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The Army's largest post is tackling the problem of traffic gridlock with a lane for high occupancy vehicles. Full Story »

Authorities say an 18-year-old North Carolina woman died after she lost control of her truck while being chased by a trooper. Full Story »

A third North Carolina inmate is pressuring the courts to be set free from a "life" sentence defined as only 80 years long. Full Story »

A grand jury in North Carolina on Thursday found probable cause to indict state Sen. R.C. Soles on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. Full Story »

Three people, including an infant, died Thursday evening following an afternoon head-on collision near Hope Mills. Full Story »

A book by a former aide to two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, in which he details Edwards' extramarital affair, is set for release on Feb. 2. Full Story »

If you plan on going to Kenan Stadium to watch any of the state championship action this week, be prepared for traffic. Full Story »

An East Wake High student was charged Thursday with involuntary manslaughter in a high-speed crash Monday that killed a classmate. Full Story »

Two groups have filed notice with the Raleigh Police Department that they plan to protest at the next meeting of the Wake County Board of Education. Full Story »

Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr said Thursday that he will try to block a White House attempt to replace the federal prosecutor overseeing a probe into two-time presidential candidate John Edwards and former Gov. Mike Easley. Full Story »

The Salvation Army says barely half of the children's Christmas presents it needs have been donated, only six days before the annual gifts distribution. Full Story »

Gov. Beverly Perdue's campaign committee has reported another six flights aboard private aircraft as far back as 2004, according to information filed recently with the State Board of Elections. Full Story »

Calvin Brandon, 9, and Hassan Bingham, 6, were thrown from their mother's SUV Wednesday evening and were pronounced dead at the scene. Full Story »

Environmental groups have gone to court to force a controversial cement plant near the North Carolina coast into a full review of potential pollution before it receives state operating permits. Full Story »

A struggling North Carolina college has gotten a formal warning about its financial condition, but otherwise gotten off easy. Full Story »

Family income should not determine a child's destiny. That's the premise behind Union Independent, a new private school that opened this year in Durham. Many of its students come from some of the poorest neighborhoods. Full Story »

Gov. Beverly Perdue and her husband turned on the lights Thursday evening on a fir tree brought in from Ashe County and standing on the south side of old Capitol square in downtown Raleigh. Full Story »

Two children were killed and their mother injured when a train and SUV collided Wednesday evening near the intersection of Ellis Road and Angier Avenue, authorities said. Full Story »

Investigators were trying to determine the cause of a fire at a Raeford nursing home Wednesday. Full Story »

As many as 25,000 health care workers in the mental health and substance abuse field could be out of a job under new state requirements to help reel in health care costs with better oversight and more accountability. Full Story »

The Snowball Express, which started three years ago as a way to provide fun memories for families of fallen troops, rolled through Fayetteville on Wednesday, whisking about 130 people off to Dallas for five days. Full Story »

The Regional Transportation Alliance has a new top freeway priority in the Triangle for 2010 that would reduce travel time from Interstate 85 to Research Triangle Park. Full Story »

Ruffin Poole, who served as Easley's lawyer during the governor's two terms in office, will attend a Dec. 17 hearing of the State Board of Elections, Executive Director Gary Bartlett said Wednesday. Full Story »

North Carolina's two senators are again pushing the Navy to fund a critical study on contaminated drinking water at a Marine base. Full Story »

The chief of North Carolina's prison system testified Wednesday that he never ordered the release of inmates who were covered by a 1974 law that put an 80-year limit on a life sentence. Full Story »