Teen won't be charged in bicyclist death

Raleigh-Cary rated sixth most dangerous metro area for pedestrians

A new study rates the Raleigh-Cary area the sixth most dangerous metro area in the nation for pedestrians.
Modified: 11/09/09 11:39:42 AM

Family of bike rider hit by car sought

State troopers are looking for relatives of a young man who was hit Saturday night while riding a bicycle near Dunn.
Modified: 11/08/09 11:12:11 PM

Customers become ill at McDonald's

Six people went to local hospitals Sunday after exposure to an unknown material at a McDonald's restaurant in Knightdale.
Modified: 11/09/09 06:34:01 AM

SUV driver dies in collision with train

A train traveling through Morrisville collided with a vehicle Sunday afternoon, killing the driver.
Modified: 11/08/09 11:12:10 PM

Driver killed in single-car wreck

A man died after his car ran off the road in Selma just before noon Sunday, police said.
Modified: 11/08/09 11:12:10 PM

Driver, 20, in 2008 wreck that killed teen girl gets 7 years

A Raleigh man pleaded guilty in Wake County Superior Court on Friday to second-degree murder for an automobile collision in July 2008 that ended the life of Lillian "Lilli" Broox Manis of Chapel Hill.
Modified: 11/07/09 09:01:02 PM

Extortion charged in Wake Forest

A Wake Forest man has been charged with trying to obtain money by threatening to beat his neighbor "to death with a crowbar and make his blood rain down."
Modified: 11/07/09 09:01:00 PM

Police investigate their slow response to Fayetteville family killings

Police delayed for more than an hour after a chilling emergency call that captured a gunshot before sending officers to the home where a real estate developer killed his family and then himself.
Modified: 11/06/09 11:30:58 PM

Court reinstates lawsuit over death during sleepover

Adults have a legal duty to exercise reasonable care when they agree to supervise someone else's child, a divided Virginia Supreme Court said Thursday.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:15:17 PM

Friends reflect on family's deaths

Hours before William Maxwell slaughtered his family and killed himself, relatives and friends who were worried about the Fayetteville real estate developer gathered at his home to see whether they could lift the normally happy dad out of his funk.
Modified: 11/05/09 08:55:33 PM

Quaint town deals with tragedy

A shooting that left four men dead Sunday has shaken residents of Mount Airy, the town that inspired the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show."
Modified: 11/04/09 11:25:41 PM

DAs lobby for psych beds

Prosecutors are concerned about the erosion of services for people with mental illness who are accused of crimes.
Modified: 11/05/09 06:25:11 AM

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New annuity fraud charges filed

Fourteen more embezzlement-related charges have been filed against Charles Mark Hall, former owner of Market Street Advisors, the N.C. Department of Insurance announced Wednesday.
Modified: 11/04/09 11:25:31 PM

Police seek help finding Durham man

Police are trying to find Morris John Bennett, who is wanted on suspicion of violating the terms of his parole after being convicted on drug charges.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:30:29 PM

Muslims say attacks are more than vandalism

As Iqbal Ahmad surveys the damage to the Fayetteville Street mosque - smashed windows and doors, stolen computer monitors, Sunday school supplies knocked over - he concludes this was no ordinary burglary.
Modified: 11/05/09 05:43:52 AM

Death prompts probe of day care

Police and state officials are investigating a home day-care provider after an infant in her care stopped breathing last week.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:30:28 PM

Young man is sought in abduction

Police are searching for what they think is a young man who abducted a 54-year-old woman from a parking lot in her apartment complex in Garner on Monday morning.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:48:18 AM

Bones reveal victim's name

It was a copy of a 2002 CAT scan that finally put a name, a face to the bones and mummified remains found eight months ago among the decaying leaves in a thicket of woods north of Rocky Mount, where six women have been murdered.
Modified: 11/04/09 08:13:59 AM

Perdue defends hiring murderer

Gov. Bev Perdue defended her decision as lieutenant governor to hire a convicted murderer to work in her office as part of a work release program.
Modified: 11/04/09 05:50:25 AM