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The wait for a decision prompts questions about whether the jury’s eight men and four women are divided or simply being methodical. 
Ali Cherfaoui threatened to kill his estranged wife, Chahnaz Kebaier, if she took the couple’s children, a court motion says. 
State Auditor Beth Wood proves parking tickets were not hers, but the city of Raleigh won’t refund the $245 she paid to remove the boot from her car. 
Governments around the world expelled Syrian ambassadors and diplomats Tuesday, an unusual, coordinated blow to Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime following a gruesome massacre that the United Nations said involved close-range shootings of scores of children and parents in their homes. 
Selecting N.C. State’s inaugural sports hall of fame class could be a tough task. But here are the 10 who would get my vote for that first class. 
The remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl will bring showers and thunderstorms to the Triangle, with potentially flooding rains in parts of southeastern North Carolina. 
A psychiatric nurse says Jason Williford didn’t plan to rape and murder Kathy Taft. But a prosecution rebuttal witness testifies that Williford had the capacity to plan. 
Facebook's stock has fallen below $30 for the first time since its much-awaited public debut this month. 
