Johnston sheriff's deputy fired, charged with assault
Authorities have charged a Johnston County sheriff's deputy with assaulting his ex-girlfriend and two men in a parking lot over the weekend.
June 21, 2007
Cleanup under way after sludge from airport dumped in swamp
Workers have pumped at least 300,000 gallons of illegally dumped sludge from a Scotland County swamp since April, an official at the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport said.
June 21, 2007
North Carolina Education Lottery results
Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the North Carolina Education Lottery:
June 21, 2007
N.C. man killed in Iraq
A North Carolina man has died from wounds suffered from a roadside bomb that exploded in Iraq, the military said Wednesday.
June 20, 2007
N.C. Senate approves same-day voter registration bill
The state Senate agreed Wednesday to permit residents to register to vote and cast a ballot immediately before an election. The vote came one day after a dustup in a committee when the state auditor reported potential voter problems but said he didn't have enough evidence to delay the bill again.
June 20, 2007
Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at the North Carolina General Assembly
- Negotiations over taxes, Medicaid heat up at General Assembly
June 20, 2007
Economists: Climate change will cost N.C. billions
North Carolina will have to pay billions of dollars in the coming decades as global warming leads to property damage, land erosion and losses in tourism and recreation business, economists predicted Wednesday.
June 20, 2007
Report
3 former DOT officials indicted for extortion
A federal grand jury has indicted three former state Transportation Department officials on extortion charges, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Wednesday.
June 20, 2007
House committee OKs bill for embryonic stem cell research
A state House committee gave its blessing to a bill that would allow research on stem cells from embryos left over from in-vitro fertilization in North Carolina and set aside $10 million to fund it.
June 20, 2007
Most couples with frozen embryos willing to donate for research
A majority of couples with stored embryos from fertility treatments say they would be willing to donate unused embryos for stem cell research, says a North Carolina doctor at Duke University who surveyed patients.
June 20, 2007
Science
House gives final OK to bill addressing Apex plant fire problems
A bill that would require more frequent inspections and closer monitoring of companies that store hazardous waste won its final approval from the Legislature on Wednesday and headed to Gov. Mike Easley.
June 20, 2007
N.C. and Iraqi soldiers discover 24 emaciated orphans in Baghdad
North Carolina-based paratroopers and Iraqi soldiers found 24 severely malnourished children in a Baghdad orphanage - some tied to their beds and too weak to stand, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
June 20, 2007
Smashing Pumpkins' return puts Asheville on music map
When the Smashing Pumpkins reunited after seven years to plot a U.S. concert series, the alternative rock band made a surprising choice for its first shows: a small club in the mountains of North Carolina.
June 20, 2007
General Assembly gives final OK on bill to remove disbarred DAs
The state Legislature gave final approval Wednesday to a bill directing Gov. Mike Easley to remove from office Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong, who was recently disbarred for his handling of the Duke lacrosse rape case.
June 20, 2007
Tennessee lottery numbers
Here are the winning numbers selected Wednesday in the Tennessee state lottery:
June 20, 2007
Negotiations over taxes, Medicaid heat up at General Assembly
Negotiations over state and local taxes intensified Wednesday at the General Assembly, as House leaders also proposed taking over all of the Medicaid costs now paid by the state's 100 counties.
June 20, 2007
N.C. man gets prison term for importing weapons in Israel
A former North Carolina man who lived on a radical West Bank settlement was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison Wednesday after being convicted of trying to import weapons that police suspected he intended to use against Palestinians.
June 20, 2007
N.C. boss donates kidney to assistant
When doctors told Lisa White she needed a kidney transplant to stay alive, she never expected her boss to sign up as a donor.
June 20, 2007
Winston-Salem authorities investigating explosion in apartment
Authorities are sending chemicals to a federal lab for testing after a man was seriously injured in an explosion in an apartment.
June 20, 2007
