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Published: May 10, 2008
Easley names local woman to NCSA board
Gov. Mike Easley has appointed Denise Franklin of Winston-Salem to the N.C. School of the Arts' board of trustees, the school said in a statement yesterday.
Franklin is the general manager of WFDD-FM, which she joined in 2001. She has held a number of positions at the radio station, including senior news host and news director. She is also the host of a WFDD program called Voices and Viewpoints, in which she interviews people in the Piedmont Triad who have achieved national or international recognition in their fields.
Divorce attorney is censured by state bar for several reasons
RALEIGH -- An attorney who runs one of the state's largest divorce law firms was censured by the N.C. State Bar for several reasons, including meeting with potential clients only to represent their estranged spouses later, the Raleigh News & Observer reported yesterday.
Lee S. Rosen of Raleigh was censured by the bar's grievance committee after the agency received three complaints, the newspaper reported. The censure doesn't affect Rosen's license to practice law.
Rosen was criticized for agreeing to represent a woman who lived in a county where his firm did not practice. He also was chastised by the bar for his firm's practice of having an attorney initially meet with a client and then pass off the case to another attorney without a full explanation.
Rosen, who has offices in Raleigh and Charlotte, said that the censure was the bar's way of clarifying his office's business model.
Man is convicted of killing soldier and 16-year-old girl
FAYETTEVILLE -- A North Carolina jury has convicted a Brooklyn, N.Y., man of killing a soldier and a 16-year-old girl at a home they shared near Fort Bragg three years ago.
The Fayetteville Observer reported that James Christopher Stitt, 22, was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jenna Bologna, 16.
Stitt was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of Army Spc. George Katsigiannis, who had rented the house they shared. Family members have said that the three grew up together in Brooklyn.
Stitt could face a death sentence in Bologna's death. The sentencing phase of the trial was set to begin yesterday.
16 are being treated after handling raccoon with rabies
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- Sixteen people in Hilton Head are being treated by a doctor after they held, fed or kissed a baby raccoon that later tested positive for rabies.
Officials with the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control tell The Island Packet of Hilton Head that 16 people are being evaluated. Seven more people may need vaccines to prevent them from contracting the disease.
DHEC spokeswoman Clair Boatwright said that someone adopted the 3-week-old raccoon, and the animal was handled by several people before it became ill Monday. The animal later tested positive for rabies.
WE WERE WRONG
■ A story yesterday about shootings in Davidson County incorrectly identified the person who called deputies. Charlton Spainhour made the call.
■ A story Thursday incorrectly described Sen. Barack Obama's winning streak in February. He won 11 straight contests, including the U.S. Virgin Islands and a primary of overseas voters.
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The Downtown Summer Music Series will begin on Thursday. Ed Bumgardner talks to some of the organizers of the Downtown Jazz lineup, in which a form of music known as "smooth jazz" will play a more prominent role this year.
Thursday's relish stories will appear in the Entertainment section.
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