AP Wire News en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:20:15 GMT Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:20:15 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/39d42eb7-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's state treasurer has unveiled rules banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency. AP News www.wlos.com-39d42eb7 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/34d42e5f-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The head of the Republican Party in a North Carolina county wants election officials to check on Clay Aiken's registration after a political outburst. AP News www.wlos.com-34d42e5f http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/2dd42daa-www.wlos.com.shtml CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- A civilian psychiatrist says Marines treated at Camp Lejeune had to undergo treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder for nearly two years in temporary trailers where servicemen could hear bomb blasts, war cries and machine-gun fire. AP News www.wlos.com-2dd42daa http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/2cd42b3f-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A poll says North Carolina residents like electing their judges, but some are open to letting an independent commission appoint them. AP News www.wlos.com-2cd42b3f http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3bd42862-www.wlos.com.shtml FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home. AP News www.wlos.com-3bd42862 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/25d42766-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's unemployment rate rose slightly to 11 percent in October, a fraction off its historic peak earlier this year and the ninth straight month in double digits. AP News www.wlos.com-25d42766 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/33d426e0-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina doctor could lose his medical license after a patient complained he made cutting criticisms, including telling her she was fat. AP News www.wlos.com-33d426e0 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/38d42692-www.wlos.com.shtml GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- One of the country's largest medical sample testing companies could get nearly $900,000 in taxpayer incentives if it consolidates billing operations in North Carolina. AP News www.wlos.com-38d42692 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/20d42661-www.wlos.com.shtml YADKINVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina judge has issued an order preventing a committee in Yadkin County from meeting to discuss overhauling plans for a jail to replace a closed lockup. AP News www.wlos.com-20d42661 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3bd4261a-www.wlos.com.shtml CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison after new DNA evidence tied him to the 1995 slaying of a woman who rejected him. AP News www.wlos.com-3bd4261a http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3ed42571-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Four female inmates say North Carolina's prisons subjected them and other prisoners to sexual violence and harassment amounting to cruel and unusual punishment. AP News www.wlos.com-3ed42571 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/39d4224e-www.wlos.com.shtml GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Authorities say a huge generator being hauled across South Carolina to a North Carolina utility plant will be spending the next several days making it through one county. AP News www.wlos.com-39d4224e http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/24d421ab-www.wlos.com.shtml CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.(AP) -- The Marine Corps special operations unit is getting a new commander and a new headquarters. AP News www.wlos.com-24d421ab http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/2bd421aa-www.wlos.com.shtml GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Artifacts from the shipwreck of what's believed to have been Blackbeard's flagship will be shown off in an eastern North Carolina lab. AP News www.wlos.com-2bd421aa http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3dd421a9-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's unemployment figures for October could show whether a predicted late-year jobs crunch is hitting the state economy. AP News www.wlos.com-3dd421a9 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/35d41d8c-www.wlos.com.shtml CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving away nearly 24,000 vouchers to North Carolina residents who want to improve their computer skills so they can improve their lot in the work force. AP News www.wlos.com-35d41d8c http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/36d41abc-www.wlos.com.shtml FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Police in North Carolina say they will bring new charges in the case of a 5-year-old girl whose body was found nearly a week after a man is accused of kidnapping her from her Fayetteville home. AP News www.wlos.com-36d41abc http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3ed419e9-www.wlos.com.shtml ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A former North Carolina firefighter pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after shooting at a man riding a bicycle with his wife and 4-year-old son because he was concerned for the child's safety. AP News www.wlos.com-3ed419e9 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/22d418ee-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- State Sen. Julia Boseman says she won't seek a fourth term in the Senate next year, citing family responsibilities. AP News www.wlos.com-22d418ee http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/2bd417ad-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- An environmental regulator in North Carolina state government has traveled to the federal courthouse where prosecutors are seeking information about former Gov. Mike Easley. AP News www.wlos.com-2bd417ad http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/29d415a7-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- An 84-year-old North Carolina motorist has been sentenced for hitting and killing a child at a school bus stop. AP News www.wlos.com-29d415a7 http://www.wlos.com/