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The Commerce Department, in revisions issued Friday, estimates the economy shrank 2.6 percent last year — the steepest drop since 1946. That’s worse than the 2.4 percent decline originally estimated.
A judge on Friday refused to increase the bond for a woman facing a neglect charge in connection with the death of her 4-year-old daughter.
North Carolina hopes to be picked as the site for a new plant planned by heavy-equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. that will employ about 500 employees and contract workers.
The heat may have subsided in North Carolina, but the drought is still around.
Incoming BP CEO Bob Dudley was set to outline his company’s long-term efforts to help the Gulf of Mexico recover from the oil spill Friday morning, and will be getting help from a Clinton administration-era emergency management official.
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North Carolina State University researcher Sankar Arumugam talks about a new and improved way to do winter weather forecasting.
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