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QB Mitchell decides on North Carolina State

Former Arkansas quarterback Brandon Mitchell says he is transferring to North Carolina State to play his final season. Mitchell was granted his release from the Razorbacks earlier this month, following a spring competition for the starting position that ended with the senior listed as the second-team quarterback to sophomore Brandon ...

US women's hoops team chosen for WUG

National champions Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis and Bria Hartley headline the U.S. women's basketball team that will compete in July at the World University Games. The two UConn stars were among the 12 chosen to play in Kazan, Russia, from July 8-15. Shoni Schimmel, who helped Louisville make a surprising run to ...

NC NAACP protests reach highest arrest count yet

Nearly 60 protestors were arrested Monday at the North Carolina General Assembly, bringing the demonstrations led by the state chapter of the NAACP to their highest total in their fourth straight week. Hundreds thronged the Senate rotunda to show support for demonstrations that are drawing increasing numbers of people to ...

NC public school grant bill lauded by proponents

Supporters of a bill providing public money to low-income families to attend North Carolina private or religious schools said Monday passing the measure would help give all students the prospect of succeeding in life. Clergy, legislators and other proponents of the Opportunity Scholarship Act said at a Legislative Building news ...

FILE- In this In an Aug. 16, 2011 file photo, Rep. Stephen LaRoque, R-Lenoir, speaks during a press conference in Raleigh, N.C. On Monday, May 20, 2013, LaRoque is set to go on trial on a dozen felony charges stemming from a pair of government-funded non-profit corporations federal prosecutors allege he used as personal piggy banks. According to a 77-page federal indictment, LaRoque scammed taxpayers to finance a lavish lifestyle that included a six-figure salary and $300,000 in interest-free personal loans used to buy a house, new cars, an ice-skating rink and a collection of jewel-encrusted Fabergé eggs.  (AP Photo/Free Press,Charles Buchanan, File)

Jury seated in trial of ex-NC Rep. LaRoque

As a powerful member of the Republican leadership in the N.C. House, Rep. Stephen A. LaRoque railed for years against big government and those who take taxpayer handouts. The former Kinston lawmaker was set to go on trial Monday on a dozen felony charges stemming from a pair of government-funded ...

Suspect in NC strategists' stabbings indicted

The man accused in an attack on two North Carolina Democratic strategists has been indicted. An indictment handed down against Jonathan Wayne Broyhill on Monday came as authorities released details of a search warrant which say he admitted his involvement in the incident. Broyhill is charged with first-degree murder in ...

UNC's Stafford-Odom takes over Concordia-Irvine

North Carolina assistant Trisha Stafford-Odom is leaving to become head coach at Concordia-Irvine, an NAIA program in California. Stafford-Odom spent two seasons with the Tar Heels and helped sign what's regarded by many as the nation's top recruiting class. She also worked as an assistant at rival Duke and UCLA. ...

NC Senate budget plan heavy on Medicaid spending

Senate Republicans said Monday their two-year budget proposal demonstrates how Medicaid keeps siphoning away money from other priorities, but critics assert that the GOP spending plan keeps taking from the needy and the middle class. The proposal for state government spending through mid-2015 sets aside $1.2 billion over those two ...

NC woman accused of trying to poison 5 with cheese

A North Carolina woman is charged with trying to poison five family members after one of them refused to share some cheese with her. A statement from the Nash County Sheriff's Office said 24-year-old Tiara Drake wanted some of a relative's cheese on Friday, but the woman refused to share. ...

Autopsy: Wake deputies shot mental patient in back

An autopsy report says Wake County sheriff's deputies shot an unarmed mental patient four times, including once at point-blank range in the back. Jonathan Lee Cunningham was killed March 31 after authorities say he scuffled with a deputy and stole his cruiser while being transported from Raleigh to a psychiatric ...

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