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The State of North Carolina Has A 'North Carolina-Moldova Partnership Committee'
If you guessed between Romania and Ukraine, you should go on Jeopardy! and give Ken Jennings a run for his all-time winnings record of over $3.1 million in 74 victories on the show.
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Yadkin residents honored at SCC graduation
This year 355 students received a two-year associate degree, a one-year diploma, or a certificate.
Ita s now Housea s turn to create N.C. state budget
Pat McCrory wants in a final plan. The Senate gave its final approval to a government spending plan through mid-2015 that includes favored initiatives by chamber leaders, such as the repeated effort by Sen.
A bittersweet shift in cockroach defences
In a report published in the journal Science on Thursday, three North Carolina researchers have determined that cockroaches have changed their internal chemistry in order to detect sweet substances as tasting bitter, thereby enabling them to avoid glucose-laced pesticides.
Improved Models Predict Active 2013 Hurricane Season
Meteorologists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expect that unusually warm water and other factors will produce as many as six major hurricanes during a busy 2013 Atlantic hurricane season, they announced today .
Report: Manufacturing plant planned for Kingsland
The Brunswick News reports Summer Industries is behind the project. The manufacturer of various items including paperboard tubes and composite cans also has plants in Florida, Mississippi, New York and North Carolina.
Mom has son arrested for eating Pop-Tarts
A Charlotte, North Carolina woman had her son arrested for stealing her Pop-Tarts earlier this week.
Summer in the park: Great Smoky Mountains
The boundary between Tennessee and North Carolina might be one of the loveliest border crossings ever: It's the crest of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Who were the 4 U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes?
On Wednesday, the Obama administration publicly acknowledged for the first time that four Americans were killed in drone strikes since 2009 as part of U.S. counterterrorism activities surrounding al Qaeda.
Ferrari club? Of course. Porsche club? Naturally. Pinto club? Really?
Until I met a young man named Eric Henderson down in North Carolina, I had no idea that there was a Ford Pinto club .
Smile! The State Wants Your Buckled Up Pictures
The Governor's Highway Safety Program is marking the 20th anniversary of its "Click It or Ticket" campaign with a renewed effort to get all North Carolina motorists and passengers to buckle up.
Audit: NC Medicaid claims system untested, flawed
An audit of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it has failed to fully test a new $484 million computer system scheduled to begin processing Medicaid claims on July 1. The report issued by the office of State Auditor Beth Wood raises serious questions about the process used to affirm the complex NCTracks software will be ... (more)
North Carolina ranks No. 4 in the unemployment rate for blacks
From left, Renee Farrow and her sister, LaReesa Farrow, look for jobs Wednesday at the Employment Security Commission.
Arrests in Cleveland Mother's Murder
Melissa Huggins-Jones was killed May 14th in her North Carolina apartment. The mother of two had just moved there from Cleveland to take a new job two weeks before her death.
Forecasters, researchers and first responders team up to take on Hurricane Season
It was a year ago Wednesday that Tropical Storm Alberto was spinning just a few hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina.
North Carolina House bill opens renegotiation on Dix property
A North Carolina House panel recommended a bill Wednesday that buys time for the city of Raleigh to renegotiate a lease for the 325-acre Dorothea Dix property with the state.
U.S. acknowledges four Americans killed in counterterrorism missions
The deaths of three of the Americans - Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old son Abd al-Rahman Anwar al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan, all of whom were killed in drone strikes in Yemen in 2011 - had been previously reported.
North Carolina Terror Suspect Killed in Overseas Drone Strike
The Obama administration confirmed Wednesday that a Raleigh man wanted on federal terrorism charges was killed in an overseas drone strike.
ASU professors to write book on Civil War history from new perspective
This drawing from the Library of Congress helps illustrate the harsh conditions that affected health, troop movement and even battle outcomes during the Civil War.
Music from the Mountains to the Coast
The Avett Brothers' Bob Crawford performs at MerleFest 2013. MerleFest and The Mast Farm Inn in Valle Crucis will host the N.C. Bluegrass Pavilion at the 2013 IBMA World of Bluegrass, offering a variety of workshops, videos and music with a focus on North Carolina-based musicians and events.