Gambling profits lure would be Cherokees report
Thousands call seeking Cherokee membership as casino profits tempt would-be members. Enroll ment officer Millie Queen notes many inquiries fade after uncovering the requirements plus concerns over bogus heritage claims.
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Millie Queen
Asheville
Defense moves preemptive strike against death penalty
In Robeson County, lawyers for Daniel Andre Green and co defendant Larry Martin Demery challenge plans to seek the death penalty if convicted for the July 23 1993 killing of James Jordan. The defense questions the 1990 assault conviction used to justify capital punishment and argues Green lacked proper legal representation. The motion for appropriate relief delays the trial as a judge reexamines the assault case and considers other aggravating factors.
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Michael Jordan
Robeson County
Johnson Britt
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Gregory Weeks
Daniel Green
Britt
Robert Ellison
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Elrod
Jordan
Rhode Island
Hatcheries could bolster North Carolina saltwater fishing
At the Marine Recreational Fishing Forum in Raleigh experts urged hatcheries as a tool to restore dwindling coastal fish like red drum and summer flounder. Texas case shows success with red drum. NC would need funding via a proposed saltwater license and measures to curb fishing pressure and pollution.
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North Carolina
Texas
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Italy
Larry McEachron
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
John M. Miller
North Carolina State University
Miller
NCSU
McEachron
Ncsu McKimmon Center
North Carolina Sea Grant College Program
Republicans Wrestle With Pork Barrel Spending
Raleigh AP report on North Carolina House Republicans debating a clear definition of pork barrel spending. They clash over whether state funds for local projects qualify, weighing a $16 million package for forest resources against broader agency budgets and Governor Hunt proposals.
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House
State Museum of History
East Nowhere
Division of Forest Resources
John Brown
R-Wilkes
North Carolina
Jim Hunt
Nucor Presses SC for Protections Ahead of Berkeley Plant
Charlotte based Nucor Corp seeks protection from high electricity costs and taxes before building a $500 million plant in Berkeley County South Carolina. It asks to use an 18 mile rail line from a Cooper River dock to the site and negotiates real time power pricing with Santee Cooper.
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Nucor Corp
Santee Cooper
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John Correnti
King William County
Richmond
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgetown Steel
Graham Edwards
Correnti
Ken Iverson
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