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Tonight, she takes the stage to make her case to the voters and to fire back at critics.
Along the way, she has served a beauty queen, sports reporter, mayor and governor. CBS News has a brief timeline of her life.
American Idol and Garner native Scotty McCreery performs at N.C. State's Hoops 4 Hope. The circus is in town. And Olympic-level table tennis stops in Cary. Here's what's happening this weekend.
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