Provides the latest RSS feeds for Raleigh News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Raleigh Times.com http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/cat/cb19bea104b69ae5/ en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 02:20:27 -0400 Sat, 25 May 2013 02:20:27 -0400 30 The North Carolina Tar Heels will face off against the Maryland Terrapins for the 2013 NCAA championship title. The Terps won the previous two games played against the Tar Heels including the ACC Tournament ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214753422/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:16 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214753422/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fayetteville, N.C. - A Fayetteville man has been indicted on federal sex trafficking and child pornography charges, police said Friday.Fayetteville police began investigating Christopher Jason Williams, 33, of Windy Hill Circle, in January when a 14-year-old girl told police that a man held her against her will for several weeks at a Fayetteville home and had sex with her. Police later found a ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214751201/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:21:26 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214751201/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Take a peek inside the Tesla service center in Raleigh, not far down the road from the Angus Barn steakhouse, and you will get a glimpse at what some believe is the future of the American automobile. The single bay garage is just big enough to squeeze in a pair of lifts, shelves of wipers and battery packs stacked in wooden crates. But notice what’s not there: no motor oil, no belts, no ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214751202/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 21:06:38 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214751202/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 A missing University of Rhode Island student was found unharmed eight states -- in North Carolina but how he got there. It's still a mystery 21 year old Matthew -- was supposed to come home ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214749950/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:40:16 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214749950/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 WASHINGTON - Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the problems involve seven patients -- two from North Carolina and five from Illinois - who received steroid injections from Main ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214748276/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:22 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214748276/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fayetteville, N.C. - The North Carolina State Highway Patrol is putting extra focus this holiday weekend on drivers who are texting and checking email from behind the wheel.Troopers are targeting major four-lane roads and highways, including interstates 85, 95 and 40.In Cumberland County, troopers will be stationed every 15 miles to look out for distracted drivers.A 2009 state law prohibits ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214748277/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:21 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214748277/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Raleigh is winning. At least in the battle for information jobs. Dubbed a "rising star," the Raleigh-Cary region ranks No. 8 among metros winning that battle, according to a analysis. Forbes says "less expensive" cities such as Austin and Raleigh are pulling information jobs from places such as Boston, New York and the Bay area. But other upstart locations are coming into ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214748278/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:25:25 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214748278/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Durham, N.C. - A red-ruffed lemur escaped from the in Durham, taking a five-hour jaunt about town before it was corralled in someone's garage."Today is his birthday," Greg Dye, operations manager at the center, said about the animal, named Avion. "He was born five years ago, so this may be a birthday party that got out of control. We're not sure, but we're not taking ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214747160/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:14 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214747160/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 25, the City of Raleigh is closing the 700 block of Hardimont Road between Converse Drive and Sarah Lawrence Court for emergency sewer work. Motorists are asked to avoid this area if possible. Following is a detour for motorists traveling westbound on Hardimont ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214747161/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:43:22 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214747161/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 North Carolina health officials joined federal agencies in an investigation of drugs prepared by a drug compounding manufacturer in Tennessee. The investigation specifically involves the pharmaceutical compounding facility Main Street Family Pharmacy of Newbern, Tenn. ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214747076/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:16:37 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214747076/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 .The opening batsman was contentiously adjudged leg before wicket to a delivery angling down leg from James Harris immediately after registering a half-century for the fourth consecutive County Championship match, as the hosts swelled their advantage to 152 runs on a day restricted to 18 overs by rain and bad light.And Durham appear amenable to setting up another chase on the final day despite ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214746199/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:26:14 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214746199/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Toshifumi Yoshida ... I'm afraid my answer would be "no." My first guess would be a couple of minor-league baseball players and some Japanese pitching phenom that the Los Angeles Dodgers will overpay for. But I'd be wrong. These are just three names of the many guests who will be at the Animazement festival held at ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214745878/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:41 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214745878/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Mayo Medical Laboratories . LipoScience announced that its testing platform will be accessible to Mayo Clinic physicians and patients. The company says via statement that the partnership will help "drive adoption and decentralization" of the Vantera Clinical Analyzer. The analyzer can currently identify and quantify concentrations of lipoproteins, providing doctors with an assessment ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214745284/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:40 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214745284/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 a lakeside campus project off Weston Parkway , all but confirming what some are calling the "worst-kept secret in town." Though the documents do not identify MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET) as the tenant, the company announced in March that it would ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214745879/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 15:03:40 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214745879/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214742679/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:04:27 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214742679/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 CEOs of sizeable public companies typically earn millions of dollars a year, once you account for the options and restricted shares included in their pay packages. But CEOs in the Triangle got relatively modest raises in 2012, and several even took pay cuts. What's more, recent filings by companies in Charlotte and the Triad actually leave the Triangle's CEOs looking a little bit more ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214743169/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 12:39:07 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214743169/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Steve Googe, executive director of the Davidson County Economic Development Commission, looks out over the I-85 Corridor Park in Davidson County. In The Business Journal's May 24 edition, reporter Catherine Carlock chronicles the rocky road that Davidson County officials have traveled putting together a large industrial site capable of attracting new industry and the jobs that would come ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214742244/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:52:52 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214742244/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 With the help of a $1.8 million grant, Duke University is launching a program to promote diversity and develop scientific talent in undergraduates and graduate students. It's an area where Duke has room for improvement. For the 2012-13 school year, the graduate school received 3,005 applications, of which 62 were from United States African-Americans. Some three-quarters were from foreign ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214741358/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:23:34 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214741358/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 As the school year comes to a close, many classrooms will have parties for students to celebrate this milestone. While the Wake County Public Schools does not have a specific policy regarding whether students can have parties, many schools have their own policies. The only rule for the school district is that all treats must be store-bought and not made from home. If your child ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214739652/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:50:20 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214739652/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 U.S. Food and Drug Administration-recommended two years. The drug, manufactured in Research Triangle Park by Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB), comes with a hefty risk- that of activating a lethal virus that more than half of MS patients harbor. After two years, the risk increases. But to patients such ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214738780/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:40 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214738780/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 As health care leaders continue to look for ways to cut costs, the Medicare Advantage model might be a decent place to pull from. A recent study showed that utilization rates in some major categories, including emergency departments and ambulatory surgery or procedures, generally were 20 to 30 percent lower for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage HMOs than for those with Medicare ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214738436/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:39 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214738436/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 U.S. Department of Labor . The national U6 rate for the same period, meanwhile, averaged 14.5 percent. Unlike the traditional jobless rate that's announced each month - which counts people without jobs and those actively looking for a job - U6 includes other categories as well. They are total unemployed, plus total employed part-time for economic reasons, plus all marginally attached ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214738781/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:34:38 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214738781/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 The City of Raleigh named its Employees of the Year on Thursday. The City of Raleigh on Thursday named John Sams, who works with the Raleigh Television Network, as the city's 2012 Employee of the Year. For his commendable work, he received a plaque and a $500 award. Additionally, nine other city workers were named departmental Employees of the Year, ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214737114/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:34:02 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214737114/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 This note from Zack's investment research says it all -- Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) has 44 stores across the state but wants more. Maybe to compete with our ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214736429/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:53:11 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214736429/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 The fact that North Carolina State University is a publicly funded organization (although we are not sure who funded this study), any research that may have business or consumer impact is of interest to us. So, we are briefing you on cockroach behavior this morning after we saw this report from the NCSU researchers in the respected journal Science. NCSU researchers say some cockroaches are able ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214736136/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:43:05 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214736136/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Bernie Madoff. Bernie Madoff will be spending the rest of his life just a few miles outside Raleigh in the federal prison in Butner. But that out-of-sight, out-of-mind deal does not apply to Madoff. This time, however, thank the National Museum of Crime and Punishment which opened a permanent exhibition devoted to one of the biggest financial villians in modern history. The exhibit should be ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214736049/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:38:05 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214736049/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - AAA Carolinas thinks a few more North Carolina motorists will be on the road for the Memorial Day weekend. The Charlotte-based motor club estimates that 897,300 motorists are expected to hit the road beginning Thursday. That represents a 1.5 percent increase over last year. A significant drop in gas prices is helping to fuel the increase in holiday travel. The current average ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214734465/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:31 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214734465/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 The S&P / Case-Shiller home-price index covers 20 major housing markets, half of which jumped in value by 10-plus percent. The South Florida Metropolitan Area that includes home for sale in Palm Beach County is among the elite group of ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214733069/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:49:19 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214733069/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214732560/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:18:17 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214732560/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Lightning strikes during a thunder storm as tornado survivors search for salvagable stuffs at their devastated home on May 23, 2013, in Moore, Oklahoma. Severe thunderstorms barreled through this Oklahoma City suburb at dawn Thursday, complicating clean-up efforts three days after a powerful tornado killed 24 people and destroyed 2,400 homes. More rain was forecast to fall on Moore, soaking the ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214732418/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:12:53 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214732418/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Thirty-one year veteran Perry James has been named the interim City Manager for the City of Raleigh. The City Council was unanimous in its vote. Mr. James came to the City in March 1982 as Assistant Finance Director. Subsequently he has served as Finance Director and currently as the City's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. James is a native of Wilmington. He received a bachelor's degree ... http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214727736/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:59:42 -0400 http://www.raleightimes.com/index.php/sid/214727736/scat/cb19bea104b69ae5