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Lawyer for Port City Java founder disputes allegations

01/06/2009 03:06 PM

By Wayne Faulkner<br>Business editor<br>The attorney for Port City Java founder Don Reynolds said Tuesday that allegations in a lawsuit against Reynolds by Port City Java Inc. "will ultimately be proven incorrect."

Oil spill closes northbound portion of U.S. 17 in Leland

01/06/2009 02:05 PM

A minor wreck was slowing mid-day traffic on U.S. 17 in Leland.<br>A tractor-trailer driven by an Ocean Isle Beach man was rear-ended about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the entrance to Brunswick Forest, slowing traffic on northbound U.S. 17.<br>No one was injured.

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Auto sales plummet to finish off nasty '08

01/06/2009 12:30 AM

Huge rebates and zero-percent loans couldn't overcome economic uncertainty as U.S. auto sales plunged 36 percent in December, capping a dismal year that saw sales free-fall by 2.9 million vehicles from 2007.

Warm weather forces Progress to cut earnings forecast

01/05/2009 10:15 PM

A warm December has exacerbated the impact of a slowing economy on Progress Energy.<br>Citing warmer than normal weather in the Carolinas and Florida, the Raleigh-based utility holding company for the second time in a year trimmed expectations of 2008 earnings from ongoing operations.

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Lawyer for Port City Java founder disputes allegations

01/06/2009 02:20 PM

By Wayne Faulkner<br>Business editor<br>The attorney for Port City Java founder Don Reynolds said Tuesday that allegations in a lawsuit against Reynolds by Port City Java Inc. "will ultimately be proven incorrect."

Family gathers for closure to a 67-year-old mystery

01/06/2009 01:25 PM

The disappearance of Leila Lewis Bryan, 36, and her 4-year-old daughter Mary Rachel in 1941 was never solved. Today the SBI will cut into the concrete floor of their former home in Carolina Beach to see whether images captured by geological surveying equipment are their remains.

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Unemployed in NC may have to wait for their checks

01/06/2009 11:10 AM

Vote supports Air Force One museum

01/06/2009 10:02 AM