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Politics
  1. Defense rests without calling Edwards, mistress
  2. Car inspection industry squelches bill to end required checks for new cars
  3. Fracking bill advances in N.C. legislature
  4. Theft charges filed against ex-US House candidate
  5. Wake transit tax referendum unlikely after poll finds weak support
  6. N.C. governor’s race closer than expected
  7. GOP ad attacking Democrat Walter Dalton distorts truth
  8. Former Raleigh mayor Tomlinson remembered as visionary
  9. Wake won’t guarantee bus service to 470 students
  10. Orange County budget projects no tax increase, employee raises