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<title><![CDATA[NC Innocence Commission sets date to review case]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The North Carolina Innocence Commission has scheduled a hearing in the case of a convicted murderer.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:54:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Order hastens jobless benefits for ConAgra workers]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Bev Perdue has signed an executive order which will immediately extend eligibility for unemployment benefits to workers laid-off from a North Carolina plant where an explosion killed four people.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:22:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC election officials ask lawmakers about reports]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Elections officials are asking two North Carolina Senate leaders to fix potential problems with campaign finance reports.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:20:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC treasurer needs more info on I-485 financing]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[State Treasurer Janet Cowell needs more information before judging whether the last leg of the outer loop around North Carolina's largest city should be completed with an unusual financing method.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:18:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC gov wants tougher ethics rules on appointees]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says she's considering new ethics rules where gubernatorial appointees would be fired if they are indicted or refuse to cooperate with an investigation.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:17:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Three killed when pickup collides with truck on U.S. 21 in Roaring Gap]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Three people were killed Monday when their pickup collided with a truck on U.S. 21 in Roaring Gap, authorities said.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:03:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Shaniya Davis case prompts review of Cumberland DSS]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[FAYETTEVILLE<BR>The state of North Carolina is reviewing what kind of contact the Cumberland County Department of Social Services had with Antoinette Davis and her children, The Fayetteville Observer reported.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:07:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State tries to gauge impact of creative industries]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE<BR>North Carolina's culture mavens are out to show that real jobs flow from creative pursuits like arts, design and new media.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:20:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Most Viewed Stories on JournalNow: Monday, Nov. 23, 2009]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Most Viewed Stories on JournalNow: Monday, Nov. 23, 2009]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:01:22 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Regional Briefs: Man, 45, is accused of sex crime with teen]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Man, 45, is accused of sex crime with teen]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin signs book at Fort Bragg]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg yesterday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Man charged in student's killing]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[When Eli Ruble pointed a black-powder muzzleloader rifle at his friend, he meant only to frighten people at a small gathering just off the Appalachian State University campus, police said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Art-museum expansion opening up gallery space]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Botticelli had happily hung in the North Carolina Museum of Art for more than a quarter-century, moving only a few feet over the years.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Students enjoy nature center]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The students had just begun walking on the leaf-covered trail when 9-year-old Austin Driver spoke up.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[4th victim of blast at Slim Jim plant dies]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A fourth person has died from injuries suffered in a natural-gas explosion that tore through a North Carolina Slim Jim plant five months ago, a hospital spokesman said yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Rail car loaded with acid derails in central SC]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Officials say eight railroad cars, one loaded with thousands of gallons of sulfuric acid, derailed this weekend in a sparsely populated rural area west of Columbia.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:24:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sarah Palin's book tour hits NC's Fort Bragg]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg yesterday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:19:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC pastor killed in SC church van wreck]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The pastor of a North Carolina church has been killed in a wreck in South Carolina that injured seven people.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:26:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Coast Guard saves 5 from sailboat off NC coast]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Coast Guard has saved five sailors as their boat sank in the dark Atlantic Ocean.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:15:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NC Slim Jim plant explosion claims fourth victim]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[An explosion that tore through a Slim Jim plant in North Carolina last summer has claimed a fourth victim.
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:01:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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