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Mobile lab helps spark interest in welding

Greg Eans/The Daily Reflector
Pitt Community College welding student Stephen Fagan works on a project Friday in a mobile welding lab at the college.

Officials at Pitt Community College have found a way to address the college's space deficit, provide hands-on experience for welding students, and promote the college's construction and industrial technology division.

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Recalls: cantaloupes, chilled side-dish products

— Five Crowns Marketing is recalling cantaloupes packed under the Majesty label because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, those who are frail and others with weakened immune systems.
More ethics rules issued for NC treasurer workers

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's state treasurer has unveiled rules banning employees from taking gifts from companies that do substantial business with the agency.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sharp improvement, more than half of U.S. states added jobs in October, though economists said many of the gains likely occurred in temporary employment.
Treasury bond market at a glance

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Nov 20, 2009 - 6:38 p.m. EDT
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