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  • Crude, pump prices keep rising
    Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.S. and Venezuela could cut exports from the OPEC member.
  • Myanmar accused of seizing U.N. aid

    In this image provided by the German Relief organizations association 'Aktion Deutschland Hilft', ADH, Friday, May 9, 2008, a girl leans against the wall of her damaged home in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Six days after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's western coast, the impoverished country's needs remain enormous. Myanmar's Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday, that it wants relief supplies but not foreign aid workers in the country. Myanmar's junta on Friday allegedly seized U.N. aid headed for cyclone survivors, prompting the world body to initially suspend help but then say it would resume shipments on Saturday.


  • Obama picks up 9 superdelegates, union nod

    May 8: NBC's Brian Williams asks Barack Obama if he's the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party.  (Nightly News)The Obama campaign gained steam Friday with endorsements from a union president and nine superdelegates.


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One Dead, Three Injured In Tornadoes In N.C.

Last Updated: 11:42 AM 05/09/08 - One person is dead and three people were hurt when an apparent tornado moved through central North Carolina late Thursday night. (Full Story)
McCrory Slams Perdue On Immigration View She Doesn't Hold

Last Updated: 4:31 PM 05/09/08 - Republican governor's candidate Pat McCrory is slamming his Democratic rival for supporting a policy that allows illegal immigrants to attend state community colleges. (Full Story)
Heroic Last Stand, Camp Lejeune Marines Save 54 Other Lives

Last Updated: 2:45 PM 05/09/08 - Official reports say the heroic actions of Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter and Cpl. Jonathan Yale saved the lives of 33 Marines and 21 Iraqi police. (Full Story)
Obama Picks Up Five More Superdelegates

Last Updated: 1:52 PM 05/09/08 - Obama picked up the backing of five superdelegates, including Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus who had been a Clinton supporter. (Full Story)
Only 44% Of U.S. Adults Know The Signs Of A Stroke

Last Updated: 11:23 AM 05/09/08 - If someone near you suddenly became dizzy and had trouble speaking, would you call 911? Would you know those are two signs of major stroke?
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Storm Damage In Pasquotank, Bertie & Chowan Counties

Last Updated: 11:20 AM 05/09/08 - One home north of Elizabeth City was moved off its foundation. Pasquotank County was under a tornado warning this morning. (Full Story)
Man Performs Self-Tracheotomy With Steak Knife

Last Updated: 11:19 AM 05/09/08 - An Omaha man struggling to breathe used a steak knife to perform an at-home tracheotomy. Steve Wilder said he thought he was going to die when he awoke one night last week and couldn't breath.
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93-Year-Old Pitt Co. Woman Admits Having Cocaine

Last Updated: 9:03 PM 05/08/08 - Helen Taylor will spend the next three years on probation after the judge accepted a deal for her to plead guilty to possessing cocaine. (Full Story)
Names Of Victims Released In Greene County Plane Crash

Last Updated: 3:53 PM 05/09/08 - Two people were killed when their experimental aircraft crashed Thursday off of Oakdale Road, that's southwest of Snow Hill in Greene County (Full Story)
 "CSI" Star Charged With Felony Drug Possession

Last Updated: 2:17 PM 05/08/08 - "CSI" co-star Gary Dourdan has been charged with felony possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy stemming from his arrest last month, prosecutors said.
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Court Documents Say Ch. 12 Photographer Worked For Adult Nightclub

Last Updated: 4:08 PM 05/09/08 - New information has come forward after a news photographer for WCTI-TV was arrested for allegedly tipping off the manager of a nightclub that was about to be raided. (Full Story)
Low-Key Powerball Winner Lost Homes In Hurricane Katrina

Last Updated: 10:50 AM 05/09/08 - A Louisiana construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize from a winning ticket in January. (Full Story)
Edwards Praises Obama, But Doesn't Endorse

Last Updated: 9:51 AM 05/09/08 - The superdelegate tells NBC's "Today" show that Barack Obama can unite the Democratic party, bring in new voters and get people excited about change. (Full Story)
Severe Weather Watches And Warnings Expired

Last Updated: 10:23 AM 05/09/08 - The National Weather Service has allowed all the warnings and watches for Eastern Carolina to expire. (Full Story)
Arrest In Washington Skatepark Assault

Last Updated: 8:14 PM 05/08/08 - A teenager is in jail under $100,000 bond after being charged with assault at the PCM Skatepark in Washington. (Full Story)
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  • 1 dead as severe storms sweep across Southeast

    Doublehead employee Melissa Tucker talks on her cell phone after a tornado ripped through the resort outside of Town Creek, Ala.. on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Strong winds in northwest Alabama overturned a mobile home on Thursday and an apparent tornado damaged a Mississippi shopping mall as a line of severe storms swept across the Southeast. (AP Photo/The Decatur Daily, Brennen Smith)**ONLINE OK**A line of severe storms swept across the Southeast on Thursday, damaging homes and businesses in at least four states. One person was killed by a tornado in North Carolina.


  • Panel: Rework 'confrontational' MLK statue

    **FILE ** In this undated photograph released by the MLK National Memorial Foundation, sculptor Master Lei Yixin of China looks at a scale model of the "Stone of Hope," a piece he has created which will be the centerpiece of the new memorial for the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation announced a gift Wednesday Jan. 30, 2008 to help push to completion the long-planned memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Mall. (AP Photo/MLK National Memorial Foundation) ** NO SALES **A federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.


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  • Mom pregnant with 18th child

    May 9: Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar make an exclusive TODAY announcement about their family, just in time for Mother's Day. (Today Show)The Duggar kids planned a big Mother's Day surprise for their mom this year — but the surprise was on them when Michelle Duggar announced on the TODAY Show that they were soon to welcome an 18th sibling.


  • NYT: Cash-strapped Clinton cuts spending

    May 8: Hillary Clinton received a financial and emotional boost Wednesday from a Generations of Women fundraiser, where, despite dwindling chances of a Democratic nomination, she was celebrated for making history. NBC's Ron Allen reports.  (Nightly News)The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for her presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday.


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