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New ethics rules are ahead for members of North Carolina's state boards and commissions. Full Story »

Another North Carolina inmate who contends that he has acquired enough good behavior credits to complete his life sentence is taking his claims to a Wayne County court on Wednesday. Full Story »

The Wake County Board of Elections scheduled a meeting Wednesday to examine a complaint questioning Clay Aiken's voter registration in the county. It's unclear if he'll attend. Full Story »

North Carolina-based Marines are returning from a seven-month deployment that sent them to seven countries and included use of the MV-22B Osprey in Afghanistan. Full Story »

North Carolina is in for some "wild" weather on Wednesday, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said. Full Story »

East Wake High School students are mourning the loss of a fellow student who died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a high-speed crash. Full Story »

The FBI and the North Carolina Bankers Association unveiled a Web site Tuesday that includes photographs and information about bank robbers. Full Story »

Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton will lead a blue-ribbon commission to examine North Carolina's transportation network and determine what can be done to make it a better tool for economic development. Full Story »

Board leadership is on the agenda again Wednesday for Wake County commissioners who still have to elect a vice-chair. Full Story »

Some state lawmakers want to increase oversight of auto dealerships after the Division of Motor Vehicles found 861 cases over the past two years in which consumers say they never received their titles. Full Story »

Gov. Beverly Perdue said she will fight the computer maker, if necessary, to reclaim "every red cent" in state money given to the company, which is closing its Winston-Salem plant. Full Story »

"If Fort Bragg is expanding, our community businesses are expanding," said Kristie Meave, spokeswoman for the Fayetteville-Cumberland Chamber of Commerce. Full Story »

Tim Choquette was told he had two weeks to live in 1994, so he underwent an experimental living lung transplant. Full Story »

A former Marine charged in the death of a pregnant comrade will be tried outside of Onslow County next summer. Full Story »

Three years after North Carolina leaders established a pioneering agency to swiftly assess claims of innocence, officials are still seeking someone to exonerate. Full Story »

North Carolina regulators have signed off on a plan in which Duke Energy Corp.’s 1.8 million electric customers in the state will see their bills go up next month and rise 7 percent on average over the next two years — nearly half the increase originally sought by the utility. Full Story »

The former mistress of two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards is looking at houses on the North Carolina coast, where Edwards and his family have a beach house. Full Story »

A Zebulon teen died Tuesday from injuries suffered when he and a friend were involved in a high-speed crash. Full Story »

Part of a route to North Carolina's ski country is closed because of rock slide fears. Full Story »

The state's Division of Public Health is expanding the availability of the H1N1 vaccine to everyone over 6 months old. Full Story »

A Wake County school bus driver crossed the center line in a Friday wreck that injured a Raleigh firefighter, a state Highway Patrol trooper said Tuesday. Full Story »

Reality TV star Kate Gosselin spent more than three hours serving food at Finch's Restaurant at 401 W. Peace St. Tuesday morning as cameras captured her every move. Full Story »

Two students from East Wake High School were injured in a high-speed crash Monday afternoon on Puryear Road in Knightdale, according to the state Highway Patrol. Full Story »

Temperatures Tuesday climbed to the upper 40s before scattered showers moved in for the evening commute. Full Story »

An attempt to repossess a car ended with a crash in Johnston County early Tuesday. Troopers said a Benson woman drove off when a wrecker arrived at her home to take her car around 1 a.m. Full Story »