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Apr 4, 2011 at 12:07 pm

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Duke Lacrosse Rape Accuser Charged With Stabbing Boyfriend

Duke Lacrosse Rape Accuser Charged With Stabbing Boyfriend

DURHAM, N.C. – Crystal Mangum, the Durham woman known for falsely accusing three Duke University lacrosse players of rape in 2006, is accused of stabbing her boyfriend early Sunday.

Mangum, 32, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. She is being held without bond.

Investigators believe that Mangum stabbed her 46-year-old boyfriend in the torso during a dispute, police spokeswoman Kammie Michael told CBS affiliate

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Randy Dennis

Mar 29, 2011 at 7:26 pm

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Neighborhood Hit By Mortgage Crisis Battles Back

Neighborhood Hit By Mortgage Crisis Battles Back

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina  — There’s only one way in to Windy Ridge — across freight train tracks that zipper up the subdivision on three sides. Living room windows offer views of a cardboard box factory and a Pepsi bottling plant. It’s an unlikely place to come looking for the American Dream.

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Randy Dennis

Feb 22, 2011 at 10:19 am

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Malcolm X’s Daughter Arrested For Identity Theft

Malcolm X’s Daughter Arrested For Identity Theft

NORTH CAROLINA- Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X was arrested in Mars Hill, North Carolina and charged with identity theft.

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The New York Times reports:

The warrant included charges of grand larceny and identity theft. A law enforcement official said Ms. Shabazz was accused of stealing the identity of a family friend, the widow of one of Malcolm X’s bodyguards, and taking about

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Randy Dennis

Jan 17, 2011 at 11:57 am

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Case Of Missing N.C. Honor Student Still A Mystery After 2 Weeks

Case Of Missing N.C. Honor Student Still A Mystery After 2 Weeks

North Carolina– The mother of a missing 17-year-old honor student from North Carolina said she was stunned to learn that “20 different guys” passed through the home where the girl was staying and that the girl was allowed to drink alcohol while visiting family in Baltimore.

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Randy Dennis

Jan 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm

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FBI Steps In To Help Police Find Missing N.C. Teen

FBI Steps In To Help Police Find Missing N.C. Teen

BALTIMORE, MD — The FBI is now in on the search to find a missing teen from our state.

Phylicia Barnes was reported missing last week while she was in Baltimore to visit family. Barnes, who is from Monroe, North Carolina, left the apartment she was staying at on December 28 to get something to eat and she never came back.

Pictures of Barnes are plastered all over Baltimore and police say while they have executed several search warrants so far nothing has turned up.

Barnes has no history of running away and was on track to graduate from high school.

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Randy Dennis

Jan 6, 2011 at 12:05 pm

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Phylicia Barnes Still Missing, Continue Looking Baltimore

Phylicia Barnes Still Missing, Continue Looking Baltimore

Concerned facebookers created a page in honor of the missing teen. Click here to share thoughts and prayers for Phylicia Barnes.

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Randy Dennis

Nov 29, 2010 at 4:21 pm

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Authorities Investigate Whether Teen’s Mutilated Body Fell From Plane

Authorities Investigate Whether Teen’s Mutilated Body Fell From Plane

Authorities are working to determine whether the mutilated body of Delvonte Tisdale, a North Carolina student, found in a Boston suburb fell from a plane.

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Oct 15, 2010 at 7:00 am

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General Johnson From Chairmen Of The Board Dies At 67

General Johnson From Chairmen Of The Board Dies At 67

General Norman Johnson, the lead singer for Chairmen Of The Board has died at 67, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

General Norman Johnson, lead singer of the soul vocal trio Chairmen of the Board, died Wednesday at age 67.

His group was best known for the song “Give Me Just a Little More Time,” a favorite of Carolina beach music and shag dancing aficionados. It’s a defining song of the Southern soul sub-genre.

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Randy Dennis

Aug 28, 2010 at 1:24 pm

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NC Man Waits For ‘Ghost Train,’ Killed By Real One

NC Man Waits For ‘Ghost Train,’ Killed By Real One

Authorities say a man who was waiting with several friends for a “ghost train” from a North Carolina legend was killed when a real train came down the tracks.

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Randy Dennis

Aug 27, 2010 at 8:24 am

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Domino’s Pizza Receipt Said “N-Words Don’t Tip”

Domino’s Pizza Receipt Said “N-Words Don’t Tip”

An in Apex, NC, woman found the words “N**GER” and “DON’T TIP” on her receipt after ordering pizza from them. After she complained, the driver was fired and she claims she has been receiving threatening phone calls after the incident.

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Randy Dennis

Aug 23, 2010 at 2:12 pm

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North Carolina Inmates Allege Bias, Challenge Death Sentences

North Carolina Inmates Allege Bias, Challenge Death Sentences

The Racial Justice Act, only the second of its kind in the United States, has given inmates sentenced to death in North Carolina a potential route to relief. As of today, 114 death row inmates there have filed motions asserting their sentences were tainted by racial bias. While the individual circumstances in each case differ dramatically, from domestic violence to at least one case of serial murders, if they can prove they received the death penalty due in part to

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Mykel Hunter

Aug 23, 2010 at 11:29 am

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Fantasia Admits Overdose Was Suicide Attempt “I Wanted Out”

Fantasia Admits Overdose Was Suicide Attempt “I Wanted Out”

People Magazine is reporting that Fantasia has admitted that her recent overdose was a suicide attempt.

“I didn’t have any fight in me. I didn’t care about anything. I just wanted out,” the American Idol winner, 26, tells VH1 in a new Behind the Music interview, airing 9 p.m. ET/PT Tuesday, the same day her new album, Back to Me, is released. “At that moment, I wanted out. I wanted it

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Randy Dennis

Aug 19, 2010 at 10:01 am

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Prison Summer Camps Allow Inmates To See Their Children

Prison Summer Camps Allow Inmates To See Their Children

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Aug 12, 2010 at 12:06 pm

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Police Say Fantasia’s Ovedose Was Suicide Try

Police Say Fantasia’s Ovedose Was Suicide Try

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police believed they were responding to an attempted suicide after “American Idol” winner Fantasia overdosed on aspirin and other pills at her home in Charlotte, but her manager says she wasn’t trying to kill herself.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police report released Wednesday did not name the victim but Fantasia’s manager confirmed that she overdosed. A man told a 911 dispatcher that she took a bottle of aspirin and was slowly

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Randy Dennis

Jul 29, 2010 at 12:27 pm

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Black Chemists Create New Hair Care Line: “Tea And Honey Blends”

Black Chemists Create New Hair Care Line: “Tea And Honey Blends”

From AtlantaPost.com:

When it comes to black hair care products, women of color are rarely faithful to one line. The dilemma can lead to overwhelmed bathroom cabinets for many women but also aid a vast open market market for hair care manufacturers.

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