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John Edwards' lawyers rested their case Wednesday without calling the two-time presidential candidate as a witness to explain whether money from two wealthy political donors was used to keep his mistress away from the media during the 2008 campaign.
The rape and beating of state school board member Kathy Taft was fueled by a perfect storm of drugs, alcohol, mental illness and a compulsive need for an adrenaline rush, a defense attorney for the man charged in her death told jurors Wednesday.
An equipment malfunction on a Wake County school bus in Knightdale Wednesday sent hot steam into the passenger cab, causing about a dozen children to be checked for burns.
Former University of North Carolina System President William Friday is in critical condition in UNC Hospitals, a spokeswoman with the hospital confirmed Wednesday.
An upper level low pressure system impacting weather along much of the East Coast will continue to help produce showers and thunderstorms across central North Carolina Wednesday afternoon, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said.
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