UNC football made a ton of mistakes in its win at Pitt, but the Tar Heels also accomplished something they couldn't in losses to Clemson and Notre Dame.
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Blowing leads are kind of N.C. State’s thing.
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Remnants of Hurricane Isaias dumped more than 5 inches of rain in parts of North Carolina, causing flash flooding, landslides and leaving 11,000 Duke Energy customers without power early Sunday.
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Joey Chestnut, hot-dog eating champion, earned his money at the Carolina Classic Fair
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Duke football spent most of Saturday playing from behind in its ACC road contest against Georgia Tech.
- Joe Marusak The Charlotte Observer
Despite weakening overnight into a post-tropical cyclone, former Hurricane Isaias threatens the North Carolina mountains with mudslides and floods, a National Weather Service meteorologist said Saturday.
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The dangerous part was trying to separate the cub from its fiercely protective mother, state officials said.
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Charlotte flights and weekend events were canceled as Isaias became a major hurricane in the Gulf on Friday.
North Carolina drivers will soon pay less at the gas pump — through November — after the governor signed a gas tax pause bill into law on Friday, calling it “a small step forward.”
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Catawba football led 17-7 but fell 28-17 to Newberry in rain at Shuford Stadium, despite strong rushing and a solid defensive effort with multiple TFLs.
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Catawba football led 17-7 but fell 28-17 to Newberry in rain at Shuford Stadium, despite strong rushing and a solid defensive effort with multiple TFLs.
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Sixth-ranked Catawba women’s soccer earned a 3-1 SAC road win at Lincoln Memorial, led by goals from Matthews, Setzer and Rush and a 20-9 shot advantage.
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Catawba men's swimming earned three event wins, multiple NCAA Division II B cuts and several lifetime bests in a dual meet at Division I Queens University.
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