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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Chapel Hill team reaches Scrabble stardom
To get really good at Scrabble, you have to play a lot of Scrabble. That’s the winning strategy from Kevin Bowerman and Raymond Gao, eighth-graders at Smith Middle School in Chapel Hill who as a team won the 2013 National School Scrabble Championship this month.
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Meredith announces top scholarships
Meredith College in Raleigh has awarded some of its top scholarships to high school seniors in the Triangle.
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Students help in N.C. House
Gabriel Johnson of Clayton and DeMarcus Lucas of Raleigh recently served as pages for a week in the N.C. House of Representatives.
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Local students assist senators
Pages serve for one week, attending Senate sessions and committee meetings and assisting staff members with clerical duties. Garrett, Ekaterina and Zachary were sponsored by Sen. Phil Berger. Christina was sponsored by Sen. Tamara Barringer and Dee Ann was sponsored by Sen. Neal Hunt.
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Scouts make blankets for SAFEchild
The Girl Scouts of Troop 413 in Raleigh hosted a Blanket-thon to benefit SAFEchild this spring.
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EDUCATION
NC Community colleges, high schools emphasize training for manufacturing jobs
North Carolina's community colleges offer skills certifications geared to advanced manufacturing, and a new Triangle apprenticeship program is launched.
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CRIME
Seven Enloe students arrested in balloon-tossing prank
Wake County school officials said Friday that they believe balloons thrown at Enloe High School, where seven students were arrested Thursday afternoon, were filled with tap water.
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CRIME
Judge reseals warrants in UNC student’s death
The search warrants were resealed May 14 for another 60 days in the death of Faith Hedgepeth, 19, a junior from Warrenton.
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CRIME
Princeton teen says he knew about shotguns in truck and lied about it
David Cole Withrow, a Johnston County teen, apologized Thursday for misleading investigators about a pair of shotguns found in his truck at Princeton High School, admitting that he knew the weapons were in his vehicle.
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LOCAL/STATE
ECSU head resigns amid probes of campus crimes
Elizabeth City State University's top administrator resigned Friday as investigators looked into the school's failure to report campus crimes as federal law requires and into alleged witness intimidation by the university's police department.
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