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National Guard's losses leap in a flash

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When the state National Guard's largest unit lost four soldiers in Iraq to a powerful bomb this week, its death toll in just six weeks exceeded its losses for an entire yearlong tour earlier in the war.

Updated: Jul. 4, 2009 4:40 AM | Full story

Killings have community locking doors, loading guns

SC Killing Spree

Terrified South Carolina residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer thought to have shot four people to death.

Updated: Jul. 4, 2009 5:01 AM | Full story

Doctors back weaker pain pills

Tylenol Safety FDA

Local doctors and researchers who have seen the affects of so-called Tylenol poisoning on the liver said they support the Food and Drug Administration's proposed new restrictions on acetaminophen.

Updated: Jul. 4, 2009 4:54 AM | Full story

Mental health program on chopping block

State legislators intend to phase out a program that had become a symbol of waste and inefficiency in North Carolina's troubled system of mental health care.

Updated: Jul. 4, 2009 4:49 AM | Full story
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