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House OKs bill to regulate interstate tobacco sales

Special to The Daily Reflector

WASHINGTON— Here’s how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending March 19.

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Officials attend legislative conference

Pitt County Commissioners Kenneth Ross and Melvin McLawhorn attended the 2010 National Association of Counties legislative conference in Washington this month.

The conference was held to help ensure that the voices of counties are heard by Congress and the Obama administration.
Mark Rutledge: Worthless family heirlooms hard to toss
The area above our kitchen cabinets is starting to resemble one of those overly decorated chain restaurants, where they nail to the walls everything from rusty old bicycles to 19th-Century portraits of old men.
Raleigh police planning checkpoint for Taft investigation
Raleigh police planned to turn to the public Friday night as investigators continue to look for a suspect in the death of a Greenville woman.

1 killed in wreck during Highway Patrol chase

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say one person has been killed in a crash after a chase by the Highway Patrol.

Police Capt. Tim Wilson says the accident happened shortly after the chase was reported at 10:15 p.m. Saturday.