N.C. Meteorologists Answer Questions About Tropics
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:51:48 -0700
NBC-17 Chief Meteorologist Wes Hohenstein and WNCT Meteorologist David Sawyer answered your questions during a web chat Wednesday evening. Scroll down to read the transcript. 7:16 Admin_AlexMG: Tonight's Chat Session will begin at 7:30pm Wednesday September 1, 2010 7:16 Admin_AlexMG Edit Delete Entry Save Cancel 7:18 Rob Fowler, WCBD: Greetings from WCBD in Charleston, SC Wednesday September 1 ...
[Balko] North Carolina’s Corrupted Crime Lab
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:59 -0700
Greg Taylor served 16 years in prison after officials falsely convicted him of murdering a prostitute in Raleigh, N. C. A special three-judge panel released him in February after officials discovered the blood police claimed to have found in his SUV wasn't blood at all.
Kenyan who scammed states gets 3 years
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:51:43 -0700
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A Kenyan woman who did most of the legwork in an international scam that targeted $3.34 million from several state governments, including West Virginia, was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to three years in prison.In December, Ang...
10 Great Cities for Raising Families
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:42:53 -0700
Consider these towns for their healthy economies, strong schools, low crime rates, abundance of parks and more.
North Carolina editorial roundup
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:56:04 -0700
Even a committed believer in capital punishment - when the punishment fits the crime, of course - must recoil at the notion of putting an innocent person to death.
Nation
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:39:22 -0700
An emerald so large that it's being compared with the crown jewels of the Russian empress Catherine the Great was pulled from a pit near corn rows at a North Carolina farm.
In brief
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:07:27 -0700
Hurricane Earl battered tiny islands across the northeastern Caribbean with heavy rain and roof-ripping winds Monday, rapidly intensifying into a major Category 4 storm on a path projected to come close to the United States.
Put off some executions, DA agrees
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:28:07 -0700
The president of the N.C. Conference of District Attorneys said Monday that he supported a moratorium on the execution of any death-row inmates whose cases include evidence from the State Bureau of Investigations crime labs.
Critics want end to death penalty
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:00:00 -0700
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Penalties possible after high school bench-clearing brawl
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:21:25 -0700
Six football players from Pinecrest and Union Pines high schools were ejected Friday night during a bench-clearing brawl and further punishments could be levied to the players and the schools. A local radio broadcaster says the officials should have seen the incident coming.
Group wants the state's death penalty cases re-examined
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:46:05 -0700
A group of attorneys and others filed a brief asking for death penalty cases to be re-examined in North Carolina. Between racial issues and recent findings at the crime lab, they say there are problems that need to be fixed before there are any more executions.
Lawyer: 'Race Matters' In Justice System
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:06:50 -0700
Victims, attorneys and wrongfully convicted men are calling for the state to re-examine the death penalty because of racial bias in the justice system. Sparked by the investigation that showed flaws in the State Bureau of Investigation crime lab, lawyers, victims and wrongfully convicted men asked for death sentences to be reviewed. "You look at both the race of the person charged and the race ...
Death Penalty Opponents Cite NC Lab Concerns
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:16:56 -0700
North Carolina's criminal prosecutions are so tainted by racial bias and scientific fraud that the state should consider eliminating the death penalty, innocence advocates said Monday as they filed a brief supporting a death row prisoner's claim of bias.
EXECUTIVE ITEMS
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:04:19 -0700
Lora Prevatte has joined Mount Pleasant-based Moody CPAs and Advisors LLC as an associate. Previously, she was with Dixon Hughes in Raleigh. She is a certified public accountant and has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Marvin Ridge's Colo places 2nd
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:50:26 -0700
Ardrey Kell served notice that it will be a force this season in girls' cross country and Marvin Ridge's Chris Colo ran a solid opening meet performance to establish himself as one of the top 3A boys in North Carolina at the Providence Invitational on Saturday at McAlpine Park.
NC court: 'Life' inmates to continue sentences
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 06:55:26 -0700
RALEIGH — North Carolina inmates given life terms more than 30 years ago should continue serving their sentences, North Carolina's Supreme Court ruled Friday.
North Carolina Pastor Faces Deportation To Mexico
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:31:55 -0700
A North Carolina pastor faces deportation to Mexico after he applied for citizenship and immigration agents discovered a 15-year-old burglary conviction.
No Hate-Crime Charges for Marines
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:06:08 -0700
The Justice Department will not pursue hate-crime charges against two U.S. Marines accused of beating a gay man because they believed he "winked" at them.
NC National Guard activates 81 for Hurricane Earl
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:06:24 -0700
Police: At least 1 person being held hostage by gunman in Discovery TV building in Md. More>>
Attorney General warns of storm scams
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:18:47 -0700
Submitted by WWAY on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:14pm. READ MORE: RALEIGH, NC -- Attorney General Roy Cooper today warned consumers to avoid scams related to Hurricane Earl, which forecasters predicted could brush the North Carolina coast later this week.
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