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Rat-hunting woman causes NC school lockdown

AP — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:11:51 +0000

Police in North Carolina say a woman hunting rats on her property caused a scare at a neighboring public school.

N Carolina's Ginyard out 8 weeks with foot injury

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:46:48 +0000

North Carolina’s pursuit of a return to the Final Four is off to a bumpy start.

Once firmly in GOP column, NC now a battleground

AP — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:34:04 +0000

It’s no coincidence that Barack Obama did his preparation for this week’s presidential debate in North Carolina’s western mountains. Or that on the day of the debate, Michelle Obama was rallying voters on the state’s Atlantic Coast. Or that the Democratic nominee spent the morning after the first presidential debate in the state.

Largest study of US children to begin in January

AP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:23:27 +0000

The largest study of U.S. children ever performed _ aiming to track 100,000 from conception to age 21 _ will start recruiting mothers-to-be in North Carolina and New York in...

Hurricane Kyle races north, moving off NC coast

AP — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:02:43 +0000

Hurricane Kyle is continuing its northward trek, staying well off the coast of North Carolina as it races toward Maine.

Carolina's Tate breaks NCAA return record

AP — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:13:40 +0000

North Carolina senior Brandon Tate has broken the NCAA record for combined kick return yardage.

NC film studio building stage, massive water tank

AP — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:06:40 +0000

A massive indoor water tank for filmmakers to shoot underwater shots, said to be among only three in North America, will become part of a North Carolina studio that also will soon include the largest sound stage built east of...

Film studio building stage, water tank in NC

AP — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:20:12 +0000

Classes at NC college canceled due to gas shortage

AP — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:38:53 +0000

A gas shortage that’s frustrating drivers in the Southeast has prompted a community college in North Carolina to cancel classes for the rest of the week.

Legacy of NC's Black Mountain College continues

AP — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:13:58 +0000

Starting in the 1930s, a small, experimental college on the dense wood slopes of North Carolina’s western mountains left an outsized mark on American art and culture. Black Mountain College’s model of holistic learning and communal work was ahead of its time _ it helped train a generation of artists and artisans, from poets to painters.