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Along with the start of 2010 comes the start of several new laws for North Carolina. The new laws range from increased incentives for the film industry to tightened rules on public smoking. New State Laws: 1. As of midnight Saturday morning, NC law bans people from smoking cigarettes inside eateries. Cigar bars and non-profit […]

“The Game” is set to premiere on January 11, 2011. Join your friends at K97.5’s HipHopNC.com to watch the debut episode of “The Game” and find out how your favorite characters backdoor crazy lives are spinning out of control. Are Derwin and Melanie still in married bliss even with the addition of his outside child? […]

Site:Wral.com    Burglars targeting Chapel Hill businesses   Posted: Jan. 1 5:36 p.m. Updated: Jan. 1 6:23 p.m.   Chapel Hill, N.C. — Eighteen businesses in Chapel Hill have been broken into in the last six weeks, and police said Friday they believe the crimes are linked. The businesses are located within a few miles […]

Via: WRAL.com What was poised to be the most lucrative boxing match in years, possibly ever, is now off the table – at least for now.              A scheduled WBO welterweight title bout March 13 fight between world Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather has been called off by Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum after failing to […]

Via:WRAL.com An off-duty Pitt County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a man who tried to rob him at an automatic teller machine Wednesday night, Greenville police said. Police said that a man armed with a handgun approached the deputy at ATM at the State Employees Credit Union, 2296 Charles Blvd., around 10:30 p.m. The man […]

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Via: WRAL.com A statewide ban on smoking in most restaurants and bars takes effect on Saturday and businesses are taking measures to make sure their customers are aware. State Rep. Deborah Ross, D-Wake, voted for the smoking ban, citing the dangers of secondhand smoke exposure. “It’s about public health. Places where people go out in […]

Via: WRAL.com An investigation is under way after about 300 people had money skimmed from their State Employees Credit Union account. Skimming devices record data from the magnetic strips on the back of financial cards, police said. Criminals place them on card machines to collect data and create counterfeit cards. They combine the data with […]

Last week at Mary J Blige Album Release Party for her new CD stronger rumor has it that Mary Slapped her Husband for paying to much attention to a waitress. There was another story that Mary’s husband and brother got into an altercation and that is what caused Mary to Slap her hubby. Whatever it […]

Via: WRAL.com Rocky Mount police officers are searching for Risheem Robinson, 18, who was accused of shooting inside Golden East Crossing Mall, at 1100 N. Wesleyan Blvd., around 7 p.m. Saturday. Robinson shot at three young men – ages 16, 15 and 14 – in the mall’s common area near the entrance to Best Buy, Rocky Mount […]

Via: WRAL.com A Raleigh man who was the victim of a hit-and-run crash early Sunday was in serious condition at WakeMed with a fractured neck, according to troopers who said they are trying to find the other driver. Jimmy Lee Brown, 49, was driving a Geo Prism about 65 mph on Interstate 40 East near […]

Via: WRAL Sgt. Leo McKeithan is among the more than 4,000 North Carolina National Guard Soldiers with the 30th Brigade who are currently serving in Iraq this Christmas. “This is the first time we’ve actually been away from each other since we’ve been married this long, especially this is our first Christmas not being together […]