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Ex-con charged in 4 fatal shootings in 'Mayberry'

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:51:10 -0500

A soured love affair may have led an ex-convict to gun down four men in the town that inspired the idyllic community of Mayberry on the 1960s TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," police said Monday.

Mega Millions sales poised to start in NC

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:58:14 -0500

North Carolina lottery players should soon get to take a chance on two more multimillion-dollar jackpots a week without having to drive to Georgia or Virginia.

Civilian killed in explosion at NC Army post

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:03:30 -0500

Officials say a civilian killed in an explosion at a North Carolina Army post was scavenging for scrap metal when he stepped on a round and it exploded.

Golden LEAF foundation gets criticized in NC audit

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:32:28 -0500

The foundation managing half of North Carolina's share of the national tobacco settlement violated open meetings laws and could be better protected from investment risk and political influence, State Auditor Beth Wood's office said Monday.

Lawyer: Doomed NJ boat was a hit-and-run case

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:38:14 -0500

A scallop boat that sank off the New Jersey coast in March, killing six of the seven crew members aboard, may have been doomed by a fatal hit-and-run crash on the high seas, the lawyer for its owner said Monday.