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Chicken fanciers tour area birds living high life

Benjamin Parrish, 6, shrieks with laughter at the chickens housed in the first coop featured on the 9th annual Tour D'Coop in Raleigh on Saturday May 18, 2013. The self-guided tour gave participants the opportunity to sample 21 different coop designs and chicken care methods in just one day. The proceeds from the tour will benefit Urban Ministries, a non-profit that seeks to provide essential items to the homeless and uninsured of Wake County.

The ninth annual Tour D’Coop is a benefit for Urban Ministries and introduces visitors to an array of birds and coops. 2 hours ago

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HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Victims: Marines failed to safeguard water supply

A simple test could have alerted officials that the drinking water at Camp Lejeune was contaminated, long before authorities determined that as many as a million Marines and their families were exposed to a witch’s brew of cancer-causing chemicals.
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CRIME

On a quiet Cary cul-de-sac, a surprising moment of violence

If police are correct, the case’s mystery is its simplicity: four decades of marriage, a culture-crossing romance that had survived economic troubles and the loss of a child, ended by the suffocation of Sharad Amtey in the family home.
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EDUCATION

UNC’s Holden Thorp steps out of the spotlight

In a recent interview, Thorp, leaving soon for Washington University, said he wished he had watched “Friday Night Lights” five years ago. An education about athletics would’ve come in handy.

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LOCAL/STATE

Cary man finds his niche as a problem-solver

Otis Herndon takes on problems in the Chatham Forest community in Cary. “From my experience, there’s probably no one like Otis,” a police captain says.

CRIME

Inmate escapes Gaston prison, but doesn’t get far

A 22-year-old inmate serving time for firearm possession by a felon and burglary convictions escaped from a minimum-security prison in Gaston County on Saturday afternoon, state officials said, but he was found a short time later.
LOCAL/STATE

In General Assembly, push continues to conceal gun data

One of the only surviving bills in the N.C. General Assembly related to gun control would close permit information to the public, making it nearly impossible for groups to watchdog how the government issues licenses to buy hundreds of thousands of handguns.

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WAKE COUNTY

Raleigh police await opinion on Internet sweepstakes parlors

Raleigh’s remaining Internet sweepstakes parlors won’t get a visit from police just yet, and the city council is mulling its options.
UNDER THE DOME

Dome: LaRoque theft, money-laundering trial begins Monday

Former N.C. Rep. Stephen LaRoque goes on trial in federal court Monday in Greenville to defend himself against charges that he illegally used federal loan money in his re-lending enterprise.
WAKE COUNTY

In it, but unlikely to win it. Still, excitement stirs over record Powerball jackpot

Though they know their chances of hitting it big are limited, many in the Triangle say they are buying Powerball tickets just for a chance to dream about limitless luxury.
WAKE COUNTY

Tainted Wake Forest well owners get clean water

Clean water is once again flowing to 22 homes in northern Wake County, thanks to new water lines that replace contaminated wells.