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UNC is holding 15 players out of LSU game

North Carolina has declared six football players ineligible for Saturday’s season-opener against LSU; is withholding at least six others while the investigation continues; and is waiting to establish the eligibility of three more.

UNC press release on the decision
Instant analysis: Worst-case scenario for UNC
'Catastrophic changes' cause Simonini to shut down
By Patrick Scott | E-mail | 12:25PM
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Charlotte-based luxury home builder Simonini Builders is shutting down its homebuilding and renovation businesses because of 'catastrophic changes' in the real estate market.
Companies add 67K workers, but jobless rate rises
Hurricane clears out; crews scramble to open Outer Banks highway
By Steve Lyttle and Bruce Henderson | E-mail | 12:12PM
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Hurricane Earl pulled away from the North Carolina coast this morning, but not before closing the main roadway along the Outer Banks and leaving thousands of customers without power.

Hurricane Earl arrives under cover of darkness
Interactive map: Damage on the coast
Track Hurricane Earl's path
Earl sends tires onto N.C. beach
For residents, a party is a pre-storm ritual
Charlotte bank robbery suspect jailed .... yet again
By Joe Marusak | E-mail | 12:25PM
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Police arrested a Charlotte bank robbery suspect on Thursday after his family said he returned to the bank to give back the money.

Crime & Justice: Arrests, tips, crime maps
Uptown DWI crackdown results in 15 arrests, 88 total charges
By Joe Marusak | E-mail | 7:30AM

Officers from various agencies charged 14 for driving while license revoked, 19 for having no operator's license, two for drug possession and one for alcohol possession by an underage person at two overnight checkpoints in uptown Charlotte.

Slideshow: Mecklenburg County Arrests - 09.02.2010
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Panthers attain goal but little else

Carolina emerges from final exhibition with healthy starters, but still looking for first offensive TD.

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Indy to face team with national star

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Deacons win an impressivle start

It was only Presbyterian, but Wake's 53-13 win is sign of good things to come.

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