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Police Durham NH ‘Good Samaritan’ Was Drunk Ran Over Pedestrian
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire police say a motorist who presented herself as a good Samaritan who drove an injured pedestrian to the hospital is the same person who caused the injuries. Durham police say 38-year-old Michelle Blain of Barrington drove an injured University of New Hampshire student to a hospital Thursday night and explained that she’d happened upon the injured ...
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Male U.S. burglars steal to get money women steal for drugs
When selecting a target, most burglars said they considered the close proximity of other people including: traffic, people in the house or business and police officers; the lack of escape routes; and signs of increased security -- including alarm signs, alarms, dogs inside and outdoor cameras or other surveillance equipment. (UPI Photo/Ezio ...
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Artsplosure tops downtown Raleigh bucket list
Raleigh, N.C. - The social media gurus behind downtown Raleigh's "Live, Work, Play" have partnered with Offline Media to come up with a summer contest designed to draw visitors to the capital city and to push residents to try new activities within city limits.The Downtown Raleigh Bucket List features 16 suggested experiences, starting with this weekend's Artsplosure, to cross ...
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Wake child care trainer takes action after babys day care death
Fort Bragg, N.C. - As a Wake County child care trainer, Krista Barbour's job is to teach day care providers how to keep infants safe. When she heard the story about a 4-month-old boy who suffocated at a Fort Bragg day care, she decided to take action.Santino "Sonny" Degenhard suffocated during tummy time at Pope Child Development Center on March 9, 2012, while a child care worker ...
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New law lays out ground rules for wind power
The bill lays out a process for applicants to notify neighbors, local governments and military installations of their plans. It formally delegates approval power to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. "This is a great law because it shows that we are serious about our responsibility for balancing our environmental and economic interests, including North Carolina's ...
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N.C. adds 500 construction jobs
North Carolina added 500 construction jobs between March and April, one hopeful sign of a turnaround in the works. But taking a longer frame of reference, the key sector still has a way to go before the promise of any recovery is actually realized. As of the close of April, total statewide construction was 169,900, down 4,000, or 2.3 percent, from the same month in 2012, according to ...
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Some health experts are skeptical of Medicaid plan
As North Carolina's Medicaid officials tour the state for input about reform, they're likely to get some skepticism. Many doctors, health care experts, and ordinary citizens have questioned the wisdom of inviting private companies from outside the state to manage the program, and instead called on state leaders to expand on the model currently implemented by Community Care of North ...
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Beware N.C. lottery scammers running loose
The North Carolina Education Lottery alerted players Friday about a scam targeting recent lottery winners. Some recent lottery winners reported being contacted by callers who said they were from the N.C. Education Lottery. The callers told players they had won additional prizes, later asking players to buy prepaid debit cards and provide the numbers to them before obtaining these prizes. $5.7 ...
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CEOs’ most ridiculous boardroom gesture
We humans are creatures of habit to one extent or another. So I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that more and more CEOs have picked up a certain hand gesture in the last few years and are using it when they speak in public. They're clearly doing it in the same automatic way that most of us use body language. Still, it's utterly baffling because it hardly ever has anything to do ...
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Developer N.C. doesn’t need solar ‘mega-projects’
Joel Olsen sees big things ahead for the N.C. solar industry, but that doesn't necessarily mean big mega-projects are in the state's future. And that will be good for the state's solar market, he says. North Carolina is much more likely to be a center for distributed generation solar projects -- utility scale solar farms of 20 megawatts or less. A number of 100-plus megawatt ...
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Four Oaks returns to profitability in Q1
Johnston County-based Four Oaks Fincorp (OTC: FOFN) posted a first quarter 2013 profit of $77,000, its first positive net income figure since June of 2012. The bank remains well-capitalized under regulatory standards, as it continues to move problem assets, many of them real estate-related, off its balance sheet, according to ...
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Take a peek around Syngenta’s $70M greenhouse
Coyote figurines were placed around the facility to scare off geese - a strange tactic that seems to be working. Execs told me they would be gone by Friday's governor ...
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N.C. House’s corporate tax cut less aggressive than Senate’s
Part of the North Carolina House's tax reform plan calls for a cut in the state corporate income tax to 6.75 percent from the current 6.9 percent. The levy applies to C corps and raises about $1 billion a year. The House reduction isn't as deep as the cut proposed in the Senate, where reformers want to reduce the state's tax on profits to 6 percent over three years. Part of the ...
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The Luncheon Meet TBJ’s 40 Under 40 winners
's 2013 class of 40 Under 40 Leadership Award winners was nothing if not eclectic. Selected from more than 300 nominations, the 40 came from a mix of sectors, from nonprofits to tech companies to global pharma giants. At first glance, it's hard to see the similarities (other than the giant trophies they took home), but look deeper, and you'll see a bigger commonality - a drive ...
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PRA International files to go public
PRA International has announced its intention to go public, joining a host of other Triangle IPOs in 2013. The Raleigh-based contract research organization says it has submitted a confidential draft registration statement to ...
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Raleigh medical app developer raises $1M
Raleigh's Axial Exchange Inc. raised another $1 million in debt financing, bringing its total funding to $5 million since early 2011. The company struck a deal with the Mayo Clinic last year, which partly led to the development of Axial Patient, a smartphone and tablet app that helps patients better manage their health. Axial sells the app to hospitals, which patients are then given access ...
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Pit bull mauls 3-year-old Sampson boy
Newton Grove, N.C. - A Newton Grove boy was being treated Friday at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville after being attacked by a pit bull Thursday afternoon, authorities said.The unidentified 3-year-old suffered injuries to his face, neck and legs from the mauling, which occurred at his aunt's house, at 4130 Penny Tew Mill Road, authorities said. His condition wasn't known ...
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State sees lowest unemployment rate in four years
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in April -- the lowest unemployment rate in the state in four years. The state's unemployment rate was 9.2 percent in March. The state Commerce Department said Friday the number of people unemployed fell by 15,000 between March and April. On the downside, nearly 4,200 fewer people held jobs than in March. Leisure ...
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N.C. to apply for Medicaid waiver
North Carolina will apply for a Medicaid waiver, the next step toward bringing private entities into the state to manage the Medicaid population. ...
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N.C. jobless rate falls to 8.9 percent
more modest improvement in recent months . The state's jobless rate fell to 8.9 percent in April, from 9.2 percent in March. The rate is down 0.5 percentage points from April 2012. The state Commerce Department's monthly report showed improvement by almost every measure: A survey of households found that more people were employed and fewer unemployed, while data from payroll ...
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Some lost everything to North Texas tornadoes
In a story May 16 about tornadoes that swept through North Texas, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the executive director for Trinity Habitat for Humanity in Fort Worth. He is Gage Yager, not ...
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Raleigh high speed rail causing concern
The South East High Speed Rail Corridor is envisioned to provide better mass transit transport options between the major cities of the South East in the US. Raleigh as a state capital is an important part of the project, but some residents have voiced concerns about the railways routing in the city.
The Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor is a massive infrastructure project identified by the federal government as necessary to facilitate the long-term needs of transport in the southeast of the United States, but many in Raleigh are concerned about the part Raleigh will play in the government’s plans and how the city will be effected. Read more
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