Banned sex offender says he did nothing wrong

Wake Forest has banned a registered sex offender from the town's parks following reports he asked parents if he could push their children on swings.

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   Parents killed, newborn survives car-train wreck

   The parents of a 6-day-old boy were killed Friday morning when their car was hit by a freight train in Johnston County, authorities said. The infant survived the wreck.

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   Workers protest state's payroll system

   About a dozen employees representing many more at a special needs school in Wilson protested the state's troubled payroll system, saying they are getting too much money deducted from their paychecks.

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   Palin views on oil, polar bears may be liabilities

   Democrats are probably cobbling together the campaign ad right now: "John McCain's running mate is for big oil and against the environment," a somber voice intones as cute baby polar bears scamper across the screen.

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   Hurricane Gustav plows toward Caymans

   Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina.

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