Parolee charged in Roseboro slayings
Roseboro man John Street Parker, 20, released from prison in June, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Roseboro Commissioner James Alabama Buchanan, 52, and tenant Jerry Dowdy, 50. Dowdy was found beaten in the upstairs apartment. Buchanan’s fire-damaged bed was discovered after the killings.
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Roseboro
John Street Parker
Onslow County Mental Health Center
Jacksonville
Parker
James
Alabama
Buchanan
Jerry Dowdy
Dowdy
Southern Baptists contemplate secession plans over Texas vote
Conservatives warn of possible split from the Texas Baptist Convention if the statewide vote fails. Walt Car, Houston attorney, says a new association would stay dormant unless the Baptist General Convention of Texas delegates approve the moderates plan. If approved at the two day annual meeting starting October 31 in Amarillo, contingency action remains possible.
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Austin
Southern Baptist
Texas Baptist Convention
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Walt Car
Houston
Austin American-Statesman
Amarillo
USAir traffic shows only small gain after fatal crash
USAir reported a 4.9 percent rise in passenger traffic last month, the smallest gain in seven months and the first sign the Sept 8 crash reduced bookings. Analysts noted business travel rebounded while leisure traffic improved, though overall growth lagged prior double‑digit rises as fares were cut to compete with Continental and South.
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New York
Usair
David Shipley
Usair Shipley
Continental
Siler City man with TB gets six months in prison hospital
Sergio Escobar, 35, of Mexico, was sentenced to six months in a prison hospital after refusing medicine to prevent spread of tuberculosis. He sat in court wearing a mask as his attorney explained his position while officials acted on the case.
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Pittsboro
Siler City
Sergio Escobar
Mexico
Escobar
Richardson
Legislator warns Hunt over interagency wetlands clash
In Raleigh the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee heard EMC and DOT clash over new wetlands rules. EMC says the rules codify practice already used to issue disturbance permits for highways. Rep McLaughlin pressed for accountability, noting governors’ ultimate authority.
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Raleigh
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Management Commission
Department of Transportation
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee On Highways
EMC
DOT
John McLaughlin
D-Mecklenburg
Dan Besse
Larry Goode
McLaughlin
Man kills girl and self in East Bend case
Authorities say a murder suicide left Nikki Gardola a 12 year old girl and Dominador Baldillo known as Nick 22 dead. Police believe Baldillo kidnapped Nikki from her seventh grade class at Fall Creek School after attacking his ex girlfriend Guia Molina with a shotgun at Yadkin Nursing Center Tuesday morning.
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East Bend
Nikki Gardola
Nick’’ Lodronio Baldillo
Surry County
Baldillo
Nikki
Fall Creek School
Guia Molina
Yadkin Nursing Center
Marine second apparent death by own action in Haiti
Lance Cpl Maurice A Williams 21 of Camp Lejeune 2nd Marine Regiment died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound aboard the USS Nashville while in Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico. Williams was among 1800 Marines on ships leaving northern Haiti. investigation ongoing. Spc Alejandro Robles Los Angeles died Sept 27 from an apparent personal safety related gunshot wound in Haiti at Villa d Accueil where troops prepared to house Haitian parliament members.
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Washington
Camp Lejeune
2Nd Marine Regiment
U.S
Haiti
Lance Cpl
Maurice A. Williams
Nashville
Pentagon
Williams
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Detroit
Mich
Wasp
Spc
Alejandro Robles
Los Angeles
10Th Mountain Division
Fort Drum
N.Y
Suit expands fight over how NC funds education
Six urban districts join five rural counties in halifax county court to challenge North Carolina’s funding formula. They argue per student enrollment ignores local poverty and living costs, leaving low income students with fewer resources. The case could reshape school finance for all NC districts.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Halifax County Superior Court
Wake
Durham
Asheville
Buncombe
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Winston-Salem
Forsyth
Vance
Halifax
Robeson
Cumberland
Hoke
Edwin Speas
Speas
Frank Yeager
Buncombe County
Jordan hearing set for Dec. 5
In Lumberton the next hearing for two teenagers charged with killing Michael Jordan's father is scheduled to begin December 5. Court administrator Kim Tucker said the week is set aside by Superior Court Judge Gregory Weeks to hear motions pleas and possibly set a trial Weeks is considering a motion from one defendant to dismiss.
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Lumberton
Michael Jordan
Kim Tucker
Superior Court
Gregory Weeks
Weeks
Sickness and mood disorders in medical care
Dr. Robert Lynn explains psychiatry links body and mind and how illnesses such as diabetes thyroid issues and medications can mimic anxiety and depression. He notes most mood issues respond to combined medication and psychotherapy and details his path and practice in North Carolina.
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Lynn
Memorial Hospital-Sloan Kettering Institute
New York
North Carolina
New Bern
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Smokey Bear
Cleveland County Fairgrounds
Shelby
Hunt
United States
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Jordan
Lee Bea Ee
Havelock
Ama Et Pricea
Fear
Z. Cavaricci
Calvin Klein
Maurices
Robert Lynn, M.D
Board of Psychiatry and
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