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          <title>Huge eastern NC wildfire officially out</title>
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COLUMBIA, N.C. (AP) - The wildfire that burned thousands of acres of largely uninhabited land in eastern North Carolina last summer is finally, officially out.
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          <title>BREAKING NEWS: Parts of Evans Street in Greenville closed due to vehicle fire</title>
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Photojournalist Kenneth Roundtree tells Nine On Your Side that portions of Evans Street in Greenville are closed to traffic right now due to a vehicle fire.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Preliminary investigation shows Marine died of self inflicted wounds</title>
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An investigation is underway this morning in the death of a Camp Lejeune Marine.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Extending Practice of Faith in the Armed Forces</title>
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The job of military chaplain has been around since the Revolutionary War &amp; there may be a change on the way if Congressman Walter Jones has his way.           ]]></description>
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          <title>White Oak&#45;New Riverkeeper Alliance</title>
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The White Oak New Riverkeeper Alliance has a new water watchdog, Tess Sanders.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Goody&#8217;s family clothing to close its doors</title>
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You can say &#8220;so long&#8221; to another retailer with many stores here in the east.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Owner speaks out: Two scout snipers now charged with killing a horse</title>
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Two Camp Lejeune scout snipers, men trained to kill with a single shot, face felony charges tonight, accused of shooting and killing a horse.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Nine on Your Side: Gift card value returned</title>
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Last month we introduced you to Michelle Joyner.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Strong winds knocks tree onto house, residents safe</title>
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Cleanup continues today after tree toppled into a Greenville home last night.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Local congressman fights for 1st amendment rights for military</title>
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Should the military have the same rights under the first amendment as you and me?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Community College Enrollment Numbers Climb in Second Semester</title>
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Now that the holidays are behind us, students across the east are making their way back to the classrooms.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Home Invasion Suspects Caught</title>
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Officer Catches Invasion Suspects Close to the Scene of the Alleged Crime.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Fugitive Files 1.8.08</title>
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Can you help law enforcement find wanted fugitives?           ]]></description>
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          <title>Eyewitnes News 9 Sports</title>
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Thursday, January 8th           ]]></description>
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          <title>Several State Lawmakers Oppose DOT&#8217;s Plan to Put Median in Havelock</title>
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Three state lawmakers want a meeting with state DOT officials so they can voice their opposition to a proposed median project in Havelock, city officials say.           ]]></description>
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          <title>First New Hotel in Decades Planned in Emerald Isle</title>
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Despite the slumping economy, a new hotel is slated to head to one town here in the east.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Weather suspends Pamlico Sound ferry service</title>
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MANNS HARBOR, N.C. (AP) - Ferry service on the Pamlico Sound has been suspended because of low water levels caused by high winds and an equipment problem that took a boat out of service.
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          <title>UPDATE: Silver Alert cancelled for man missing from Havelock area</title>
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The Craven County Sheriff&#8217;s Office has cancelled the Silver Alert for Dennis Erwin Jarman, who went missing Wednesday.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Firefighters battle blaze at abandoned Grifton home</title>
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Firefighters say it&#8217;s too soon to tell if the windy weather played a part in a house fire in Grifton Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:59:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>70mph Winds Batter the East</title>
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Unpredictable is how people describe today&#8217;s weather.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:00:16 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Your Old Christmas Tree Could Bring New Life to the Coast</title>
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We&#8217;re now a week into the New Year and that means it&#8217;s time to get rid of your old Christmas tree.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:58:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Coast Guard Encourages Boaters to Go Digital with New Emergency Beacons</title>
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TV stations aren&#8217;t the only things going digital next month. Starting soon, the Coast Guard will also be switching some of its emergency systems to digital frequencies.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:37:05 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>New Details Emerge in Animal Cruelty Investigation</title>
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Nine On Your Side&#8217;s Parul Joshi explains the latest in the case.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:10:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Scary moments today as stormy weather moves through the region</title>
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It was a scary morning for some first graders in the east today.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:05:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Another Camp Lejeune Marine dies supporting Operation Enduring Freedom</title>
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Another Camp Lejeune Marine has died supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:30:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>HEALTH ALERT: Flu spreading across NC, but it&#8217;s not too late to get flu shots</title>
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According to state public health officials, the flu is spreading in North Carolina.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:48:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Perdue: Economy will block free tuition in &#8216;09</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue is dialing down some expectations in her first year as North Carolina governor, including plans to offer free community college tuition.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:29:32 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Runs suspended for remainder of day at Cherry Branch due to inclement weather</title>
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The N.C. Department of Transportation&#8217;s Ferry Division tells Nine On Your Side that they&#8217;re suspending today&#8217;s runs at Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach due to inclement weather.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Griffith to give reading at NC inauguration</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Actor Andy Griffith will again usher in a new North Carolina governor.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:46:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>BREAKING NEWS: Wind causes tree damage to Moss Hill Elementary School&#8217;s Gym Roof</title>
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High winds are likely to blame for roof damage at a Lenoir County School.           ]]></description>
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          <title>ECU to benefit from $744 million in state projects</title>
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ECU will be one of the beneficiaries getting part of 744 million dollars worth of state projects put on the fast track.           ]]></description>
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          <title>DOT upgrading Highway 24 in Jacksonville</title>
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Help could be on the way for people often stuck in bumper to bumper traffic in one community.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:38:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>DOT to replace King George Road bridge at Bells Branch</title>
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DOT is going to replace a bridge it calls obsolete.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:34:06 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Thousands lose power in NC, SC amid wind and rain</title>
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Thousands of people have lost power across the Carolinas as a cold front sweeps the region with wind and rain, and a landslide has destroyed a home in the mountains.
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          <title>Kentucky Marine dies of cardiac arrest in Kuwait</title>
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - The military says a North Carolina-based Marine has died of an apparent cardiac arrest at a U.S. base in Kuwait.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Civil engineers deploying from NC base</title>
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POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AP) - The Air Force says 19 members of a civil engineering unit are scheduled to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan for six months of duty.           ]]></description>
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          <title>State Unemployment Rates on the Rise</title>
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The recession has been tough on everyone; in fact our state now has one of the highest unemployment rates in the country at 7.8 percent.           ]]></description>
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The Halifax County Sheriff has cancelled the Silver Alert for George Washington Hilliard.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Animal Cruelty Investigation</title>
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Nine On Your Side&#8217;s Parul Joshi explains the disturbing details investigators found.           ]]></description>
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Some scary moments for some students at a Greenville school that went into lockdown this afternoon.           ]]></description>
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For the second day this week, a group of marines and sailors packed their bags for a deployment to Iraq.           ]]></description>
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Friends, family and fellow Marines honored the pilot who died when his Harrier jet crashed in Craven County last Monday.           ]]></description>
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The Greenville Convention Center will be getting a little face lift sometime in the future.           ]]></description>
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A local police department is getting some money to start a dropout prevention program.           ]]></description>
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Last night the City of Greenville made some animal ordinance changes.           ]]></description>
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Another 200 Marines and Sailors packed their bags for a deployment to Iraq.           ]]></description>
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FREMONT, N.C. (AP) - Authorities in eastern North Carolina say a Wayne County man faces various animal cruelty charges after investigators found dismembered animals at his home.

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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - Prosecutors and defense lawyers argued over access to information at a hearing in the case of an Army sergeant recalled to duty to be tried a third time on murder charges.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - All 100 North Carolina counties experienced a rise in unemployment in November, with 17 posting double-digit jobless rates.
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          <title>Judge tosses suit challenging tobacco settlement</title>
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between states and 19 tobacco product makers.
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A memorial service for the Marine Corps pilot killed last Monday when his AV-8B Harrier crashed in a field in Craven County is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday.           ]]></description>
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The next time you go to Pitt County Memorial Hospital, you probably won&#8217;t have to keep circling the parking lot to find a spot.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Whichard retires as Daily Reflector publisher</title>
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A newspaper publisher whose family founded The Daily Reflector of Greenville is retiring both from the paper and as group publisher of Cox North Carolina Publications Inc.
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          <title>NC soldier killed after Jimmy Buffet song fight</title>
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A Fort Bragg soldier was killed after a bar fight triggered by an argument over a Jimmy Buffet song playing on a jukebox.           ]]></description>
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          <title>8th Marine Regiment to deploy to Iraq</title>
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CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - The headquarters of the 8th Marine Regiment, based at Camp Lejeune, will begin deploying to Iraq.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Blackwater guards plead not guilty to Iraqi deaths</title>
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Five Blackwater Worldwide security guards have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the 2007 shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad.
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:02:38 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Erin Gould Moved to Step Down Intensive Care Unit</title>
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Gould still hospitalized at New Hanover Regional Medical Center after attack.           ]]></description>
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          <title>La Grange debates on whether to dissolve police department</title>
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Lenoir County got the low down tonight on the plan in La Grange to do away with the towns police department.           ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Wake County&#8217;s Emergency Medical Services Department is adding several souped-up Dodge Chargers as part of a new program designed to bolster its ambulance fleet.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Potential presidents to visit Carteret Community College</title>
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The Carteret Community College is looking for a new president.           ]]></description>
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          <title>New tool brings redistricting info to Lenoir Co.</title>
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The Lenoir County Public Schools system has launched a new tool to help keep the public informed of decisions made concerning redistricting.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Atlantic Beach Officials Still Investigating Cause of El Zarape Restaurant Fire</title>
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Atlantic Beach firefighters hope a backhoe will help them figure out what started a Christmas Eve fire at a popular Mexican restaurant.           ]]></description>
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          <title>It&#8217;s back to school at new Contentnea&#45;Savannah School</title>
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It&#8217;s back to school for kids across the east today, but not back to the same building for some.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Thieves Steal 550 Pounds of Aluminum</title>
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Nine On Your Side&#8217;s Parul Joshi explains why the suspects may not be pleased with the stolen goods.            ]]></description>
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          <title>RCT&#45;6 Deploys From Camp Lejeune</title>
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Hundreds of our marines and sailors based out of Camp Lejeune are preparing to say goodbye to their loved ones tonight. The Regimental Combat Team 6 with the 2nd Marine Division is deploying to Iraq.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Laurean Foreclosure Auction on Hold, Interest Remains</title>
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We&#8217;ll have to wait a little longer to find out who will be the next owner of an infamous house here in the east that was recently in the international spotlight.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Wallet Watch: Saving You Money</title>
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Monday at Six Edition           ]]></description>
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          <title>Beaufort County BOC seeking to keep PCS Phospate operating</title>
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The movers and shakers from both sides of the aisle are coming together to keep a big business in their county.           ]]></description>
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          <title>NC man almost misses out on $200,000 lottery win</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man has claimed a $200,000 Powerball prize less than two days before his winning lottery ticket was set to expire.
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          <title>Hearing scheduled in Hennis case</title>
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) - A hearing is scheduled at a North Carolina post for an Army sergeant who was recalled from retirement after a state court acquittal so he could be tried on three counts of premeditated murder.
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          <title>Auction delayed for Laurean&#8217;s former NC home</title>
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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - An auction has been postponed for the North Carolina house where investigators found the charred remains of a pregnant Marine.
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          <title>ESC adds server to handle overload of applicants</title>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina&#8217;s Employment Security Commission is adding a server after its Web site crashed twice this week as tens of thousands of people tried to file unemployment claims.
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          <title>NC Silver Alert cancelled</title>
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The Silver Alert for a missing Selma woman is over.&nbsp;            ]]></description>
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WASHINGTON, N.C. (AP) - A former state legislator, Cabinet secretary and founder of WITN television in eastern North Carolina has died at the age of 90.
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          <title>Laurean&#8217;s former NC home going up for auction</title>
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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) - A law firm is auctioning the Jacksonville house where investigators found the charred remains of a pregnant Marine.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Taliban whopper: claim 5,220 foreign troops killed</title>
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban have long exaggerated their military successes, but their figures for last year would be incredible if they were true.           ]]></description>
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A relative of the pilot killed in the harrier crash last week is speaking out tonight.           ]]></description>
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They have a reputation for being aggressive and mean.&nbsp; And Michael Vick owned them as his prized fighting dogs, but people in one city say pit bulls get a bad rap.           ]]></description>
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Accused murderer Cesar Laurean&#8217;s former home will be auctioned off tomorrow.           ]]></description>
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Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood, and folks in Winterville came out to help give the gift today.           ]]></description>
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The Atlantic Beach Fire Department plans to bring in an excavator Monday morning as the department&#8217;s investigation into the fire.           ]]></description>
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On a day when most people will be looking for big sales, Camp Lejeune families will be saying goodbye as more marines are deployed to Iraq.           ]]></description>
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CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (AP) - Pat Hingle, a veteran actor whose career included a recurring role as Commissioner Gordon in the Batman movies, has died. He was 84.           ]]></description>
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A Farmville family is homeless tonight after a fire ripped through the second floor of their house.           ]]></description>
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Some students around here today got their marching orders to kick off an international robot competition.           ]]></description>
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If you&#8217;re planning on apply to any one of the 100 paid state government internships for summer &#8217;09, you better hurry, time is running out.           ]]></description>
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Three fishermen have the Coast Guard to thank after being rescued from their sinking trawler near Oregon Inlet.           ]]></description>
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A search warrant says police found two boxes of shotgun shells and a digital scale with a razor blade in the Raleigh home where a 3-year-old shot and killed himself.           ]]></description>
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Some dieters might be confused about whether carbohydrates should be part of their meals.           ]]></description>
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It&#8217;s becoming a big problem for one county in the east. The Lenoir County SPCA says it&#8217;s overcrowded with cats and dogs that need homes.           ]]></description>
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While charitable giving was down overall during the holidays, one organization says people gave more than normal this year.           ]]></description>
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If you&#8217;re trying to sell some oysters you harvested this past weekend, take heed; it&#8217;s illegal.           ]]></description>
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          <title>PCMH opens nearly 350 new parking spaces</title>
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If you&#8217;ve been frustrated while trying to find a park at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, this news should easy your tensions.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Frustrating Final: Wildcats 25 &#45; Pirates 19</title>
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It is a big night for college football and East Carolina University.           ]]></description>
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On Monday morning the school bus route will be changing for some students.           ]]></description>
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The city of Greenville is about to reshuffle some city employees.

The people responsible for enforcing the city&#8217;s codes will now be assigned to the police department.

The move takes effect January 3rd and is designed to take better aim at eyesores and other nuisances in the community like rundown buildings, abandoned homes and yards growing out of control.
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If you&#8217;ve noticed some TV ads claiming you will no longer be able to watch any Viacom stations like MTV or Comedy Central, don&#8217;t worry.&nbsp; Viacom says its not true.           ]]></description>
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Fire departments across the state will have a little more cash to help them out and it&#8217;s all thanks to a FEMA grant program.           ]]></description>
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Auto accidents kept law enforcement busy across the east over the New Year&#8217;s holiday.           ]]></description>
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