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Sunshine, warm temps through the weekend...
After days of clouds and rain, this weekend will start off with sunny skies and warm temperatures with highs in the lower 70’s. Expect mostly clear skies Saturday night with lows around 50, and east winds at 5-10 mph. Mostly sunny skies are expected to prevail through the weekend as well as through the middle of the week, with high
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Beaufort Sheriff's Office makes arrest in Easter shooting
Investigators say they have arrested a subject in connection with the Easter Sunday shooting incident that killed 40-year old Darryl Greene. 42 year old Natalie Garriett was arrested Thursday on a charge of Accessory to a Felony After the Fact. Garriett has since been released from custody on a $25,000 recognizance bond. Investigators identified Garriett during the course of the still-ongoing
National
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Boyfriend sentenced in NY cold-case killing
NEW YORK (AP) — A man will spend 18 years to life in prison for the grisly beheading of his pregnant girlfriend in New York City in 1989. Philip Ward was sentenced Friday in Manhattan and gave a tearful apology. He pleaded guilty to murder on March 22 in the death of Veronica Bowen. Ward already is in prison for
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Oddsmakers favor Michigan-Louisville title game
ATLANTA (AP) — If the oddsmakers are right, Saturday night will end with Louisville and Michigan in the NCAA tournament final. The Cardinals are still favored to win the national championship, but if you're bracket is long busted and you're just looking to pull for an underdog, then you can't go wrong with Wichita State. Louisville is picked over Wichita
World
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Venezuela's Maduro won't last, opponent says
MARACAY, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate says he'll cut off subsidized oil to Cuba, distance his country from nations that disrespect human rights and shore up the South American country's own troubled economy with the billions it now sends abroad to socialist friends. Henrique Capriles also tells The Associated Press in an interview that he will seek better
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German day care director freed from intruder
BERLIN (AP) — A knife-wielding man entered a German day care facility for children and took its director hostage before police freed the captive hours later. Friday's standoff didn't involve any children at the facility in a Cologne suburb. Seventeen children and their supervisor were there when it started but quickly left the building. The intruder held the facility's 51-year-old
Business
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Stocks decline on Wall Street following weak jobs report
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street after the U.S. government reported a sharp slowdown in hiring last month. The Labor Department said hiring was the weakest in nine months. The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 40 points at 14,565, a loss of 0.3 percent. It had been down as much as 171 points in
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Kraft CEO paid nearly $7 million in 2012
NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Foods CEO Tony Vernon got a big pay bump last year after rising to the top spot as part of the company's split with its global snack business. Vernon was given a pay package worth $6.8 million in 2012, according to a filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. That's up 49
State
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Lead poisoning toll revised to 1 in 38 young kids
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say more than half a million young children are now believed to have lead poisoning in the United States. The figure is roughly twice the previous high estimate. But that's because the government last year lowered the threshold for lead poisoning, so now more children are considered at risk. Too much lead can be
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Explosion at Ga. power plant under investigation
EUHARLEE, Ga. (AP) — Bartow County fire officials have confirmed they're investigating an explosion at a Georgia Power plant. Authorities Thursday said they were on the scene at Plant Bowen in Euharlee — about 50 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. Georgia Power representatives and fire officials were unsure of if anyone was injured, and details on what led to the
Product Recalls
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Rich Products expands frozen food recall
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Rich Products Corp. is now recalling all of the frozen snack foods produced at its Waycross, Ga., plant. The Buffalo, N.Y., company last week announced a voluntary recall of certain Farm Rich and Market Day products because of possible E. coli contamination. It has now expanded the recall to include everything made at the Georgia plant.
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Company recalls pet foods due to salmonella risk
MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut pet food company is recalling three frozen varieties of its foods for dogs and cats because of possible salmonella contamination. Manchester-based Bravo! on Wednesday issued the voluntary recall for varieties of its Chicken Balance, Chicken Blend and Beef Blend Burgers products that were made on specific days. Details about the recalled products can be