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NC veterans' personal data left in recycle bin
The Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville says documents containing the personal information of nearly 1,100 veterans were found in a recycling bin two months ago. The Fayetteville VA Medical Center announced Friday it's notifying the 1,093 affected veterans whose consultation reports from the optical shop were incorrectly placed in a ...
Newtown marks 6 months since school massacre
The town where 20 children and six educators were massacred in December went silent for a moment Friday, six months later, at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on weapons control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence. The mood of ...
NC Gov. Pat McCrory cheers on UNC energy savings
Gov. Pat McCrory is praising a University of North Carolina system energy efficiency initiative estimated to save $25 million. McCrory said Friday in a statement that the UNC Board of Governors will save $25 million in taxpayer money over seven years through the installation of energy-efficient lighting fixtures and other ...
Clothing company in Lexington adding 100 jobs
A Lexington children's manufacturer is adding 100 jobs. Officials with Lolly Wolly Doodle said Thursday a $20 million investment from an investment firm, Revolution Growth, will allow the company to add operations and manufacturing workers. Officials said Lolly Wolly Doodle will also add to its technology and marketing team in ...
Leffler remembered as friend, teammate, father
Tony Stewart remembered Jason Leffler as a friend, teammate and doting father to 5-year-old son Charlie Dean a day after the NASCAR driver was killed in a crash at a dirt track. "Jason Leffler was a great racer and an even better friend," Stewart, the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series ...
Gannett to buy TV station owner Belo for $1.5B
Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, is buying TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion. If approved, the all-cash deal will make Gannett the fourth-largest broadcast group in the U.S. Gannett already owns television stations as well as dozens of newspapers. But the deal transforms Gannett from ...
Southern Baptists address prisoners, trafficking
The Southern Baptist Convention tackled topics at its annual meeting this week that seemed to show a concern for a broadening array of social issues, including human trafficking and the country's high rate of incarceration. While a resolution expressing opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay ...
McCrory signs 39 bills that become NC law
Gov. Pat McCrory has cleared his desk of dozens of bills sent to him by the North Carolina General Assembly. McCrory announced he signed 39 pieces of legislation into law, including a measure requiring public schools to teach cursive writing and multiplication tables to elementary public school students. The "Back ...
Leffler dies after accident in dirt car event
NASCAR driver Jason Leffler died after an accident Wednesday night in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway. The 37-year-old Leffler, a two-time winner on the NASCAR Nationwide Series who had the nickname "LefTurn" above the driver's side window on his race cars, was pronounced dead ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 16-22-23-42-55, Powerball: 32 (sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, forty-two, fifty-five; Powerball: thirty-two) Estimated jackpot: $70 million ___ Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/
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