Attorneys for a coalition of environmental groups said Tuesday a new federal ruling will help in their fight to stop construction of a coal-fired power generator in western North Carolina.
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(By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press Writer) North Carolina Democratic Party chairman Jerry Meek, who presided as Democrats improved their electoral standing in the state from president to county commissioner, said Tuesday he won't seek another two-year term. Meek, 38, is leaving the post he won in 2005, when he was the favorite of local party activists over the preferred candidate of Gov. ...
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Court records show a Charlotte man is accused of breaking into research labs at North Carolina State University and stealing scientific equipment. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports that 28-year-old Sean Marlon Smith is charged with two felony counts of larceny and four felony counts of breaking and entering. The charged are contained in warrants filed Tuesday afternoon at the Wake County ...
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Even though North Carolina, at press time Wednesday, had yet to electorally join the rest of nation in declaring Sen. Barack Obama the next president of the United States, that didn't stop state leaders from proudly acknowledging the African-American president-elect's monumental achievement.
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