Brian Rainey

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• `Fatal Vision’ writer testifies in MacDonald case

  Posted on: 9:55 am, September 22, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  WILMINGTON, N.C. — The author who wrote the book “Fatal Vision” about the murders of the pregnant wife and two...
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• State Capitol Police Chief Scott Hunter dies

  Posted on: 9:52 am, September 22, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  RALEIGH, N.C. — State Capitol Police Chief Scott Hunter, who came to the department after nearly 20 years with the...
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• Panetta: violence leveling off; protests to go on

  Posted on: 10:14 am, September 16, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says the turmoil raging across the Muslim world...
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• Police looking for Burlington shooting suspects

  Posted on: 10:31 am, September 1, 2012, by Brian Rainey, updated on: 02:54pm, September 1, 2012

  BURLINGTON, N.C. — Burlington police are looking for two men involved in a shooting Friday night, according to the Burlington...
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• Obama embarking on march to party convention

  Posted on: 10:25 am, September 1, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama is embarking on a four-day march through battleground states and the storm-battered Gulf...
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• Mom vows to keep feeding needy kids from her driveway despite city crackdown

  Posted on: 9:51 am, August 19, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  CHESTER TOWNSHIP, PA. – A Pennsylvania woman has vowed to continue doling out free lunches to children in her hardscrabble...
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• Social Security fixable; changes politically tough

  Posted on: 9:43 am, August 19, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Social Security’s long-term problems, the massive retirement and disability program could be preserved for generations to...
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• Brazilian worker survives iron bar piercing skull

  Posted on: 10:25 am, August 18, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 24-year-old construction worker survived after a 6-foot metal bar fell from above and pierced...
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• Obama, Romney compete for undecideds, stoke base

  Posted on: 10:16 am, August 18, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  WASHINGTON (AP) — Rushing toward their party conventions, the rival presidential campaigns are trying to invigorate core supporters while reaching...
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• N.C. A&T freshman dies after illness

  Posted on: 9:55 am, August 18, 2012, by Brian Rainey, updated on: 03:03pm, August 18, 2012

  GREENSBORO, N.C. — A 21-year-old North Carolina A&T State University student died Saturday after officials said he became ill at...
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• Romney’s choice of Ryan sets contours for campaign

  Posted on: 10:06 am, August 12, 2012, by Brian Rainey

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Game on. As the sprint to the November election gets under way, Mitt Romney and his...
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• Burlington man shot inadvertently during home burglary

  Posted on: 8:55 am, August 12, 2012, by Brian Rainey, updated on: 06:20pm, August 12, 2012

  BURLINGTON, N.C. — Alamance Regional Medical Center treated a 19-year-old man shot during a burglary early Saturday, police said. James...
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