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Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata defended today a plan to change the schedules at most of the district’s schools this fall while also saying school leaders may reconsider where they relocate Panther Creek High School’s freshmen.
Modified: 02/10/12 11:35:21 AM
Amid a loud occupy-style student protest, the UNC Board of Governors today approved tuition and fee increases averaging 8.8 percent for in-state undergraduates across the 16 universities.
Modified: 02/10/12 11:29:33 AM
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg school bus that caught fire Wednesday afternoon was the same make and model as other buses that have gone up in flames in North Carolina in the past two years, prompting state officials to send at least one cautionary memo to school systems.
Modified: 02/10/12 09:29:22 AMA new bridge to carry passenger trains across Capital Boulevard is part of the alignment recommended this week by North Carolina and Virginia transportation officials for a proposed 162-mile track that would run trains as fast as 110 miles per hour between Raleigh and Richmond, Va.
Modified: 02/10/12 10:01:37 AMAn Outer Banks community group has filed a federal lawsuit challenging new regulations that govern beach driving at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Modified: 02/10/12 08:20:51 AMThe fire department suspects arson in a fire that burned down a Raleigh home early this morning.
Modified: 02/10/12 09:29:45 AM
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Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata defended today a plan to change the schedules at most of the district’s schools this fall while also saying school leaders may reconsider where they relocate Panther Creek High School’s freshmen.
Modified: 02/10/12 11:35:21 AMDurham County More
Police arrested a second man Thursday in the killing in August 2010 of Larry Timberlake, 52.
Modified: 02/10/12 07:31:08 AMOrange County More
One of four people charged with vandalizing the 10-story Greenbridge condominium building last year has had his case dismissed after the prosecutor said he could not prove the man did anything more than offer muffins to a lobby desk clerk.
Modified: 02/10/12 06:51:14 AMJohnston County More
The number of homegrown terrorism plots hatched by Muslim-Americans has declined over the last three years, and such plots remain relatively rare despite public fears, according to a study by a UNC-Chapel Hill sociology professor.
Modified: 02/09/12 09:15:14 PMChatham County More
Vance Remick sat in the Pittsboro General Store Cafe on Thursday when the last of the lunch crowd typically might be lingering over a cup of coffee, iced tea or an afternoon conversation.
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