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TRAFFIC
Raleigh police officer's 'improper right turn' causes traffic accident
The two-vehicle accident on North Raleigh Boulevard on Saturday injured officer Isaac Perez Jr., but none of the seven people in the other vehicle was hurt.
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TRAFFIC
If you blow an .05, are you too drunk to drive?
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends .05 percent, much more strict than the current DWI standard of .08 percent.
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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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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.
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LOCAL/STATE
Wounded soldiers, vets suit up for Valor Games at Triangle venues
About 120 service members and veterans who were taken out of the action by injury will get back into the fight during this week’s Valor Games Southeast, an athletic competition to be held at UNC, Duke University and the N.C. State Fairgrounds.
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STATE POLITICS
NC General Assembly police defend arrests of demonstrators
As protesters gear up to assemble again Monday, legal analysts are raising questions about whether the NC General Assembly police are within their power to arrest the nonviolent demonstrators. But those tasked with ensuring public safety contend the First Amendment is not absolute, that government...
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CRIME
Homicide victim had just moved to Raleigh to manage a bank branch
Recently divorced, Melissa Huggins-Jones moved from Tennessee to Raleigh two weeks ago to manage a new bank branch. Huggins-Jones, 30, was found dead in her bedroom by her 8-year-old daughter Tuesday morning.
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WAKE COUNTY
Rain doesn’t keep people away from Got to Be NC Festival
But the weekend’s off-and-on wet did dampen attendance at the festival that is designed to promote North Carolina agriculture, food, wine and, for the first time this year, beer.
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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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WAKE COUNTY
Chicken fanciers tour area birds living high life
The ninth annual Tour D’Coop is a benefit for Urban Ministries and introduces visitors to an array of birds and coops.








