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New adventure tour opening in NC mountains
A new adventure tour in opening in the North Carolina mountains. Green River Adventures gives visitors a grand tour of the Green River Gorge near Saluda through nine zip lines, two sky bridges and three rappels. Co-owner Tim Bell says The tour takes about 2½ hours and heads down 1,100 ...
NC colleges look to expand advanced manufacturing
North Carolina's community colleges are working to train factory workers comfortable in a new manufacturing world of computers and robots. State community college leaders are meeting Friday with manufacturers to assemble training courses in line with a skills certification plan that's recognized by factories across the country. The program mixes ...
Watergate exhibit opens at NC Museum of History
The N.C. Museum of History is hosting an exhibit about Watergate on the 40th anniversary of the opening of the televised proceedings about the scandal. The exhibit called "Watergate: Political Scandal & the Presidency," opens Friday and continues through Aug. 10, 2014, one day after the 40th anniversary of President ...
PA Lottery
These Pennsylvania lotteries were drawn Friday: Cash 5 10-11-20-34-38 (ten, eleven, twenty, thirty-four, thirty-eight) Estimated jackpot: $125,000 Evening Big 4 6-9-9-9 (six, nine, nine, nine) Evening Daily Number 0-3-9 (zero, three, nine) Evening Quinto 9-6-5-5-1 (nine, six, five, five, one) Mega Millions 11-15-35-43-49, Mega Ball: 41 (eleven, fifteen, thirty-five, forty-three, ...
Soldier gets life without parole in Iraq killings
An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole for the 2009 killings of five fellow service members at a combat stress clinic in Iraq. A military judge, Army Col. David Conn, found Sgt. John Russell guilty of premeditated murder on Monday and imposed the sentence Thursday ...
Sheriff: Ex-NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dead at 71
There is that lasting image of Dick Trickle in the Winston 500 lighting up a cigarette while driving his stock car with his knees during a caution lap. He places the cigarette through a hole he carved in his helmet for a quick toke and exhales. The green flag hits ...
Edwards reactivates law license, speaking at event
Former presidential contender John Edwards has reactivated his license to practice law and is setting out on the speaking circuit. The two-time presidential candidate and former North Carolina senator is scheduled to appear June 6 at a private retreat in Orlando, Fla., for lawyer clients of the marketing firm PMP. ...
Correction: Jordan-Wedding story
In initial versions of an April 28 story about the marriage of NBA owner Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto, The Associated Press failed to attribute descriptions of the bride's gown, the wedding cake and other details of the event at a private club in Jupiter, Fla. The story should have ...
Tablets in the classroom push learning, teaching
Time is up for the 13 students in Stephanee Stephens' 8th grade Spanish class. For the last few minutes they've been conjugating verbs, each typing away on a small tablet when a message pops up on the screen: "Eyes on the Teacher." Stephens, with tablet in hand, asks for "voluntarios ...
Stolen team trailer leads to Truck Series feud
A missing trailer has sparked a feud in NASCAR's Truck Series. Jennifer Jo Cobb said she feels "in danger" of racing Friday night at Charlotte Motor Speedway against another NASCAR driver who was arrested for allegedly stealing her team trailer last weekend. Cobb said the trailer and its contents, valued ...
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