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NC Gubernatorial Candidates' Debate Underway

WNCN - NBC 17 - 28 min 24 sec ago
DURHAM, N.C. -- North Carolina's two major party candidates for governor are participating in their first live television debate.
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Obama Lays Out Domestic Agenda

WNCN - NBC 17 - 28 min 24 sec ago
RALEIGH, N.C. - Presidential candidate Barack Obama spoke in Raleigh Tuesday, laying out his domestic agenda in a state where he trails in the polls by six points.
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Nasher Museum hangs high hopes on El Greco exhibit

WRAL - CBS 5 - 1 hour 26 min ago
Duke's Nasher Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition “El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III” will be on view at the museum on the Duke University campus from Aug. 21 through Nov. 9.
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Attorney: Detectives building case around Jason Young

WRAL - CBS 5 - 1 hour 28 min ago
"Reading between the lines of the search warrant, he's their primary suspect," former federal prosecutor Kieran Shanahan said Tuesday.
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Duke University President Supports Lowering Drinking Age

WNCN - NBC 17 - 1 hour 31 min ago
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University President Richard Brodhead has joined several university leaders across the country calling for a conversation about lowering the nation's drinking age.
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Obama: I don't intend to lose this election

WRAL - CBS 5 - 1 hour 41 min ago
The Illinois senator planned to discuss the nation’s economy during the meeting held at the Exposition Center at the North Carolina Fairgrounds.
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Lawson pleads guilty to driving after underage drinking

WRAL - CBS 5 - 1 hour 49 min ago
UNC basketball player Ty Lawson was arrested in June after police stopped his car in Chapel Hill.
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Private Fayetteville School Questions Foreign Recruitment

WNCN - NBC 17 - 1 hour 59 min ago
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville is looking into it's recruitment behavior after two students from foreign countries showed up to school without filling out an application.
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Ag commissioner wants better way of tracking produce

WRAL - CBS 5 - 1 hour 59 min ago
Commissioner Steve Troxler said Tuesday that recent national salmonella outbreaks had nothing to do with produce in North Carolina but local farmers were still hurt by it.
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Wake students speak out against increased parking fee

WRAL - CBS 5 - 2 hours 1 min ago
More than two dozen students showed up at the Wake County Board of Education's meeting Tuesday to protest an increase in the cost of parking permits.
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Draft of federal report out on state's probation system

WRAL - CBS 5 - 2 hours 13 min ago
The DOC requested assistance in April from the National Institute of Corrections, a U.S. Justice Department agency.
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Students Performing In Macy's Parade Get Herald Square Replica

WNCN - NBC 17 - 2 hours 16 min ago
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. -- In preparation for their performance at this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, West Johnston High School March Band supporters have built the students a replica of New York’s Herald Square.
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NBC17's Page Crawford Interviews Michael Phelps In Beijing

WNCN - NBC 17 - 2 hours 23 min ago
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Smash-and-grab vehicle break-ins on rise in Fayetteville

WRAL - CBS 5 - 2 hours 45 min ago
Police recover the stolen items in only a few cases, and they say too many people make it too easy for thieves by leaving car doors unlocked or valuables in plain sight.
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Box filled with veteran's mementos stolen

WRAL - CBS 5 - 2 hours 54 min ago
A Fayetteville doctor has offered a reward to recover some mementos that were stolen from his home last month.
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Fay may have been faking about bringing N.C. rain

WRAL - CBS 5 - 2 hours 56 min ago
The National Hurricane Center gives the state a 5 to 10 percent chance of getting tropical-storm force winds in the next five days.
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NC Man Dies After Waiting 22 Hours At Hospital

WNCN - NBC 17 - 3 hours 59 min ago
RALEIGH, N.C. - - A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding.
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Police Investigate Air Conditioner Thefts In Chapel Hill

WNCN - NBC 17 - 4 hours 47 min ago
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- The Chapel Hill Police Department is investigating numerous thefts of air conditioning units from businesses that have occurred over the past two weeks.
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Perdue releases new ad in McCrory's hometown

WRAL - CBS 5 - 5 hours 22 min ago
Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue's campaign for governor has started running a television ad on the home turf of her Republican opponent, Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory.
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Man Charged With DWI After Hitting Two Cyclists

WNCN - NBC 17 - 5 hours 27 min ago
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. -- A man was arrested Monday after hitting two bicyclists with his car.
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