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Raleigh cat named Best in Show
Santos, a black persian from Raleigh, won the award at the International Cat Show in Atlanta, from the N&O. RPD warns about ATM ‘skimmers’
WRAL reports the Raleigh Police Department has seen a handful of cases where thieves use “skimming” technology and cameras to steal ATM card numbers. Raleigh Interfaith Food Shuttle trying to keep up this Thanksgiving
From WUNC’s Laura Leslie, demand is up for food assistance as unemployment and prices rise. Pedestrian hit on I-40
Eastbound lanes were shut down last night while police investigated, from NBC17. Brother and sister plead guilty to defrauding JPMorgan
The N&O reports the pair stole $340,000 with fake student loan applications.

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NCSU grad to be Obama’s press secretary
Robert Gibbs served as the Obama campaign’s head flak-catcher and now he’ll join the team in the White House, from WRAL. Capital City Grocery closed
New Raleigh had the scoop, and now they’ve got a good conversation thread going on. Police looking for witnesses, investigating weekend shooting
A 16 year old died after being shot Friday night near the intersection of Tarboro Street and Oakwood Avenue, from the N&O. RPD says drug deal led to kidnapping
Police arrested a man for kidnapping and drug trafficking. The N&O reports the dealer kidnapped another man to get him to get money for the drugs.

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Credit crisis delays Triangle Expressway
The N&O’s Bruce Siceloff reports the credit freeze is affecting the turnpike authority’s ability to get funding for the project. Christmas Parade tomorrow. Really? See the parade map at WRAL. And the announcement from the city.

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NCSU students apologize for racist graffiti
Technician reports the students gave a written apology to the student senate. More on that student senate meeting, again from Technician. And even more from NBC17. Sentencing today for men who killed a Raleigh middle-school student
A seventh grader died during the botched robbery. A Wake County jury found both men guilty last week, from the N&O.

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Council still cool on Ferris wheel
From David Bracken at the N&O: One man’s mission to get a Ferris wheel at Pullen Park, and this time he brought his 3rd-grade grandson along to help make the case. More on the racist graffiti at NC State
WRAL reports on the student senate’s move to push the university to expel the students involved. More from the N&O on the university’s “tepid” response. Apartment fire near NCSU
Technician reports on the fire on Gorman Street. Power bills going up
Progress Energy will raise rates 10 percent starting in December, from the Triangle Business Journal.

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Raleigh could get flurries tonight
And real snow in the mountains. From the N&O. Wake County parents can comment on school reassignments tonight
It’s that time again, Wake County is getting ready to juggle 26,000 students and see where they land. From WRAL. Nine years in prison for shoplifting?

For the Record: News from around Raleigh

It’s cold out there
WRAL reports on a cold front moving across North Carolina. Some flurries spotted downtown just after noon. More snow and some school closures in the mountains, again from WRAL. School reassignment meeting report-back
The N&O reports on parent’s mixed reaction to the Wake County reassignment plan at last night’s meeting at Leesville High. NCSU returning 1870 bell to Raleigh Fire Department
From the N&O: The bell that sat atop Withers Hall since the 1940s will be returned to the fire department in a ceremony tomorrow morning.