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  6. State: Ailing Falls Lake needs assistance
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  7. Rocky Mount: No 'credible evidence' for ex-police cadet's claims
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  8. Newspaper: Duke cutting off service more often this year
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  9. Alleged cross-country vending-machine bandit caught
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  10. E-mail panel proposes longer storage, better training
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  11. Bill would yank land-transfer tax option that voters have booted 20 times so far
    1. Updated May. 15 9:04 p.m.
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  12. Dogs find human bones in Moore County
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  13. Police looking for bag that fell off chopper
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  14. UNCC offers reward in student's death
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  15. Riverside farmers worried over idea to raise Kerr Lake water releases
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  16. Political expert: Edwards not a likely VP candidate
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  17. NC-based Blackwater Worldwide to help USO
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  18. State Fair to add 'preview' day
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  19. More of N.C. out of drought
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  20. NC attorney general warns of IRS e-mail scam
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  21. Report: N.C. community colleges key to state's changing economy
    1. Updated May. 15 11:04 a.m.
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  22. Do My Job: Sit in the hot seat with 911 dispatchers
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  23. North Carolina man's cursing charge dismissed
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  24. 82nd forced to expand memorial as war deaths mount
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