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NC man convicted in death of 5-year-old girl

A Cumberland County jury found a man guilty Thursday of kidnapping and murdering a 5-year-old Fayetteville girl almost four years ago. The eight-man, four-woman jury returned a not guilty verdict on a child rape charge against Mario McNeill. The decision was handed down around 3 p.m. Thursday, ending deliberations that ...

  • Updated: 3:12 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La. as Hurricane Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana, its weakening winds driving storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. The outlook on Thursday, May 23, 2013 calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what’s considered an average Atlantic season. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Hurricane outlook: Another busy Atlantic season

Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is ...

  • Updated: 2:38 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

Sen. Hagan amends farm bill to address crop fraud

A measure championed by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan adds $5 million in new funding to the 2013 farm bill to help root out crop insurance fraud. The Senate approved Hagan's amendment Thursday by a vote of 94-0. The money will boost the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency, which ...

  • Updated: 2:18 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

NC mom has son jailed for stealing toaster pastry

A Charlotte woman who apparently had her fill of her son's behavior issues has decided to let local police deal with him. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said officers were called to a home in the city's Steele Creek area. The mother told the officers that the boy "stole Pop Tarts belonging to ...

  • Updated: 1:59 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

Charlotte man pleads guilty to securities fraud

A Charlotte man has pleaded guilty to carrying out an $8.9 million Ponzi scheme. Stephen Maiden pleaded guilty Thursday to securities fraud and was released on bond. The 40-year-old Maiden faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Charlotte says ...

  • Updated: 1:35 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
FILE - This Sunday, Aug. 28, 2005 file photo shows a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration infrared satellite image of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico. There are six lists used in rotation for storms in the Atlantic. The 2013 list will be used again in 2019. Names are taken off the list and replaced to avoid confusion if a hurricane causes a lot of damage or deaths. For example, the name of Hurricane Katrina was retired after it devastated New Orleans in 2005. (AP Photo/NOAA)

2013 hurricane names: From Andrea to Wendy

Weather forecasters are predicting another busy Atlantic hurricane season. The storms will get their names from an alphabetical list of 21 names: WHAT NAMES ARE ON THE LIST? Andrea, Barry, Chantal, Dorian, Erin, Fernand, Gabrielle, Humberto, Ingrid, Jerry, Karen, Lorenzo, Melissa, Nestor, Olga, Pablo, Rebekah, Sebastien, Tanya, Van and Wendy. ...

  • Updated: 1:36 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013

NC police employee charged with embezzlement

Police in Matthews say a department employee responsible for property seized in criminal investigations is charged with embezzling. The Charlotte Observer reports (http://bit.ly/13MNe6N ) that Chief Rob Hunter said Thursday that 35-year-old Melissa Guillet was fired May 13 after an investigation. Hunter said police also took out warrants against Guillet ...

  • Updated: 1:14 p.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Study: Cockroaches Survive by Losing Sweet Tooth

Study: Cockroaches Survive by Losing Sweet Tooth

How sweet it isn't: Scientists find how some cockroaches resist the sugary lure of poisons. It turns out glucose activates taste nerves that tell the brain 'yuck!' instead of 'yum.' (May 23)

  • 11:25 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
This image made from video provided by Ayako Wada-Katsumata shows glucose-averse German cockroaches avoiding a dab of jelly, which contains glucose, and favoring the peanut butter. For 30 years, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out sweet-tasting bait mixed with poison. But in the early 1990s, a formerly effective product stopped working. Some cockroaches had lost their sweet tooth, rejecting the corn syrup meant to attract them. Later studies showed they were specifically turned off by the sugar glucose in the syrup. Scientists reported Thursday, May 23, 2013 that the key is an altered behavior of certain nerves that signal the brain about foods. (AP Photo/Ayako Wada-Katsumata)

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. A killer product stopped working. Cockroach populations there kept rising. Mystified researchers tested and discarded theory after theory ...

  • Updated: 11:06 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
Duke University basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, center, holds a Team USA jersey, as he is flanked by school President Richard Broadhead, left, and Director of Athletics Kevin White at a news conference in Durham, N.C., Thursday, May 23 2013. Krzyzewski is back as the U.S. men's national team coach and ready for another run at Olympic gold. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Corey Lowenstein) MANDATORY CREDIT

Krzyzewski returning to coach USA Basketball

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski just couldn't pass on "the ultimate honor" of representing his country again as the U.S. men's national team coach. Krzyzewski is returning as coach through 2016, extending a run that included leading the Americans to two straight Olympic golds while helping reshape a program that needed ...

  • Updated: 10:35 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2013
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