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Associated Press | Chuck Burton<br>
The surf pounds the Oceana Pier as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach Thursday. Mighty Earl weakens as it smacks N.C.
The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina’s dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the fi...
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AK9Y_15050875_Gina_Watring_220x165.JPG Ex-teacher's aide pleads guilty to sex with child
Gina Watring sentenced to 58 to 79 months in prison
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LBAN_15619493_COUNTY_STADIUM_3stad.jpg County Stadium ready for grand re-unveiling
It has taken two years of hard work but renovations at Durham County Memorial Stadium are complete enough for it to be open for business effective tonight.
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Associated Press | Gerald Herbert<BR>
Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. All 13 crew members were rescued. Oil platform explodes off La. coast; crew rescued
This time, Coast Guard crews unable to find any spill
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Photos courtesy of Outpost Films<br>
Filmmakers Sebastian Junger (left) and Tim Hetherington are seen in 2007 at Outpost Restrepo. Korengal Valley, Afghanistan.  Their documentary “Restrepo” follows an Army platoon stationed at an isolated outpost in the dangerous Korengal Valley. ‘Restrepo’: War in Afghanistan from the soldiers’ point of view
The Korengal Valley was known as one of the most dangerous places of the war in Afghanistan. Then men of Second Platoon, Battle Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade were stationed there from 2007 to 20...
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Power outage forces NCCU to cancel classes
Campus goes dark late Wednesday; classes to resume as normal today
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