Man injured in Sprint blast faces federal charges
YOUNGSVILLE AP The man whose hand was injured when a small bomb exploded at a Sprint regional office was charged Wednesday with possessing an unregistered explosive device. Christopher Scott McMillan 37 of Durham was treated at WakeMed after the incident and taken into custody following his hospital release as prosecutors prepared a federal court hearing. Federal agents said probable cause tied him to the explosives. A second device was found nearby and detonated by a bomb squad. About 600 workers occupy the building. nearly 400 were evacuated.
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Sprint
Christopher Scott McMillan
Durham
WakeMed Hospital
James Mercer
ATF
McMillan
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Franklin County
Robert Redmond
State Bureau of Investigation
Redmond
Legislature approves nonpartisan district judge races
North Carolina lawmakers approved a bill to make District Court judge campaigns nonpartisan, matching a change already made for Superior Court judges. The measure, 32-12 in the Senate, now awaits Gov. Mike Easley’s signature amid debate over politics in the judiciary.
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Raleigh
Senate
Mike Easley
North Carolina House OKs Patients Rights bill
The House approved a patients rights bill 114 to 1 allowing lawsuits against insurers denying needed care. It creates an independent review panel whose binding decisions curb insurer denials, with expedited review if life or health are at risk.
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Raleigh
State House
Phil Baddour
Dwayne
North Carolina
House
Easley
Senate
Washington
Census Fight Over Utah Seat Grows From Interpretation
Utah argues the 2000 census used impractical head counts and imputations, affecting an extra U.S. House seat. North Carolina counters that the Constitution allows a non literal enumeration and that census methods since 1960 include imputations to reach statewide totals.
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Salt Lake City
U.S
North Carolina
Utah
Census Bureau
James Smith
Attorney General response to Frye petition seeks no stay
RALEIGH AP A death row inmate Frye argues defense counsel bungled his case by drinking, but the attorney general Roy Cooper says no compelling reason supports a stay. Frye, 42, is set for 2 am Friday execution for the 1993 stabbing death and robbery of Ralph Childress in Catawba County.
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Attorney General
Ronald Wayne Frye
U.S. Supreme Court
Roy Cooper
Frye
Ralph Childress
Catawba County
North Carolina
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