Congress backs nonbinding pullout push from Haiti
World Congress urges rapid U S withdrawal from Haiti as Senate and House pass nonbinding resolutions urging leadership to end the mission promptly. They demand a presidential statement within seven days and a report by Jan 1 on rights violations, while avoiding a fixed deadline that could endanger troops.
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Bubbleland State eyes first underwater park project
Photographer Sharon Lord named artist of the month as Life ECU seeks a football victory at South Carolina. Coverage notes paused sports segment highlighting ongoing campus initiatives and a key road game.
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Sharon Lord
ECU
South Carolina
Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Michael McGay Reeves
The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Michael McGay Reeves who pleaded guilty to the 1989 sexual murder of Susan Toler in Ernul. Reeves, an ex Marine with prior sexual assault convictions, was sentenced to death in 1992 and remains on death row. The case involved pre trial publicity and relocation of the trial from Craven to Carteret County.
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Raleigh
Susan Toler
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Carteret County
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Herbert O. Phillips
Craven County
Cherry Point
Marine Corps Air Station
Fired cop loses reinstatement bid in River Bend
River Bend town council voted 4-1 to uphold the termination of police officer Ann James after a 2 1/2 hour personnel hearing. James’ attorney said she plans to sue the council members and Police Chief Gorman Kennedy for libel and slander and will file a sex discrimination complaint with the EEOC after the hearing.
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Ann James
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New Bern
David Voerman
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Gurman Kennedy
Military study could lift Transpark project in North Carolina
Maj. Gen. George Babbitt of the Defense Logistics Agency told residents at Mount Olive College that a pilot program to speed military supply distribution is under study as Defense Department downsizes stockpiles. He said the plan would improve service and cut costs for taxpayers. Local officials call it a breakthrough in thinking for the Transpark, a modern cargo airport concept tied to existing Kinston Jetport and a potentially funded runway upgrade.
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Defense Logistics Agency
Mount Olive College
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Transpark
Jim
Kinston
Jobless rate at four-year low sparks market jitters
The Labor Department reported a September unemployment rate of 5.9 percent, the lowest in four years, with 239000 new non-farm jobs added. The figure, down from 6.1 percent in August, spooks markets fearing inflation and likely Fed rate hikes, though some analysts call the data not yet alarming. In North Carolina the rate was 5.1 percent.
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David Orr
First Union Corp
Charlotte
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