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  • Former Charlotte POW leads hymn at Nixon library

    He’d scribbled the lyrics and music of a hymn on rough toilet paper, using a fish bone whittled to a fine point and red ink concocted from medicine in a diarrhea pill. Quincy Collins of Charlotte, a fighter pilot whose plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1965, was marking his fourth year in a North Vietnamese POW camp. Morale was awful and Collins had assembled a POW choir to raise ...

  • Wilson County man killed in hit-and-run

    Wilson, N.C. - The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is working to identify the car and driver that killed a moped rider early Friday morning on N.C. Highway 42 east of Wilson.Troopers found the front bumper and grill of a car that appears to be a silver Chrysler 300 or 300M sedan at the scene of the collision.Hugh Bolton Johnson, 58, of 3042 N.C. 42 East, was taken to an area hospital where ...

  • Fayetteville man faces federal sex trafficking charges

    Fayetteville, N.C. - A Fayetteville man has been indicted on federal sex trafficking and child pornography charges, police said Friday.Fayetteville police began investigating Christopher Jason Williams, 33, of Windy Hill Circle, in January when a 14-year-old girl told police that a man held her against her will for several weeks at a Fayetteville home and had sex with her. Police later found a ...

  • Bail bonds dispute surfaces in resignation fracas

    resignation letter aired a number of grievances with how House Speaker Thom Tillis was running the chamber.One of the items on Brawley's list made an not-so-oblique reference to a long running battle between two groups of bail bondsmen, a pair of state legislators, the Department of Insurance and the vagaries of legislative process.Brawley wrote to Tillis that the legislature had passed ...

  • Durable goods demand is up

    WASHINGTON Orders for U.S. durable goods increased more than forecast in April, indicating the world’s largest economy will get a lift in the second half of the year as business investment strengthens. Bookings for equipment meant to last at least three years increased 3.3 percent last month after dropping 5.9 percent in March, the Commerce Department said Friday in ...


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Casque d'or [DVD]

Casque d'or [DVD]

French screen siren Simone Signoret has the face of a child, the calculating eyes of a master thief, and the curvaceous body of a sexpot. Although she won an Oscar for her role as an unhappily married woman in the 1959 British film Room at the Top, which was one of the first of Britain ... ...

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  • Tesla service center in Raleigh portends NC dealership

    Take a peek inside the Tesla service center in Raleigh, not far down the road from the Angus Barn steakhouse, and you will get a glimpse at what some believe is the future of the American automobile. The single bay garage is just big enough to squeeze in a pair of lifts, shelves of wipers and battery packs stacked in wooden crates. But notice what’s not there: no motor oil, no belts, no ...

  • ECSU gets new interim leader as state probes police wrongdoing

    Elizabeth City State University is in turmoil as state investigators look into wrongdoing on campus and the Elizabeth City police have taken over the review of 125 criminal cases that were improperly investigated by campus police. The UNC system campus in northeastern North Carolina is under scrutiny by the State Bureau of Investigation after the revelation that campus police were not looking ...

  • N. Carolina beats Northwestern in lacrosse semis

    VILLANOVA, Pa. - Kara Cannizzaro scored four goals in the second half to help third-seeded North Carolina beat two-time defending national champion Northwestern 11-4 on Friday in the NCAA women's lacrosse semifinals. Abbey Friend added three goals for the Tar Heels (17-3). North Carolina will play top-seeded Maryland or No. 4 Syracuse in the final Sunday. Kat DeRonda had a goal and assist ...

  • Virginia Tech tops Georgia Tech 3-2 in ACC tourney

    DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Chad Pinder drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the seventh to help Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech 3-2 on Friday in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament, clinching an appearance in Sunday's ...

  • Watch Missing College Student Found in North Carolina

    A missing University of Rhode Island student was found unharmed eight states -- in North Carolina but how he got there. It's still a mystery 21 year old Matthew -- was supposed to come home ...

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