AP Wire News en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:40:14 GMT Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:40:14 GMT 5 iNEWS AP Wire Story Listing Generator http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3abc1787-www.wlos.com.shtml FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) -- The Kentucky Board of Education has narrowed the list of candidates for state education commissioner to four candidates. AP News www.wlos.com-3abc1787 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3ebc1615-www.wlos.com.shtml ASHEBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Randolph County as the virus has caused at least two summer camps to close in North Carolina. AP News www.wlos.com-3ebc1615 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3fbc134e-www.wlos.com.shtml CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- The chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says budget cuts are the school should total about 10 percent. AP News www.wlos.com-3fbc134e http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/37bc1381-www.wlos.com.shtml WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A Brunswick County jail inmate has been transferred to a medically secure cell in Raleigh after being diagnosed with tuberculosis. AP News www.wlos.com-37bc1381 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/20bc1331-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Two correctional officers and a former guard have been arrested after at least 11 inmates say they saw them beat an inmate with nightsticks last year while he was handcuffed and shackled at the ankles. AP News www.wlos.com-20bc1331 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/33bc100a-www.wlos.com.shtml CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen Northeast states as a destructive plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the United States. AP News www.wlos.com-33bc100a http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/34bc0bbd-www.wlos.com.shtml FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) -- The commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division and of a task force in Afghanistan plans a news conference by video link to discuss his paratroopers' activities. AP News www.wlos.com-34bc0bbd http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/21bc02c6-www.wlos.com.shtml WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- The military says four soldiers from North Carolina have been killed in Iraq. AP News www.wlos.com-21bc02c6 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/20bc0301-www.wlos.com.shtml UTICA, N.Y. (AP) -- A 20-year-old woman charged with smothering her infant daughter in April 2008 pleaded not guilty in a New York court after being returned from North Carolina on a fugitive warrant. AP News www.wlos.com-20bc0301 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/34bc01cf-www.wlos.com.shtml COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) -- A man convicted of killing a 2-year-old and injuring her mother, aunt and two young cousins in an attack with a car at a McDonald's restaurant three years ago has died in prison. AP News www.wlos.com-34bc01cf http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/2dbc01ba-www.wlos.com.shtml YANCEYVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A jury has acquitted former North Carolina state Sen. Hugh Webster of embezzlement involving $12,000 given him by his aunt. AP News www.wlos.com-2dbc01ba http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/35bc01a2-www.wlos.com.shtml WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- State wildlife officials say a veteran officer will not face charges for fatally shooting a turkey hunter. AP News www.wlos.com-35bc01a2 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/30bbffc8-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The Legislature wants to make permanent an experiment that allowed online vendors to sell tickets above the profit limit set in North Carolina's no-scalping law. AP News www.wlos.com-30bbffc8 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/2abbffc1-www.wlos.com.shtml DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Police officials in North Carolina have arrested a man accused of shooting a Durham police officer Thursday. AP News www.wlos.com-2abbffc1 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/33bbff7d-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A slimy, pulsating creature caught on tape by a robotic camera patrolling Raleigh's sewers has sparked curiosity and horror on YouTube and other Internet video sites. AP News www.wlos.com-33bbff7d http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/3fbbfe85-www.wlos.com.shtml COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Some states are facing their worst fiscal crisis in decades as a prolonged recession collides with historic drops in tax revenue. AP News www.wlos.com-3fbbfe85 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/28bbfe1d-www.wlos.com.shtml GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- A North Carolina university has exceeded its $100 million goal for a five-year fund. AP News www.wlos.com-28bbfe1d http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/25bbfe16-www.wlos.com.shtml RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Gov. Beverly Perdue's stern advice to finish a budget as soon as possible wasn't enough to convince North Carolina lawmakers to work the July 4th weekend. AP News www.wlos.com-25bbfe16 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/34bbfde5-www.wlos.com.shtml BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A judge declined to let Bank of America Corp. repossess two ski lifts from Tamarack Resort. AP News www.wlos.com-34bbfde5 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/23bbfd52-www.wlos.com.shtml CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina-based troops were in the middle of a major operation in Afghanistan that the Marines called the largest Marine offensive since the one in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. AP News www.wlos.com-23bbfd52 http://www.wlos.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.nc/36bbfc47-www.wlos.com.shtml MADISON, N.C. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies in North Carolina have arrested a man who fired at least 30 shots at them from inside his home during a 90-minute stand off. AP News www.wlos.com-36bbfc47 http://www.wlos.com/