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Jackson, Cronkite among arts world deaths in 2009
- It was only a rehearsal, and he was twice the age of the dancers accompanying him. But the video doesn't lie: Michael Jackson was looking ahead to a smash opening in London - and giving it his all.
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Western Carolina beats UNC-Asheville 87-76
- Jake Robinson hit six 3-pointers and finished with 25 points to lead Western Carolina to an 87-76 win over North Carolina-Asheville on Wednesday.
Md. halts policy change for transgender drivers
- Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration said Wednesday it has halted, at least temporarily, a planned policy change that would have forced people living as the opposite sex to get transgender surgery before they could change the gender on their driver's licenses.
Women's Top 25 Fared
- 1. Connecticut (11-0) did not play. Next: at No. 12 Florida State, Monday.
Defense wants info on tipsters in UNC murder trial
- Attorneys for two men suspected of killing a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president asked a judge Wednesday to give them further access to details about tipsters' calls to a crime hotline.
Texting while driving, smoking target of '10 laws
- Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect around the country on Friday.
- Texting while driving, smoking in public and cooking with artery-clogging trans fats will be that much harder under a bevy of state laws set to take effect around the country on Friday.
List of top 15 cable programs for Dec. 21-27
- Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by the Nielsen Co. for the week of Dec. 21-27. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses:
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Smokers in 12 states to puff fire-safe cigarettes
- Smokers in 12 states will be lighting - and relighting - fire-safe cigarettes designed to go out when they're not puffed as the result of new laws that go into effect Friday.
Court upholds man's conviction for killing father
- A man convicted of killing his father and dumping his remains in the woods of North Carolina lost his appeal and request for a new trial on Wednesday.
No re-election bid for NC pol who shot intruder
- North Carolina's longest-serving state senator won't seek re-election next year as he faces possible criminal charges over a shooting at his home in August.
Prisons: Madoff leaves hospital, returns to cell
- Bernard Madoff has left his North Carolina prison's hospital unit and returned to his cell.
Conviction of man for killing his father upheld
- A state appeals court has upheld the conviction of a man sentenced to life in prison for killing his father and dumping his remains in North Carolina.
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