide foam (the Salix treatment) achieved clinical ...

  • The List The Triangle’s largest graphic design firms

    In its simplest form, graphic design is using any visual medium - be it a poster, a newspaper advertisement or a business logo - to convey a message. We see all sorts of designs in our daily lives, from candy wrappers to T-shirts. There are a number of firms in the Triangle that do this type of work on a daily basis. These firms work with a myriad of clients, including public companies such ...

  • Glaxo to get up to $200M for bioterrorism research

    GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) is teaming with the U.S. to fight bioterrorism. The company, which has its U.S. headquarters in Research Triangle Park, is collaborating with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a deal to develop antibiotics to treat resistant infections and bioterrorist threats. The agreement ...

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