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RALEIGH — Police Wednesday seized a large cache of drugs and thousands of dollars in cash from a stately residence west of downtown. Franklin H. Smith, 31, of 2401 Churchill Road, is charged with one felony count each of possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, possession with intent to sell and deliver prescription […]
LUMBERTON, N.C. — A prosecutor says he will seek a death sentence if a suspect is convicted in the shooting death of a Lumberton police officer. District Attorney Johnson Britt said Wednesday he will seek the death sentence against 27-year-old Marques Brown. Brown is charged with shooting and killing Officer Jeremiah Goodson on Tuesday. Police […]
Adidas and Beverly Hills designer Jeremy Scott thought they were pushing shoe design forward with their new ”JS Roundhouse Mid” sneaker that comes with a set of plastic shackles attached.The shoe was to come out in August with the tag line: “Got a sneaker game so hot you lock your kicks to your ankles?” Needless […]
June 25, 2009. That was the day Michael died. I remember my exact location. I was in Atlanta getting ready for Anthony Hamilton’s Play It Cool promo tour stop in ATL. I had just completed two interviews with him and was about to sit down and eat with his band members right before they left […]
The Triangle housing market continued its run of positive sales growth in May, with sales increasing 28 percent and pending sales up 30 percent over the same period a year ago. There were 1,954 homes sold during the month in Durham, Johnston, Orange and Wake county, Triangle Multiple Listing Services data show. The numbers were […]
Wake County school board members are clashing with staff over the extent of sweeping grading changes that would affect how all of the district’s 150,000 students are evaluated on their report cards. School administrators back an overhaul that’s supposed to make teachers issue more consistent grades, with the marks reflecting a student’s knowledge as opposed […]
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Police were searching Sunday for a 2000 to 2004 black Chevrolet Monte Carlo that lost its right-side rear-view mirror when it hit a bicyclist on Hillsborough Street near Ashe Avenue at about 1 a.m. Saturday evening, officers charged Saturday evening that a woman was driving while impaired when an SUV she was operating came up […]
The John Edwards jury told a federal judge today it had reached a verdict only on one of six campanign-finance charges, sending the courtroom into confusion and opening the door to a mistrial. Jurors told Judge Catherine Eagles they had reached a unanimous verdict only on Count 3 of the indictment. That charge pertains specifically […]
On its ninth day of deliberations Thursday, the jury at the campaign finance trial of Sen. John Edwards reached a milestone that raised hopes verdicts may be near: the jurors asked to keep deliberating as they eat lunch. “The jury has indicated they want to work through lunch today,” U.S. District Court Judge Catherine Eagles […]
A federal ruling on whether Progress Energy and Duke Energy can combine into the nation’s largest electric utility could come as early as Friday, bringing closure to a deal announced 17 months ago. In an internal message to 29,000 employees on Thursday, the two power companies said the highly anticipated decision from the Federal Energy […]
Prom season is a time of celebration and a rite of passage of sorts. It’s a night of memories that teenagers never forget. This year, one school is setting out to make prom night memorable in many ways, with support from some parents and disbelief from others. Bedford-Stuyvesant Preparatory High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. will […]
