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CRIME

Upgrades made at Duke Energy substations to reduce copper theft

Duke Energy Carolinas has completed security upgrades at rural substations in Greensboro and Durham where thieves have been stealing copper and committing acts of vandalism.

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CRIME

Would-be robber shoots man on Durham’s Railroad Street

Durham police said a 19-year-old man was seriously hurt when he was shot during a struggle with another man who had demanded his cash and cell phone during an encounter on Railroad Street.

DURHAM COUNTY

Bonfield presents $381 million Durham budget

City Manager Tom Bonfield presented a $381 million budget proposal Monday night for fiscal year 2013-14. It calls for no increase in the property-tax rate, but adds a fee for garbage collection and raises fees for downtown parking.

LOCAL/STATE

State rests its case in Janet Abaroa murder trial

Despite newly discovered evidence, a judge has ruled that the case against Raven Abaroa will proceed.

DURHAM COUNTY

Downtown Durham Inc. hires new leader

Downtown Durham Inc. has chosen Geoff Durham of Fairfax, Va., to succeed Bill Kalkhof as president and CEO.

DURHAM COUNTY

Focus turns to contact lenses in Abaroa murder trial

Janet Abaroa was buried in her contact lenses, a crime scene investigator who witnessed the exhumation of her body and an ophthalmologist who examined her remains testified in the Raven Abaroa murder trial Thursday.