Auditor audits four years as town budget lags behind
Auditor Hancock, hired in April, reviews four years of audits and aims to finish a new town budget by October as state officials note delays. The Local Government Commission flagged multiple audit problems including misreported assets, unexplained income, incorrect grant names, and missing compliance reports.
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Opening prices drop for Craven County crop sales
Jim Brown of Brown's Farm in the Brices Creek area of Craven County noted opening paid prices were 8 to 10 cents cheaper than last year. He questioned what the funds were used for and why the opening payment differed from prior seasons.
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Farmer Brown Bids First Day Tobacco Market Carryover
Life long farmer Brown said he would stay in the tobacco business until it ends. He brought 5,000 pounds of carryover for first day bidding and plans weekly market visits for the rest of the season that runs.
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Tobacco Prices Dip as Farmers Debate Rights and Futures
Market notes show an early season decline with an average price of 166.63 per hundred pounds, down 6.64 from last year. Lower and carryover leaves sold within narrow ranges, while some farmers rejected bids. Langdon defends farming amid critics and stresses tobacco growers' rights in designated areas.
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Exum, Snow Hill Native, Four Decades on North Carolina Courts
Exum, a NYU Law graduate from Snow Hill, was appointed to the Superior Court bench in 1967 at 31, won election to the Supreme Court in 1974, and plans retirement with a library of Kennedy biographies Churchill writings and works on religious and English history in Greensboro.
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Refugees face spring contamination and mass burials in Goma
About 2,500 French troops dig mass graves with earth movers and blasts to handle burials and protect refugees, but lack of forces hinders both tasks. UNHCR spokesman Wilkinson says U.N. officials pressed Brig. Gen. Jack Nix and Washington to send help within 48 hours. Meanwhile U.S. forces plan to expand from 750 to 4,000 troops, with Lt. Gen. Daniel Schroeder arriving to oversee refugee return efforts and U.S. Air Forces advisers increasing at Goma Airport to ease aid traffic.
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Rwanda
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Kigali
Robert Mirelson
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Simpson judge clears way for DNA testing of blood samples
In Los Angeles a judge allowed DNA testing of blood from the O J Simpson case after defense experts were permitted to remove 10 percent of each sample before testing. The defense must use the lab's equipment and samples will be stored at the lab while Ito weighs if independent tests are allowed. The case centers on the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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Los Angeles
Lance Ito
Ito
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Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour Across United States
The Rolling Stones plan a 43 city 58 date North American tour opening in Washington to support Voodoo Lounge. Darryl Jones replaces bass, and Raleigh CT date set for Sept 7 while album debuts at No 2 on Billboard. The article spans fan demographics, pricing, and tour logistics.
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Scott Mewborn on reading hiking and tobacco policy in Richmond
Scott Mewborn a Richmond Virginia television producer says he enjoys reading and hiking in his spare time He weighs in on government involvement in tobacco research and taxation noting tobacco farmers may suffer but unsure if overall people benefit from government action He questions government influence on the industry.
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Just say no to metric push and its backers
Bob Greene argues against adopting the metric system in the United States, noting repeated political attempts since Jefferson and a 1990s campaign to convert road signs. He cites polls showing widespread public opposition, a history of resistance, and says the American measure system helped sustain national industry.
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U.S. Congress
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