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  • LexTran says future tax hike possible

    By Jennifer Hewlett

    LexTran officials say they don't want to sound like alarmists by trotting out the dreaded words ”tax increase,“ but in a couple of years they could be asking taxpayers to dip into their wallets once again to help keep the local bus system afloat.

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TOP AP NATIONAL NEWS

  • Family of slain NC woman plan return to Canada

    By MIKE BAKER

    The parents of a North Carolina mother found slain near her home tearfully asked Friday for the culprit to show "a shred of decency" by confessing, while her husband's attorney said he's an innocent man who wants to grieve in private.
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STATE NEWS

  • The woods are alive with the sound ...of The Price Tags and The Kittens of Doom

    Rocking the scouts camp

    By Rich Copley

    WELLINGTON – It's 10 a.m., and the kids are just starting to stir, pouring milk over cold cereal to try to reignite their senses after a late night watching movies.

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  • States balk at checking farm workers' documents

    By SHANNON DININNY

    Some states are balking at a federal effort to require them to screen potential farm hands for immigration violations before referring them to jobs, another conflict in the long-running dispute over the states' role in immigration enforcement.
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