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NC Island Evacuates as Irene Wallops Bahamas

Landfall expected on East Coast this weekend

(Newser) - Tourists started evacuating the North Carolina border island of Ocracoke today, as Hurricane Irene strengthened to a Category 3 storm and headed toward the East Coast. A local tells the AP evacuations are going smoothly so far. Year-round residents were ordered to begin evacuating tomorrow . Irene’s winds neared 120mph...

NC Island Evacuated as Irene Approaches

Storm could be Cat 4 monster by the time it reaches coast

(Newser) - North Carolina is bracing for what could be the strongest storm to hit the state since 1998's Hurricane Bonnie. Thousands of people have been ordered to leave the barrier island Ocracoke as Hurricane Irene, currently a Category 2 storm but expected to strengthen further, moves toward the coast, the...

It's Official: Irene First Hurricane of Season

Expected to affect Florida, could hit Georgia, Carolinas

(Newser) - The first hurricane of the Atlantic season has officially developed. Irene is currently moving over Puerto Rico; it could eventually rattle Florida and skim Georgia and the Carolinas later this week. First, though, it’s headed toward Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The storm has...

Kids to Cops: Mom Tried to Kill Us in Car Crash

North Carolina mother is charged with assault with a deadly weapon

(Newser) - Two young sisters have told police that their mom intended to hurt them in a deliberate car wreck because she was "mad at daddy," according to investigators. The girls, ages 7 and 8, were treated for cuts and bruises after mom Teresa Caffrey of North Carolina drove their...

Teen Busted for Body in Car Trunk

Cops tracked him on the cell phone

(Newser) - A North Carolina man was busted Friday after parking his Mustang in Virginia with a woman's body in the trunk, police report. Cops tracked cell phone calls by the 19-year-old suspected killer after discovering a crime scene, and kept watch on his parked car until he returned to it....

NC Locals Hail &#39;Kudzu Jesus&#39;
 NC Locals Hail 'Kudzu Jesus' 
Jun 30, 2011 3:00 AM CDT

NC Locals Hail 'Kudzu Jesus'

A little bit of paradise near a hotdog stand

(Newser) - Other states might be green with envy, but it's only North Carolina that can claim its very own "miraculous" Kudzu Jesus. The mass of runaway weeds growing up a power utility pole and wires near the town of Kinston looks remarkably like Jesus Christ on the cross, say...

Guy Robs Bank ... to Get Prison Health Care

NC man aimed for 3-year sentence with $1 heist

(Newser) - A North Carolina man with a bad back, a growth on his chest, and no job or money decided to swap his freedom for prison health care by robbing a bank. Richard James Verone, 59, walked into a bank, handed the teller a note demanding just $1—then sat down...

Lawmaker's 3rd-Grade Kid Writes Him Letter of Protest

'Please put the budget higher, dad'

(Newser) - A North Carolina state lawmaker has received some very personal letters of protest—from his daughter and her third-grade class. GOP Rep. Mike Stone’s daughter asks him to “please put the budget higher, dad” as the state weighs education spending cuts, reports the AP . “Our school doesn’...

In Blackbeard's Wreckage, Proof of Terror

Cannons fired bags of nails, to maim people but leave ships intact

(Newser) - Blackbeard's ship, Queen Anne's Revenge, now being explored by marine archeologists off the coast of North Carolina, is giving up more than just its treasures , it's also revealing the infamous pirate's terrifying tactics. And what researchers are finding are an ingenious array of improvised weapons, designed...

Archeologists Raise Blackbeard&#39;s Anchor
 Archeologists Raise 
 Blackbeard's Anchor 
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May 27, 2011 4:00 PM CDT

Archeologists Raise Blackbeard's Anchor

Pirate's Queen Anne's Revenge giving up its secrets

(Newser) - Blackbeard's flagship is again reaching the surface, bit by bit. Archeologists today raised one of the anchors from the remains of the renowned pirate's Queen Anne's Revenge, which sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1718, reports AP . More lies below, including what's left of...

Duke Lacrosse Accuser Charged With Murder

The boyfriend she allegedly stabbed has died

(Newser) - Those assault with a deadly weapon charges Crystal Mangum was facing have been upgraded to full-blown murder charges. A grand jury formally indicted Mangum yesterday, following the Wednesday death of Reginald Daye, the boyfriend she is accused of stabbing, the News & Observer reports. Mangum, best known as the bogus...

Toll Hits 25 in Southern Storms
 Toll Hits 47 in Southern Storms 
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Apr 17, 2011 7:24 AM CDT

Toll Hits 47 in Southern Storms

Tornadoes, rain, hail pelt the region

(Newser) - A devastating storm system ripped its way through the South yesterday, pummeling the region with tornadoes, flash flooding, and hail the size of softballs. The death toll shot up today to at least 47, reports NBC News, with emergency crews searching for more victims in hard-hit areas of Virginia and...

Deployed Soldiers Cost N. Carolina a Congress Seat

But they will return to North Carolina, guv's rep points out

(Newser) - During last year's Census, more than 40,000 troops were deployed from North Carolina's military bases—but because only 12,200 of them listed North Carolina as their home state, the state lost out on a congressional seat. That's because, though the Census usually counts the troops' current base as...

Pilot Spots Bullet Hole in Plane

Jet is grounded as FBI investigates

(Newser) - The FBI is investigating what appears to be a bullet hole spotted in the fuselage of a US Airways jet after it landed in North Carolina. The Boeing 737 was taken out of service when the nickel-sized hole was found by a pilot during a pre-flight inspection Monday at Charlotte...

Battlefield Recounts May Rewrite Civil War History

Virginia could overtake North Carolina in number of soldier deaths

(Newser) - With the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaching, North Carolina and Virginia have commissioned official recounts of how many soldiers each state lost in battle. What sounds like a humdrum exercise is producing surprising results, reports the Wall Street Journal : North Carolina has long laid claim to losing the...

GOP Sparks Fight Over College Kids' Voting Rights

NH, Wisconsin, North Carolina could make it trickier for students to vote

(Newser) - Republican state legislators across the US are stirring up controversy with proposals to tighten voting laws in ways that would affect college kids. The Washington Post points to a particularly heated bill in New Hampshire that would bar out-of-state students from voting in their college towns. Opponents say the efforts,...

Animal Planet Hunts Bigfoot
 Animal Planet 
 Hunts Bigfoot 
Feb 12, 2011 12:54 PM CST

Animal Planet Hunts Bigfoot

It's filming today in a North Carolina national forest

(Newser) - Watch your back, Bigfoot. Animal Planet's coming. The cable channel is sending a film crew into a national forest near Charlotte, NC, today to try to catch a glimpse, reports the Charlotte Observer . The crew is following along with local retiree Michael Greene, who swears he saw the big guy...

NC Cops Kill Teen Bank Robber in Hostage Drama

Student shot as he exits bank with woman

(Newser) - A three-hour standoff at North Carolina bank ended when police shot a teenage bank robber dead. The robber, a 19-year-old high school student, at one point held seven hostages inside the suburban Raleigh bank, the Raleigh Telegram reports. He released five hostages after police arrived. As he exited the bank...

Greyhound Bus Hijacker Nailed
 Greyhound Bus Hijacker Nailed 
Feb 4, 2011 1:40 AM CST

Greyhound Bus Hijacker Nailed

Incident ends without injury after passenger alerts police

(Newser) - A bus hijacking in North Carolina last night ended without injury when cops pounced on an armed man threatening to blow up the vehicle. The hijacker boarded the Richmond–Raleigh bus along a North Carolina highway and ordered the driver to relinquish the vehicle, AP reports. The gunman allowed everybody...

Democrats Bet on South, Pick Charlotte for 2012

'People's Convention' will be in North Carolina

(Newser) - Democrats have picked Charlotte, NC, as the site of the 2012 convention, which the AP sees as a signal that the Obama campaign intends to fight hard to retain the gains it made in traditional GOP territory in 2008. Obama became the first Democrat to take the state since 1976,...

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