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Don't send a man to the grocery store!
Jeanne Robertson
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Man shot by own booby trap while trying to feed squirrels
A man was shot Monday when one of his own booby traps went off while he was trying to feed squirrels at his Cleveland County home, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened around 11:30 a.m. at a home on the 100 block of Blevins Drive. Investigators say a 68-year-old man opened his back door to feed the squirrels outside, and that’s when the booby trap went off.
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The massacre men
When Shelton Laurel and the Appalachian war are mentioned at all, they are too often perceived as an exception, wiped off with a “war's hell” or blamed on the ways of those peculiar mountain folks. By David Forbes.
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78-year-old man comes face-to-face with a bear, punches it in the face
We may not punch ballots on Election Day anymore, but for one 78-year-old man, he was punching something: a big black bear. Sonny Pumphrey was cleaning up fall leaves in his driveway in White Oak, North Carolina, on Nov. 6 when he came face to face with a mother bear and her two cubs. He said that the cubs ran away when he saw them, but that the mother stayed behind, leaving him with no choice but to confront her.
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Missing North Carolina 13-Year-Old Girl Found Alive in Oklahoma
A missing 13-year-old girl from North Carolina has been found alive in Oklahoma, authorities say. Aubrey Acree, who was reported missing on Monday, was found safe more than 900 miles away in Checotah, Oklahoma on Wednesday after an alleged abduction. Police arrested 23-year-old Jacob Gardea, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, after finding Acree, according to a statement from the FBI and Rutherford County sheriff’s department.
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We have 2-foot-tall squirrels? North Carolina biologists posted a photo of one and it’s huge
The Carolina coast has a seldom seen breed of squirrel that is 2 feet tall and weighs as much as a chihuahua. A state camera trap program is capturing images of these fox squirrels in remote areas. By Mark Price.
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Netflix Won't Film TV Show in North Carolina Due to State's Anti-LGBTQ Law
North Carolina's controversial legislation is impacting Hollywood's decision to film in the state. Netflix has opted to film its upcoming North Carolina-set series OBX, a coming-of-age drama set in a fictional town in North Carolina's Outer Banks, in South Carolina instead due to remnants of North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ House Bill 2. Best known as "the bathroom bill," the law requires transgender people use the public restrooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate. The legislation first drew criticism when it was enacted in 2016, with some studios even pulling their projects out of the state.
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UNC Chancellor Orders Removal of “Silent Sam” Pedestal as She Announces Resignation
Carol Folt said she planned to resign after approving the removal of the Confederate monument.
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Bra clasps save turtles lives
A North Carolina wildlife rescue came up with an ingenious way to mend cracked turtle shells.
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The US land forever leased to England
Every May, the US Coast Guard and the Royal Navy hold a ceremony on a sliver of North Carolina land where four English World War Two soldiers are buried.
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A Charter School Gets Canceled for Wanting to Teach Indigenous History
The case has it all: white-centrism, the "school choice" debate, and the obscene way in which North Carolina is failing its students.
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These Judges Can Have Less Training Than Barbers but Still Decide Thousands of Cases Each Year
South Carolina’s system for magistrate judges is unlike any state in the country, creating fertile ground for incompetence and corruption. Most aren’t lawyers, but their decisions can have lasting effects on the vulnerable people who come before them.
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Google lowered its salaries in North Carolina. Now workers are protesting.
Google cut the pay of workers in some of its North Carolina offices. It's one of the places the firm is targeting for hiring a more diverse workforce.
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