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Man drives truck into house

Police are investigating a driver who drove into the front of a house Sunday.

Updated: May. 12, 2008 1:25 AM | Full story

Shooting alleged in robbery attempt

A man walked into a local hospital Sunday morning and said he'd been shot in a robbery attempt several hours earlier, police said.

Updated: May. 12, 2008 1:05 AM | Full story

State long aware of Wake's trouble with probation

Documents and interviews show that state probation chief Robert Lee Guy had known, at least since 2004, about shoddy work in Wake County that could threaten public safety.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 4:43 AM | Full story

Police arrest sixth person in auto break-ins case

The Clayton Police Department say they have closed the case of some 30 cases of vehicle break-ins with the recent arrest of a sixth suspect.

Updated: May. 12, 2008 12:10 PM | Full story

Raleigh man crashed into house, charged with DWI

Police have identified a man charged with driving a truck into a house Sunday morning.

Updated: May. 12, 2008 11:45 AM | Full story

Fates cross, lives change: How the system snared wrong man

It was the summer of 1987. Raleigh police were hunting a rapist. A man had already attacked a handful of women in apartments near NCSU. Police suspected the rapist spied on the women before the attacks. They staked out the wooded areas behind apartments filled with NCSU students.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 5:01 AM | Full story

Family buries slaying victim

Dozens of friends and relatives shared tears and memories Saturday afternoon during the burial of Irina "Ira" Yarmolenko, the 20-year-old UNC-Charlotte student who police believe was murdered Monday.

Updated: May. 11, 2008 1:45 AM | Full story

UNCC student's death unsolved

Police said they have leads but have made no arrests in the asphyxiation death of college student Irina "Ira" Yarmolenko, who will be buried today in Chapel Hill.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 4:56 AM | Full story

Devils prolific in finding net

With an uptempo pace, crafty stick-handling and precise shooting, the No. 1-ranked Duke lacrosse team has an uncanny knack for scoring and a variety of offensive weapons as it enters the first round of the 2008 NCAA men's lacrosse tournament today.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 5:02 AM | Full story

Two cities to get anti-gang money

Durham and Raleigh will get their splits of a $2.5 million grant in hand next week.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 2:41 AM | Full story

DA wants warrant unsealed

The Davidson County district attorney said he asked a judge Friday to unseal a search warrant in the fatal shooting of a man who had taken three people hostage.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 2:41 AM | Full story

Police try to find possible witness

Police detectives want to talk to a customer who might be able to describe a suspect who robbed a Subway restaurant after the customer left.

Updated: May. 10, 2008 2:41 AM | Full story

Stalwart victim savors freedom

Ebele Achonu woke up in the intensive care unit at Duke University Hospital and immediately thought to call her boss. She tried reaching for the telephone but couldn't move. Thickly wrapped splints immobilized both arms. A brace enveloped a deep gash on the back of her neck. Bandages wrapped her fractured skull, and tubes snaked from her body to the wall behind.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 10:53 AM | Full story

I do, I do, I do: Serial groom has a third wife

Two days after a Clayton man was charged with being married to two women at once, a third woman came forward to say that she, too, is married to him.

Updated: May. 9, 2008 5:29 AM | Full story

Police search for 2nd suspect in credit card case

Durham police are still looking for a second suspect in the case involving the use of credit cards stolen from a woman who was visiting a terminally ill child at Duke Hospital last month.

Updated: May. 12, 2008 10:26 AM | Full story

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