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<title><![CDATA[Local police allow officers to upgrade firepower, use semi-automatic rifles]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[After a series of mass shootings involving high-powered rifles across the country, police officers in Nashville's Metro Police Department are the latest to upgrade their firepower. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NC lawmakers join growing push to eliminate state income tax]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:29:12 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As Washington bickers over raising taxes, North Carolina has joined a growing list of states that are moving in the opposite direction by looking to eliminate the income tax altogether.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA['There is no plan': Looming defense cuts already have contractors shedding jobs]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[With a March 1 deadline looming for Congress to once again strike a deal in order to avoid $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts -- including $500 billion at the Pentagon -- some companies that rely on the defense industry are already bracing for the worst by canceling contracts and laying off workers.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gun owners, critics face off over recent firearms shows in wake of deadly shootings]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:09:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A recent spate of planned gun shows has ignited controversy following the deadly mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., and Aurora, Colo., last year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[North Carolina law lets high school students register before legal voting age]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A unique North Carolina law requires county elections officials to hold voter registration drives on high school campuses each year – even before students are of legal age to vote.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FDA expands recall list of tainted drugs as meningitis outbreak grows to 47 cases]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 05 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Federal health officials have expanded the recall list of potentially contaminated injectable medications suspected in a multi-state meningitis outbreak and the death of five people]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Meningitis outbreak growing in Tennessee, expands to North Carolina and other states]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Five new cases of meningitis have been confirmed in the past 24 hours in Tennessee, while at least one case has been confirmed in North Carolina - and the outbreak could potentially spread to other states]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[North Carolina town plans to ticket drivers for any cellphone use]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chapel Hill, home to the University of North Carolina, is the first municipality in the nation to enact a complete ban on all cellphone use in cars, including hands-free devices, such as Bluetooth and speakerphones.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New radar technology to boost accuracy, save lives]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With 1,706 confirmed tornadoes, last year was an exceptionally destructive and deadly year in the United States. 550 people died -- almost as many deaths as the past ten years combined. The National Weather Service is hoping that new radar technology upgrades will help them better predict severe weather this year and save lives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Homeowners in Alabama forced to pick up the pieces, again]]></title>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Homeowners in Harvest, Alabama can't believe that they are picking up the pieces once again after their homes were ripped apart during a massive nationwide tornado outbreak Saturday. ]]></description>
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