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Shaffer: Birthday party for Momma Judd, saint to Raleigh’s homeless

Mary Judd is congratulated by her brother-in-law, Alvin Atkinson, during her 76th birthday party held at Church of the Apostles in Raleigh on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Mary Judd founded God's Helpers of Raleigh in 1996. Through that organization she has fed over 500,000 meals and helped many unfortunate men, women, and children get back on their feet.

For the last 17 years, Mary Judd has shared breakfast with men and women who spent the night sleeping under tarps in the woods, huddled in the back seats of cars that don’t run or tucked in the crawlspaces under rainy overpasses. 1 hour ago

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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.
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

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.
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.