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State lawmaker calls for gas tax holiday

Presidential candidates have debated temporarily suspending the federal gas tax. Now, state lawmakers are looking at a gas tax holiday this summer.

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    Red tape forcing man to give up pet bobcat

    North Carolina wildlife officials say a Lenoir County man must surrender his cat, because its species is native to the state. There's no state law, however, governing exotic animals.

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    Student victims of beach house fire remembered

    A cross-shaped memorial was unveiled Friday at Ocean Isle Beach to honor seven South Carolina college students killed in a beach house fire last October.

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    911 caller: 'I think this baby's dead'

    A 911 call released Friday reveals a neighbor trying to perform CPR on an unconscious toddler. The man said to be the 2-year-old's mother's boyfriend is charged with murder.

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    Laviolette to return to coach Hurricanes

    Coach Peter Laviolette will return but defensemen Glen Wesley and Bret Hedican probably won’t, Carolina Hurricanes general manager Jim Rutherford confirmed Friday.

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