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FBI asks for deer camera video to aid kidnapped teen search

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Warner: Senate to take up federal Ashanti Alert after Thanksgiving

Sen. Mark Warner said he plans to introduce the bill in the Senate after Thanksgiving in hopes of passing it by the end of the year. It's meant to help missing and endangered adults who fall between the ages covered by Amber and Silver Alerts.
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High school students in Perquimans County get sick after eating marijuana in cereal bar

Some Perquimans County High School students got sick after they ate marijuana that was in a homemade cereal bar.
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'Lost' actor joins effort to get man paralyzed on Outer Banks home to Australia

Gilbert was on his first international trip for a family reunion when he was paralyzed in a diving mishap. Actor Terry O'Quinn visited him in the hospital. He's among those trying to help Gilbert get home to Australia.
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Holy snakes! 'Rare' two-headed copperhead captured in Virginia backyard

Holy snakes! A Woodbridge, Virginia, resident found a rare 2-headed copperhead in the backyard last weekend.
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Petition asks Trump to help bring Chick-fil-A to military bases

Emily Carby is a Chick-fil-A fan and a member of the U.S Air Force. She's hoping the restaurant chain will become a fixture on military installations, and she's asking President Donald Trump to help make it a reality.
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North Carolina Robert E. Lee monument vandalized for 2nd time

A monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in western North Carolina has been vandalized for the second time in less than a year.
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Maria crawling northward off N.C. Outer Banks

Tourists and businesses in the Outer Banks hope for the best and prepare for the worst as Hurricane Maria scrapes the eastern shore.
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Local veteran fighting for his life in Maine to be transferred to VA hospital in Boston

A Hertford, North Carolina veteran diagnosed with a rare bacterial disease in Maine is finally being transferred to a Boston hospital.
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Rescued crew released from hospital following F/A-18 Super Hornets crash

<p>OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WVEC) -- Two Navy jet fighters crashed off the coast of North Carolina during a training mission Thursday, and their four crew members were airlifted to a hospital with minor injuries after being plucked out of the Atlantic Ocean by a commercial fishing vessel and Coast Guard rescuers, officials said.</p>