New Hanover News & Notes - Debate tournament; all-state band
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:03:53 -0400
Fields Pierce, a senior at Cape Fear Academy, won a national qualifier spot at the 2012 Lincoln Financial Group/National Forensics League National Speech & Debate Tournament.
Former crew members gather for USS North Carolina reunion
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:05 -0400
Event includes focus on book recounting black sailor's experience.
Former detective guilty of sex charge
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:22:49 -0400
A former Brunswick County sheriff's sergeant was sentenced to prison earlier this month for molesting a juvenile under 16.
Authorities say murder suspect has gang ties
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:06:46 -0400
Guerrero faces one count of first-degree murder in the killing of 22-year-old David McPhatter.
CFPUA looks at possible pay raises
Thu, 17 May 2012 01:53:01 -0400
A proposed budget includes more than $757,000 in salary raises for 285 employees.
N.C. prepares for swarm of Africanized bees
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:09:15 -0400
If it weren't true, the history of the Africanized honey bee would sound like the plot from a B horror film.
GOP lawmakers float 2 measures to restrict annexation
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:05:28 -0400
Two separate annexation bills were approved by two state Senate committees on Wednesday.
Mayfaire theater to get IMAX system
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:04:35 -0400
Ballpark proposal didn't include a possible location
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:06:05 -0400
More info wanted on stadium plan
41 candidates apply for CFCC president opening
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:28:40 -0400
Autopsy set for Mary Kennedy
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:26:38 -0400
A New York medical examiner will begin an autopsy Thursday on Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was found dead at her Westchester County home.
Mladic gestures death threats in court
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:25:26 -0400
Seventeen years after the end of the war, Ratko Mladic gives the impression he is still on the battlefield in what was once Yugoslavia, staring down his enemy, glowering across the courtroom. Even gesticulating death threats.
Skechers fined $40M for butt-tone claim
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:29:28 -0400
Skechers agreed to pay a hefty $40 million fine to settle charges of deceiving consumers by making "unfounded claims" that its Shape-ups shoes would help people "lose weight, and strengthen and tone their buttocks, legs and abdominal muscles," the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday.
Go-go music pioneer Chuck Brown dies
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:40:13 -0400
Chuck Brown, known as the "Godfather of Go-Go," a genre blending funk, jazz and soul and other musical forms, died Wednesday, his manager said.
New flesh-eating bacteria case reported
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:34 -0400
The University of West Georgia graduate student infected with rare "flesh-eating" bacteria has proven to be "amazingly resilient," her father said Wednesday, and a second apparent case has been reported.
Fear and confusion rule in Greece
Thu, 17 May 2012 02:28:16 -0400
Confusion, fear, frustration -- emotions are running high among Greece's people as they face the prospect of new elections next month and massive uncertainty over the country's economic future.
200-year-old shipwreck found in Gulf
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:56:39 -0400
A wooden ship believed to be over 200 years old was discovered during a recent exploration of the northern Gulf of Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S. National Oceanic and Astmospheric Administration (NOAA).
President honors fallen Vietnam hero
Wed, 16 May 2012 23:41:00 -0400
President Barack Obama, in awarding a posthumous Medal of Honor to a Vietnam hero Wednesday, paid tribute to soldiers who received a cold reception when they returned home from the Southeast Asian war.
Castellanos: Obama campaign is a mess
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:52:15 -0400
Alex Castellanos says that Team Obama has turned the onetime candidate of hope and change into a ferociously political animal.
Natural causes in 'Swamp People' death
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:36:14 -0400
Autopsy results on Mitchell Guist, a star of the reality TV show "Swamp People," should be ready Wednesday, a local sheriff in Louisiana said.