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Sykora scores twice in Penguins win

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 24 minutes ago | Sports News

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Petr Sykora scored two goals and Sidney Crosby earned four assists as the Penguins defeated Carolina, 5-2, at the RBC Center tonight. It was the 38th time Sykora has gotten two in an NHL game, while Crosby fell one shy...

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Couples polled on leftover embryos

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | about 22 hours ago | Technology News

Source: Denver Post

N.C. — The national debate over embryonic stem-cell research centers on the sanctity of life. But many of the couples who create leftover embryos would rather they be destroyed for scientific research than given a chance at becoming babies, a...

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DHHS secretary soon to step down

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: The News & Observer

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dempsey Benton will not stay on for the administration of Gov.-elect Beverly Perdue. Benton, a former Raleigh city manager, was named secretary in May 2007 and wound up dealing with the debacle in...

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Maurice returning to coach Hurricanes

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago | Sports News

Source: Charlotte Observer Online

The Carolina Hurricanes have turned back to the past to try and solve their present problems. The Canes, who fired Peter Laviolette Wednesday morning, have hired former coach Paul Maurice. General manager Jim Rutherford made the announcement in a news...

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Builders fight new circuit breaker rule

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | about 19 hours ago | Technology News

Source: The News & Observer

In January, new homes will be required to have a special circuit breaker that can prevent electrical fires. But a move is under way to repeal the new requirement because homebuilders say the device is an unnecessary precaution that will...

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Lottery wants to pitch tickets in Spanish

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: The News & Observer

State lottery officials want to start advertising lottery tickets in Spanish...The 2005 law that created the lottery states, "No advertising may intentionally target specific groups or economic classes." So that leaves lottery officials trying to figure out how to market...

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Dwyer named ACC Player of the Year

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago | Sports News

Source: The Macon Telegraph

Jonathan Dwyer has no idea where it is exactly, but he knows that in some obscure spot at his Marietta home rests a piece of hedge from the famed bushes that line Sanford Stadium. Placed there just this weekend, the...

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Raleigh rolls out new plan for growth tonight

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: The News & Observer

The city will officially introduce a new vision to guide growth for the next two decades at an open house tonight at the Raleigh Convention Center. The plan is the culmination of 18 months of work by city staffers and...

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Company to create 142 jobs in Greensboro

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: Greensboro News and Records

An exercise equipment manufacturer will be adding 142 jobs to Greensboro during the next three years as part of its planned construction of a plant, Gov. Mike Easley said today. Precor Inc., an international manufacturer of physical fitness equipment, is...

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Obama leaving campaign trail to visit grandmother

Raleigh :: NC :: USA | about 1 month ago | Political News

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Fla.— Democrat Barack Obama is cancelling nearly all his campaign events Thursday and Friday to fly to Hawaii to visit his suddenly ill 86-year-old grandmother. Campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters Monday that Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, who helped...

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