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  1. Cary man charged with trafficking ecstasy

    Tariq Robinson, 30, of 109 Hasselwood Drive, was charged with one count of trafficking ecstasy.

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  2. 2 arrested for credit-card fraud

    Investigators on Friday charged a man and woman for allegedly stealing credit cards from a woman visiting a patient at Duke University Hospital.

    1. Posted at 12:47 p.m.
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  3. Former teaching assistants plead guilty to student assault

    Two former teaching assistants at Raleigh's Longview school were sentenced Wednesday in connection with an altercation involving a 12-year-old student.

    1. Posted at 12:09 p.m.
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  4. Chase on foot, four-wheeler, leads to arrest in Halifax

    1. Posted at 11:52 a.m.
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  5. Lightning might be to blame for barn fire
    1. Posted at 8:48 a.m.
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  6. Body found in Cape Fear River
    1. Updated at 11:24 a.m.
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  7. 2 people killed in motorcycle crash
    1. Updated 52 minutes ago
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  8. Police: Subway restaurant robber may have struck again
    1. Posted May. 8 7:10 p.m.
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  9. Southern Pines drug suspect arrested on federal charges
    1. Updated May. 8 5:18 p.m.
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  10. Wagram woman reported missing
    1. Posted May. 8 5:03 p.m.
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  11. Authorities: Chapel Hill woman suffocated
    1. Updated May. 8 5:20 p.m.
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  12. Chapel Hill teen found
    1. Posted May. 8 3:59 p.m.
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  13. N.Y. man convicted in soldier's, teen's deaths
    1. Updated May. 8 5:00 p.m.
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  14. Little change in drought
    1. May. 8, 2008
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  15. Felony charges filed in Siler City vehicle collision
    1. May. 8, 2008
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  16. Police seek credit card thief
    1. May. 8, 2008
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  17. Cary installing flashing school zone warning signs
    1. May. 8, 2008
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  18. 6 arrested in Raleigh drive-by
    1. Updated May. 8 2:00 p.m.
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  19. Deaf man killed by train in Four Oaks
    1. May. 8, 2008
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  20. Truck slams into tree, power pole in Garner
    1. Updated May. 8 9:00 p.m.
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  21. Peace officers memorial service held in Durham
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  22. Durham police look for statutory rape, kidnapping suspect
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  23. 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper dies
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  24. Vass woman charged with taking indecent liberties with child
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  25. Vass man charged with indecent liberties with 11-year-old
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  26. National agencies join search for alleged kidnap victim
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  27. Chatham Co. teacher indicted on child porn charges
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  28. Teacher linked to child porn indicted
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  29. Change-of-venue request denied in Bassett murder trial
    1. May. 8, 2008
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  30. Fayetteville burglary suspect arrested
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  31. Cumberland Co. student caught with gun at school
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  32. Postal inspectors investigate undelivered mail
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  33. Bear Creek man accused of stealing farm equipment
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  34. Chapel Hill Police seek missing teen
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  35. Durham police seek larceny, fraud suspect
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  36. Fayetteville man arrested for burglary
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  37. Woman charged with murder in overdose death
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  38. Raleigh man charged in string of robberies
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  39. Officials to push early voting before November
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  40. Leesville Road bridge to be replaced
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  41. Johnston EMS to expand coverage area
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  42. Officer injured in wreck
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  43. 4 arrested in Garner Food Lion robbery
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  44. 1 stabbed, 1 arrested in Durham assault case
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  45. Fayetteville shooting leaves 1 dead
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  46. Driver charged with pedstrian's death on Saunders
    1. Updated May. 8 2:30 p.m.
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  47. Chapel Hill woman found dead near Catawba River
    1. May. 7, 2008
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  48. Rocky Mount police seek shooting suspects
    1. May. 6, 2008
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  49. Fayetteviille neighborhood on guard after attacks
    1. May. 6, 2008
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  50. Rich Square man charged after woman killed, man stabbed
    1. Updated May. 8 4:31 p.m.
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