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Some stay, some flee as Earl approaches

By Mike Baker, The Associated Press, The News & Record (Greensboro)

BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl blew toward the Eastern Seaboard on Thursday as a major storm with winds of around 145 mph as forecasters tried to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest gales and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands.
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DOT finds less clearance than planned under new I-40 bridge

By Mark Binker, The News & Record (Greensboro)

Call it the case of the missing 8 inches.
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Hurricane Earl, at Category 4, heads toward N.C. and Va.

By Erin James and Lauren King, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)

Earl, a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph this morning, is making a run toward the North Carolina and Virginia coasts. Read More

Rhetoric trumps realism in campaigns for governor

By Pamela M. Prah, Stateline Staff Writer

There’s no shortage of reform ideas in this year’s gubernatorial campaigns. But there aren’t many specifics about how the huge budget gaps that exist in most states can be resolved. Read More

Gov. Beverly Perdue (D)
Elected: November 2008
Term expires: January 2013

	State capital: Raleigh
	State nickname: The Tar Heel State
	Lt. Gov. Walter Dalton (D)
	Secretary of State Elaine Marshall (D)
	Attorney General Roy Cooper (D)
	Senate President Pro Tempore: Marc Basnight (D)
	House Speaker: Joe Hackney (D)

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