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State road upkeep shelved, for now
RALEIGH -- A study group has shelved, for now, the idea of advising the General Assembly to make cities take responsibility for maintaining 5,000 miles of state-owned roads.

The Herald-Sun/Christine T. Nguyen

N.C. Central University student body president Kent Williams Jr. (left) talks with senior Bre’ylon Smith, 22, at the Student Government Association office on Wednesday. Williams plans to launch a campaign to improve student appearance, which is modeled after a similar program at Winston-Salem State University.

The preening of the Eagles
Durham -- Is it cool to wear pajama bottoms to class? How about do-rags, or way-big baggy jeans?

• Attractions top tourism list

• NCCU trustees OK 3.1 percent tuition spike

• Guthrie Avenue fire displaces family

• Mall's playground shift irks some

• Tolls are off the table, but in tax terms, that's it

• Reward at $13K in 3-year-old homicide

• Teen in-room TVs trouble predictors

• Outreach ministry seeks gifts to warm the neeedy

• Medicare enrollment runs until Dec. 31

• KwanzaaFest 2008 on tap

• SHARE YOUR CHRISTMAS

• Police seek break-in thief

• CAMPUS BRIEFS

• LOCAL BRIEFS

ORANGE COUNTY

Cell call preceded football star death
CARRBORO -- Shortly before his death in an auto accident, Chapel Hill High School student Rodney Torain called his mother on a cell phone and told her that a car was following him and his friends, harassing them, and he was afraid it would run them off the road.

• Board to revisit policy on animals in schools

• UNC to vote on 6.5 percent tuition hike

• Public gets details on Carolina North

• Tethering education campaign on tap

• WHAT'S HAPPENING

• LOCAL BRIEFS

GRANVILLE COUNTY

Oxford votes to keep coverages
OXFORD -- The Oxford City Commission on Tuesday night voted to keep providing health insurance for an ex-mayor and to keep the current chief executive in line for post-retirement coverage, but to ban any other elected city officials from such a policy once they leave office.

STATE

Wyeth Pharmaceuticals cuts 124 jobs in Sanford
SANFORD, N.C. -- Wyeth Pharmaceuticals has cut 124 jobs from its Sanford plant as part of a global initiative to streamline its operations.

• NC school districts asked to return $58M to state

• Fla. ends probe of 3rd husband's suspicious death

• Undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer

• NC man with long criminal record back in prison

BUSINESS

Finger-pointing begins as Senate nixes auto vote
WASHINGTON -- A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit's Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers' fate to a lame-duck Republican president. Caught in the middle of a who-blinks-first standoff are legions of manufacturing firms and auto dealers -- and millions of Americans' jobs -- after Senate Democrats canceled a showdown vote that had been expected Thursday. President George W. Bush has "no appetite" to act on his own.

Internet Summit focuses on economy
DURHAM -- At the Internet Summit '08 on Wednesday, Bob Young, founder of Red Hat and Lulu.com, stepped onto the main stage at 8:45 a.m. wearing his signature hat.

• Stocks tumble for second day; Treasurys surge

• Retail shares drop sharply as market woes linger

NATION/WORLD

• Astronauts end 2nd spacewalk at space station	10:09 PM ET
WASHINGTON--Transition aide: Obama on track to nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.	9:52 PM ET
• Calif. trains collide; no serious injuries	9:11 PM ET
• Man convicted of killing Mo. 3-year-old gets life	9:09 PM ET
• Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper	9:05 PM ET
• Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis	9:04 PM ET
• Scientists say Copernicus' remains, grave found	9:01 PM ET

Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink
WASHINGTON -- Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.

AP/Seth Wenig

Shoppers look over the merchandise at the discount department store T.J. Maxx in New York on Tuesday. Call it The New Frugal. By necessity _ and out of fear that economic conditions could get even worse and stay that way for a while _ thriftiness is making a comeback in America.

The New Frugality: Americans return to thriftiness
Frugality is making a comeback. Fearful that economic conditions could get worse and stay that way, Americans are showing an enthusiasm for thriftiness not seen in decades.

• Hillary Clinton weighing secretary of state post

• Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton

• Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes

• Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast

• Shouting and pounding, Iraqis fight over US pact

• Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital

• World struggles to take on plague of Somali piracy

• Dead teen's Web activities a focus in hoax trial

SPORTS

AP/JIM BOUNDS

Xavier's Ta'Shia Phillips (53) looks to pass the ball around North Carolina's Rashanda McCants (32) during the first half Wednesday.

McCants' 20 second-half points send Tar Heels to WNIT title game
CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina didn’t dodge a bullet Wednesday night. It was more like a nuclear weapon. UNC’s Rashanda McCants dominated the second half, finishing with 27 points to lead the No. 4 Tar Heels to a 73-67 win over No. 23 Xavier in the semifinals of the Preseason WNIT at the Smith Center.

• Devils will have to improvise if Lewis and Asack are out

• Salukis take aim at Devils

• N.C. Central men have a shot at an upset tonight

• Eagles take on Hokies

• Heels have made their QB decision; they're just not telling anyone

• Zeller likely is out for the season

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