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Wake County Judge Joy Hamilton listens as Alan McSurely, defense attorney for Saladin Muhammad, pleads his case. Muhammad is one of the over 900 demonstrators who face charges of second-degree trespassing, failure to disperse on command and posting or displaying signs or placards in violation of building rules during Moral Monday protests at the state legislature this spring. Many will be watching the outcome of the trials as tests of what might happen to people arrested over the summer who have chosen not to take the deferred prosecution plea deals offered by Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby. She found the first defendant , Saladin Muhammad, guilty on all three counts.

Judge dismisses 2 ‘Moral Monday’ cases after daylong trial

The judge who last week convicted the first Moral Monday protester to go to trial on all counts came to a different conclusion on Friday in the second and third cases.

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Wake County Judge Joy Hamilton listens as Alan McSurely, defense attorney for Saladin Muhammad, pleads his case. Muhammad is one of the over 900 demonstrators who face charges of second-degree trespassing, failure to disperse on command and posting or displaying signs or placards in violation of building rules during Moral Monday protests at the state legislature this spring. Many will be watching the outcome of the trials as tests of what might happen to people arrested over the summer who have chosen not to take the deferred prosecution plea deals offered by Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby. She found the first defendant , Saladin Muhammad, guilty on all three counts.

Judge dismisses 2 ‘Moral Monday’ cases after daylong trial

The judge who last week convicted the first Moral Monday protester to go to trial on all counts came to a different conclusion on Friday in the second and third cases.

Nation/World

An Indian man holds an umbrella as he heads towards a cyclone shelter near Chatrapur in Ganjam district about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013. Hundreds of thousands of people living along India's eastern coastline were taking shelter Saturday from a massive, powerful cyclone Phailin that was set to reach land packing destructive winds and heavy rains.

Wind, rain pound India as massive cyclone hits

A massive, powerful cyclone packing heavy rains and destructive winds slammed into India's eastern coastline Saturday evening, as hundreds of thousands of residents moved inland to shelters in hopes of riding out the dangerous storm. 5 minutes ago

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Young Jimmy Smith on the air in the early 1950s.

Saunders: Mornings aren't the same in Rockingham without radio voice of Jimmy Smith

Jimmy Smith signed off as the familiar morning disc jockey on WAYN-AM a few weeks ago after 62 years.

Health & Science

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, a volunteer counselor with Insure Central Texas uses a chart to help explain health insurance options in Austin, Texas. Despite anecdotal evidence of high interest and the political stakes attached to President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, a nation obsessed with keeping score of winners and losers lacks the data to pass early judgment on the success of a law that will in large part define the president’s legacy.

Obamacare a success so far? It's hard to say

After more than a week in action, is a key feature of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul a success or a bust? Judging by the dearth of data, it's virtually impossible to say. 15 minutes ago

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This image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Karen taken late Thursday night Oct. 3, 2013. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Thursday that Karen was about 340 miles (547 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River and had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) with higher gusts. The storm was moving north-northwest at 10 mph (16 kph). It could be at or near hurricane strength late Friday and early Saturday, forecasters said, with the center near the coast on Saturday.

Karen's remnants should bring needed rain to Triangle for start of work week

Remnants of Tropical Storm Karen should reach the Triangle late Sunday, according to current forecasts, bringing a "significant and widespread beneficial rain event."

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Amtrak's Carolinian #79 passes through downtown Garner Wednesday, December 5, 2012.

Track work will curtail some Amtrak trains between Raleigh, New York

Amtrak will cut its daily Carolinian service between Raleigh and New York to just three days a week, starting next week, for a month while CSX performs railroad track maintenance work, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

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