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Former school assistant put under $2 million bond

A former Durham teacher's assistant accused of having sex with a student faces a new charge after allegedly contacting the student again.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 3:19 PM | Full story

SC employer of fireworks victims previously cited

The South Carolina company that employed four workers who died following an explosion as they unloaded fireworks over the weekend on North Carolina's Outer Banks has had previous problems with worker safety.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 3:31 PM | Full story

SC police at NC shooting near serial killings

South Carolina authorities are on the scene of a fatal North Carolina shooting Monday, about 30 miles from a city terrorized by a serial killer blamed for five deaths.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 3:31 PM | Full story

First black president of library group dies in NC

The first black president of the American Library Association has died in eastern North Carolina.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 3:16 PM | Full story

Filing period for local offices opened today

Several Triangle incumbents are among the candidates who have filed today to run for local and county political offices this fall.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 12:52 PM | Full story

UNC-CH uses search firm

UNC-Chapel Hill is once again using a search firm, this time to find its next provost. Soon, we'll be reporting on N.C. State's hiring of a search firm to aid in its upcoming search for a new chancellor.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 10:02 AM | Full story

Lawyers file suit over water at NC base

A woman whose husband was stationed at a North Carolina base has filed a lawsuit alleging the government knowingly exposed hundreds of thousands of Marines to highly contaminated drinking water.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 2:35 PM | Full story

Thousands apply for temporary census jobs

With the ailing economy, many are looking for temporary work with the U.S. Census Bureau as it gears up for the 2010 census.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 2:11 PM | Full story

New Amtrak station to open in Durham

The Durham Train station will open at its new location on Wednesday.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 12:55 PM | Full story

Rare primates to leave sanctuary in Congo

For generations, bonobos have lived just outside the limelight, as their well-known cousin, the common chimpanzee, became a cause célèbre, largely through the good works of famed anthropologist Jane Goodall.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:31 AM | Full story

Police officer shot, suspect killed in Gaston

A Gaston County police officer was shot and wounded early this morning during an apparent confrontation with a burglary suspect.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 8:01 AM | Full story

4 million baby floats recalled

Around 4 million baby floats made by Aqua-Leisure Industries have been recalled, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 12:14 PM | Full story

Funeral set for N.C. guardsman killed in Iraq

A funeral will be held this week for a North Carolina National Guard soldier who was one of four killed last week by an improvised explosive in Iraq.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 7:42 AM | Full story

Young triathletes, tough as metal

About 90 kids competed Sunday in IronKids Raleigh, the third in a national series of triathlons for children 6 to 15.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 6:58 AM | Full story

NCSU student drowns

An affable rising senior and hockey player for N.C. State University drowned on Independence Day while trying to swim across a cove in Jordan Lake, officials said Sunday.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:29 AM | Full story

Hot air balloon for disabled to be in Raleigh

Serena's Song, a wheelchair-accessible hot air balloon, will be in Raleigh July 12 through 14 to offer free rides to individuals with disabilities.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 12:15 PM | Full story

WWI veteran lobbies for memorial

At 16, Frank Buckles was too young to fight in World War I, but he enlisted in the Ambulance Service of the U.S. Army. Nearly a century later, he is still fighting to memorialize those who fought in the war.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 6:06 AM | Full story

Fireworks victims went to same church

Three of the workers who died in Saturday's fireworks explosion on Ocracoke Island went to the same church in Goldsboro, and a fourth victim whose death was announced Sunday had visited the church.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 10:59 AM | Full story

Fatal house fire under investigation

One person died and another escaped an early-morning house fire Sunday in Lillington, police officials said.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:14 AM | Full story

Teen feared drowned in Neuse

Rescue crews were searching Sunday for the body of a teenager who officials said likely drowned that morning in the Neuse River near Oriental.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:30 AM | Full story

Three careers, and some dancing, kept him busy

Life Stories:When Ed Hamlin decided in his late 60s that it was time to enroll in law school, those closest to him were not surprised. In fact, his wife, Doris Hamlin, was all for it.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:37 AM | Full story

Proposed care cuts prompt fight

Two distinct narratives are at war in a controversy over whether North Carolina should cut as much as $100 million over two years from in-home care for older and disabled people.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:37 AM | Full story

Agencies get low grades on information access

Under the Dome:Most state agencies fall far short in providing taxpayers with access to information about their work, according to a new survey of transparency in government.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 7:58 AM | Full story

For old times, for Nancy

Sheehan:Some people share their greatest intimacies in the car, when everyone is facing forward, moving and looking straight ahead.

Updated: Jul. 5, 2009 9:33 PM | Full story

Legislative Tally

How Triangle legislators voted last week on bills of note.

Updated: Jul. 6, 2009 5:35 AM | Full story

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