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The deadline for saving a 1924 Sears kit house got a little longer Friday.

Dress for Success suits local job-seeking women just fine.

Approaching its 10th anniversary, the Durham Farmers' Market is holding a t-shirt design contest.

New anti-robbery detail makes arrests.

In their first overhaul since Durham Regional Hospital opened 32 years ago, the intensive-care and coronary-care units have been combined into a new, 22-bed, high-tech Critical Care Unit, capable of handling 22 patients at a time in the latest comput

John McCain announced Friday that first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be his vice presidential running mate. Palin, 44, is the first Republican woman on a presidential ticket.

Right now, the university offers individual classes in forensic studies but has no formal forensics program that would teach students all they need to know to work in criminal investigations.

A Republican group is expected to become the latest outside player to enter the television ad battle in the North Carolina gubernatorial race next week.

A new hotel hasn't been built in downtown Durham in almost two decades, but officials said the number of hotel rooms there is expected to almost double by the end of next year.

Unlike the flooding caused elsewhere in North Carolina by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay, the storm provided a welcome sight in Hope Mills.

Rose Blackwell says Fourth Friday is an event worth attending, but the vehicular traffic is keeping her away. Tom Cain comes to the defense of the Fayetteville Museum of Art president, and Garry Hubbard has an alternative site, other than Festival Park, for the museum.

RALEIGH — Torrential rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay this week helped pull North Carolina out of the worst category of drought, but a scientist said Friday the drought is far from over.

DAYTON, Ohio — Republican John McCain introduced first-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate Friday, a stunning selection of a little-known conservative newcomer who relishes fighting the establishment.

Q: Are movie theaters allowed to show R-rated trailers before movies that aren’t as strictly rated? I saw an R-rated trailer for “Tropic Thunder” recently before an afternoon airing of “The Dark Knight,” which is rated PG-13. The trailer was pretty violent and included some expletives.

Fayetteville police will give residents the opportunity to protect themselves against identity theft this September. The department will host a “Shred-A-Thon” from 9 a.m. through noon on Sept. 12 at Boone Trail Center — where the Windsong Theater is located — on Boone Trail Extension.

Leoneda Inge visited students at North Carolina Central University last night as they watched Barack Obama give his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Figures from the US Census Bureau show the number of North Carolinians without health insurance is growing. Nationally, the number of people without health insurance dropped half a percent from 2006 to 2007. But in North Carolina, the number of un-insured increased by almost two percent.

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For the past decade, manufacturers have struggled to keep up with global economic realities. Furniture makers and textile companies have moved hundreds of thousands of jobs overseas leaving many North Carolina towns to fade in their wake. But those communities have started to rebound.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Most road construction projects are being suspended around North Carolina during the Labor Day holiday weekend.

RALEIGH, N.C. -- An Apex man was found guilty Thursday of misdemeanor secret peeping into a home.

MORRISVILLE, N.C.-- A grandmother in Morrisville has gotten beyond the fight for her life, and now her focus has changed to fighting for others.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – About 945,000 Bonne Bell Children's Accessory bags have been recalled due to high levels of lead in the metal clasps, the CPSC said Friday.

WASHINGTON -- General Motors is recalling 944,000 vehicles because of a problem with the windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire.

Labar Pratt, 31, is behind bars and faces a number of charges including possession of drugs and assault on a police officer.

Gov. Mike Easley has declared two North Carolina counties state disaster areas by the remnants of Tropical Storm Fay damaged more than 200 structures.

Many of the people evacuating the Gulf Coast now also had to endure the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago.

It's an historic day and week for women in politics.

Most road construction projects are being suspended around North Carolina during the Labor Day holiday weekend.

Progress Energy is looking to raise rates by 31 percent in Florida to deal with rising fuel prices, environmental improvements and planning for additional carbon-free nuclear power to meet future growth. (PGN)

US Airways Group Inc. is waiving certain fees for customers who may have to change their travel plans because of tropical storm Gustav. The storm is moving through the Caribbean and is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico and potentially hit the United States as a hurricane in the coming days. (LCC)

The chief financial officer of Belgian food retailer Delhaize Group will leave the company to become CFO at Campbell Soup Co. (DEG) (CPB)

Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have approved the design for the “Innovation Center” at the Carolina North satellite campus.

NTS Realty Holdings LP has entered into an agreement to buy Courtney Estates, a 300-unit garden-style apartment community in Raleigh, from Courtney Estates Holdings LLC, for $39 million.

Several key witnesses in the case of Henry “Hank” Reeves took the witness stand this week in an unprecedented hearing that could serve as a test case for the rest of the nation.

Editor's Note: In 2004, the Indy published a story about spiritual leader and prison minister Bo Lozoff and his efforts to raise $1.5 million for a bio-diesel initiative in Hillsborough that would employ ex-offenders.

The first test of the state's Innocence Inquiry Commission happens this week in the case of Henry "Hank" Reeves.

Bad news: Readers of The News & Observer 's print edition have probably noticed there's a lot less of it lately. Worse news: More cuts are coming.

The Chapel Hill building that now houses the Durham and Orange county bureaus of The News & Observer is for sale. "I think if we got the right price, we'd be interested in talking with somebody," John Drescher, The N&O 's executive editor, said in an interview.