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FO_pritchard

  1. What the heck are those new markings on college basketball courts? bit.ly/xyNWOr
  2. Mom of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis - charged with human trafficking, felony child abuse - prostituion. The child is still missing.
  3. Less than a minute into the 2nd quarter at the TSHS-Pine Forest playoff game, it's 7-7. Pine Forest just scored to tie. Game started at 7.
  4. Car overturned, power lines down, woman possibly trapped -- in vehicle accident at Church St & Honeycutt Rd, between Ft Bragg & McArthur Rd.
  5. Read about NATO's airstrike in #Afghanistan here -- http://bit.ly/evDht
  6. A Fayetteville man won $200k on one of those scratch-off tickets. Congrats to Henry Berry.
  7. See the blog for info on the leader of the alleged NC #jihadists, taken from a long story, done by the WaPo in 1991. http://bit.ly/2d6Uq
  8. Here, finally, the link to the latst Britt murder trial story - http://tiny.cc/ISXkK
  9. Ah. The site is having problems posting updates. We're working on it.
  10. D'oh. It's taking the Britt story a little while to post. I'll post the direct link to it here as soon as it's up.
  11. Jurors in the Britt murder trial asked to see photos from the case. The story will be at the top of the site in a few - http://tiny.cc/XgHMK
  12. Was it racism? http://tiny.cc/IN55C
  13. Added to the blog: #PictureThis. Today's is all animals - elephants, cats & sweet things Dirk & Dolores. http://bit.ly/2d6Uq
  14. Today on the blog: Brit Open fashion & results; Sotomayor; ration healthcare?; HPotter & pot bust; etc. Come see, speak. http://bit.ly/2d6Uq
  15. Sorry I sent out the wrong link yesterday to Picture This, a post w/great pix of the day + news. Here's the right one - http://tiny.cc/BJ1yQ
  16. See saw. Or, really, *saws* -- as in cutting stuff. They're flying high in the sky. http://tiny.cc/qNOaC
  17. Movin' on down, Madoff-style -- http://tiny.cc/SbOGl
  18. Can you Picture This? http://tiny.cc/Y2dmc Cool photos of the day -- with all the explainer info.
  19. More info on #Palin, with links to many news sites & text of her official announcement - http://tiny.cc/lULEg
  20. Sarah Palin's resigning as gov of Alaska. Govs keep making news!