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Race law lacks traction
The News & Observer – 2 hrs 41 mins ago

Judges have rejected defendants' requests to delay murder cases to examine whether they face the death penalty because of their skin color. Full Story »
Raleigh-Cary ranks No. 6 in pedestrian danger
The News & Observer – 2 hrs 41 mins ago

Transportation for America, a coalition of Washington advocacy groups, said Congress should force states to build streets that are safer for pedestrians and cyclists and make safety upgrades for older, dangerous roads. Full Story »
Pressure builds on Hagan
The News & Observer – 2 hrs 41 mins ago

Sen. Kay Hagan's vote could be vital as Senate leaders try to pass health care reform. Full Story »
Leaner Raptor Center to reopen
The News & Observer – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

The troubled economy has forced the Carolina Raptor Center to close for two weeks and cut staff, but officials of the bird rehabilitation center say they will reopen next week and that visitors will notice few changes. Full Story »
Guard gets Pat on back
The News & Observer – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

Pat Patterson has been a disc jockey for 55 years, from town to town, up and down the dial. He has spent many of those years in the Triangle, where listeners know all about his sense of humor. Full Story »
Teen won't face charges in death
The News & Observer – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

State troopers will not file charges against a 17-year-old whose pickup truck struck and killed a teen bicyclist over the weekend. Full Story »
Motorcyclist dies after being run over
The News & Observer – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

A Wake Forest motorcyclist died Monday after he was run over by a car in the parking lot of Ridgewood Shopping Center. Full Story »
Police charge man in baby's death
The News & Observer – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

A Raleigh man was arrested Monday on charges of sexually assaulting and killing a baby. Full Story »
NCCU band to march in Pasadena
The News & Observer – Tue Nov 10, 2:04 am ET

The N.C. Central University Marching Sound Machine will march in the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade. Full Story »
Motorcyclist killed in shopping center parking lot
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 5:54 pm ET

A Wake Forest motorcyclist died today after he was run over by a car in the parking lot of Ridgewood Shopping Center. Full Story »
Teen won't be charged in bicyclist death
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 2:54 pm ET

The State Highway Patrol will not file charges against a 17-year-old whose pickup truck struck and killed a teen bicyclist last week. Full Story »
Farmer brings a message on food
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 2:02 am ET

Will Allen, an urban farmer and MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner, is in Raleigh tonight delivering this message: We need to act now to fix a food system that is broken. Full Story »
Family of bike rider hit by car sought
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 2:02 am ET

State troopers are looking for relatives of a young man who was hit Saturday night while riding a bicycle near Dunn. Full Story »
SUV driver dies in collision with train
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 2:02 am ET

A train traveling through Morrisville collided with a vehicle Sunday afternoon, killing the driver. Full Story »
Driver killed in single-car wreck
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 2:02 am ET

A man died after his car ran off the road in Selma just before noon Sunday, police said. Full Story »
Maples aren't biggest, but best
The News & Observer – Mon Nov 9, 2:02 am ET

Call me a heretic in North Carolina's self-proclaimed City of Oaks, but I prefer to think of our region as a Metropolis of Maples. Full Story »
Six at McDonald's hospitalized after exposure to substance
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 3:22 pm ET

Six people went to hospitals today after exposure to an unknown material at a Knightdale McDonald's. The restaurant at 7141 Knightdale Blvd. was evacuated shortly after 10 Sunday morning. Full Story »
Expressway taking a toll from property owners
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 4:37 am ET

William S. Robinson can't hear the big machines breaking rocks and eating trees 10 miles away -- but he knows they will come soon to smash the handsome brick ranch house he and his wife built, with their own hands, 30 years ago. Full Story »
Mental patients get stuck in ERs
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 4:07 am ET

Across North Carolina, mental patients are routinely languishing for days in emergency rooms ill-equipped to care for them, waiting for a bed to open at one of four state-run psychiatric hospitals. Full Story »
Cheerleaders scarred in battle, but still buoyant
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 2:02 am ET

Sixteen-year-old Karsyn Bailey loves to show off her battle scars. They run along three sides of her left forearm, the results of surgeries to repair her radius and ulna. She's broken both forearm bones twice doing back handsprings as a competitive cheerleader. Full Story »
Suspect admits to2008 stabbing
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 2:02 am ET

A Willow Spring man pleaded guilty Friday morning to second-degree murder for stabbing a childhood friend. Full Story »
Extortion charged in Wake Forest
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 2:02 am ET

A Wake Forest man has been charged with trying to obtain money by threatening to beat his neighbor "to death with a crowbar and make his blood rain down." Full Story »
A cry for health care reform
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 2:02 am ET

Galvanized by the difficulties a Cary woman has had paying medical bills despite two jobs and health insurance, a group of more than 60 community activists gathered in Raleigh on Saturday to raise support for a health care reform bill. Full Story »
Incentives could revive Wilson's downtown
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 2:02 am ET

Dr. Lindsey deGuehery can see the bright neon lights, people buying popcorn and movie tickets and a renewed interest in nightlife in downtown Wilson. Full Story »
Tar Heel tally
The News & Observer – Sun Nov 8, 2:02 am ET

Extended jobless benefits: Voting 403 for and 12 against, the House on Thursday sent President Obama a bill (HR 3548) that would provide 20 more weeks of jobless checks for those whose current allotments have expired or soon will expire and who live in states with at least 8.5 percent unemployment. Full Story »