1. Power Shift
    Focal Point: Power Shift

    Hosted by WRAL News' Bill Leslie, "Focal Point: Power Shift" looks at the shift in public and political opinion on the issue of offshore drilling and examine the quiet shift to alternative fuels and energy. (Original air date: Dec. 4, 2008)

    1. Updated Dec. 4 8:34 p.m.
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  2. Focal Point: Net Loss
    Focal Point: Net Loss

    WRAL News looks at the struggles the state's fishermen are facing and how those problems could change the character of the coast so many North Carolinians treasure. (Original air date Sept. 24, 2008)

    1. Sep. 24, 2008
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  3. Focal Point: Practical Application
    Focal Point: Practical Application

    WRAL News examines the issue of worker safety in the application of agricultural pesticides in North Carolina. (Original air date Aug. 20, 2008)

    1. Aug. 20, 2008
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  4. Focal Point: Love Child
    Focal Point: Love Child

    WRAL takes an in-depth look at the disproportionate number of teen births in the black community with revealing insight from teen mothers and young men. (Original air date June 18, 2008)

    1. Jun. 18, 2008
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  5. Focal Point: The Other North Carolina
    1. Feb. 29, 2008
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  6. The Perfect Tree
    1. Feb. 20, 2008
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  7. Focal Point: Crossing the Line
    1. Feb. 20, 2008
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  8. Focal Point: State of Minds
    1. Feb. 20, 2008
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  9. Focal Point: Trash Talk
    1. Aug 10, 2007
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    4. Video
  10. Focal Point: Hot Topic
    1. Jun 28, 2007
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  11. Focal Point: Overweight State
    1. Jun 6, 2007
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  12. Focal Point: Another Mother's Child
    1. May 5, 2007
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  13. Focal Point: Divided We Fall
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  14. WRAL-TV Wins Award for 2 Documentaries
    1. Jan 15, 2007
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  15. Wheels of Fortune
    1. Nov 15, 2007
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  16. Focal Point: Mercury Falling
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  17. Focal Point: Green Acres
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  18. Focal Point: Paper-Thin Promise
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  19. Focal Point: Citizen Soldier
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  20. Focal Point: Trials & Tribulations
    1. Mar. 14, 2008
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  21. Focal Point: Line in the Sand
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  22. The Point of Contention
    1. Jan 21, 2007
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  23. Focal Point: Standards of Living
    1. Jul. 15, 2008
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  24. More Focal Point Documentaries
    1. Updated Dec. 4 8:34 p.m.
    2. Gallery
  25. About WRAL Focal Point
    1. Sep 28, 2007
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