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Classes have been canceled this morning at North Carolina Central University because of a major power outage, university officials said.

Modified: 09/02/10 09:08:28 AM

Gov. Beverly Perdue urged people this morning to follow evacuation orders along the North Carolina coast as Hurricane Earl nears and assured citizens that the state was ready for whatever Earl delivers.

Modified: 09/02/10 12:23:47 PM
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Steve Parrott, a former telecommunications executive who now runs an investment company, will be the next president of the Wake Education Partnership.

Modified: 09/02/10 11:53:37 AM

A North Carolina-based Marine from Idaho has been killed in Afghanistan.

Modified: 09/02/10 08:10:20 AM

Police charged an 18-year-old today with conspiring to murder someone, court records show.

Modified: 09/02/10 11:49:38 AM

United Way of the Greater Triangle has sets its sights on raising $17.5 million this year.

Modified: 09/02/10 11:30:53 AM

The North Carolina Museum of Art is attempting its own masterpiece: an exhibit that features more authentic Rembrandt paintings than any American museum has yet achieved.

Modified: 09/02/10 04:55:03 AM

State troopers should live in the counties where they work and should inform dispatchers by radio anytime someone of the opposite sex is in their cruiser, an advisory panel recommended Wednesday.

Modified: 09/02/10 07:04:59 AM
Crime/Safety More

Raleigh police pulled over a suspected drunk driver early this morning and ended up arresting two young Raleigh mothers on child abuse charges after two children were found in the back seat.

Modified: 09/02/10 11:16:25 AM
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Firefighters are keeping watch over a slow-burning fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, but the main concern is smoke along roadways.

Modified: 09/02/10 12:19:58 PM
Health/Science More

A new study suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants.

Modified: 09/02/10 12:35:21 PM
People More

Bob Bratcher could read the Bible in Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic, but he spent a good part of his life trying to make sure others could read it in whatever language was easiest for them.

Modified: 09/02/10 05:42:31 AM
Nation/World More

An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.

Modified: 09/02/10 12:19:59 PM

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