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• Flooding after Hurricane Matthew swamps North Carolina towns

  11-10-2016 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Carlo Allegri and Gene Cherry LUMBERTON, N.C./KINSTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate on Tuesday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state. Governor Pat McCrory warned of "extremely dangerous" conditions in the coming days in central and eastern North Carolina, where several rivers were at record or near-record levels. An additional U.S. death occur
  
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• Surge in U.S. Latino vote could be elusive in presidential election: survey

  11-10-2016 23:50 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's hardline rhetoric on immigration might not trigger the surge in Latino voter turnout for which many activists are hoping, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Tuesday. The Pew report was based on a bilingual telephone survey of 1,507 Latino adults, including 804 registered voters, from Aug. 23 through Sept. 21. In July 2008, four months before the presidential election that year, 94 percent of
  
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• Case Accusing Bush Officials of 9/11 Abuses Heads to Supreme Court

  11-10-2016 23:47 via nytimes.com
  The justices agreed to decide whether officials including a former attorney general and a former F.B.I. director may be held liable for policies that swept hundreds into detention.
  
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• Trump trails Clinton by 8 points after tape scandal, debate: Reuters/Ipsos poll

  11-10-2016 23:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump has fallen further behind Hillary Clinton and now trails her by 8 points among likely voters, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll, with 1 in 5 Republicans saying his vulgar comments about groping women disqualify him from the presidency. The national tracking poll was launched after Sunday night's second presidential debate, where Trump was pressed to explain his comments in a 2005 videotape about grabbing women's genitalia. The poll rele
  
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• Al Gore Reminds Floridians: ‘Every. Single. Vote. Counts.’

  11-10-2016 23:46 via nytimes.com
  Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Gore discussed climate change and urged young adults to vote because, as Mr. Gore learned in Florida in 2000, every vote counts.
  
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• Republicans tell Trump to quit claiming rigged election - Politico

  11-10-2016 23:44 via politico.com
  
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  Republicans tell Trump to quit claiming rigged election
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  His underlying premise: The two most recent presidential elections where President Barack Obama essentially skunked his GOP rivals in urban ballots. But the Philadelphia Inquirer, following the 2012 election, reported Obama's unanimous victory over ...
  Donald Trump warns that 'other communities' are poised to steal the electionWashington Post
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• Donald Trump Tax Plan Would Add to Debt and Hillary Clinton’s Wouldn’t, Study Finds

  11-10-2016 23:42 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Trump would simplify the tax code but cut taxes mainly for the rich and add trillions of dollars to federal debt, the analysis found.
  
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• Clinton opposition to Asia trade pact 'close call': hacked emails

  11-10-2016 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Amanda Becker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's campaign was worried about the "hard balance" she would need to strike as the presidential candidate prepared to oppose a Pacific trade pact championed by President Barack Obama that she once supported, according to emails published on Tuesday by WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks released its latest batch of apparently hacked personal emails of Clinton campaign chair John Podesta with exactly four weeks left in the long 2016 presidential campaign before
  
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• Is Trump right that ISIS fight should be secret?

  11-10-2016 23:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  US military officials detailed their reasons for publicizing aspects of the fight against ISIS Tuesday, the subject of criticism on the campaign trail.
  
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• The last 100 days: Obama still has lengthy to-do list - USA TODAY

  11-10-2016 23:26 via usatoday.com
  
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  The last 100 days: Obama still has lengthy to-do list
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  With 100 days to go in his presidency, President Obama still has the power to usher in long-lasting policy changes through regulation, executive orders, and the pardon power. Presidents actually have a lot of things that they can do," ... But the ...and more »
  
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• Facebook's Sandberg says has no plan to work in government

  11-10-2016 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, who has been mentioned as a potential Treasury Secretary should Democrat Hillary Clinton become the next U.S. president, said on Tuesday she has no plans to go into government. "I'm staying at Facebook," Sandberg said when asked at a conference in Menlo Park, California if she would consider taking a position in government if Clinton wins the Nov. 8 presidential election. (Reporting by Heather Somerville; Editing by
  
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• Trump tax plan would aid Wall St. despite closing loophole

  11-10-2016 23:25 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump reiterated his promise in Sunday's debate to kill the "carried interest" tax loophole that benefits hedge fund managers and others - but his tax plan offers other goodies for Wall Street, a nonpartisan tax research group said on Tuesday. Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's tax plans differ like mirror images, especially when it comes to how they treat investment fund managers and other wealthy Ameri
  
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• Early Voting Could Point to Hillary Clinton Victory Well Before Nov. 8

  11-10-2016 23:16 via nytimes.com
  Democrats are requesting more absentee ballots than Republicans in Florida and have returned more ballots in North Carolina, good signs for Mrs. Clinton.
  
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• White House: We will respond to Russia hacks

  11-10-2016 23:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The White House said Tuesday it would respond to Russian hacking of US political groups, after publicly pointing the finger at Moscow for the cyberattacks last week.
  
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• Donald Trump Faltering? Die-Hard Fans Refuse to Buy It

  11-10-2016 23:07 via nytimes.com
  At Mr. Trump’s rallies, the candidate and the crowds draw energy and affirmation from one another, while dismissing any discouraging information.
  
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• Clinton mistakenly calls Clyburn 'highest-ranking African-American in our government'

  11-10-2016 22:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Hillary Clinton mistakenly called South Carolina lawmaker Jim Clyburn the highest-ranking African-American in government Tuesday.
  
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• Supreme Court Weighs Bias and Secrecy in Jury Deliberations

  11-10-2016 22:39 via nytimes.com
  The justices seemed to struggle over whether jury deliberations should stay secret when evidence emerges that they were marred by racial or ethnic bias.
  
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• Trump says WikiLeaks email shows collusion between Clinton, DOJ

  11-10-2016 22:38 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump's campaign is blasting Hillary Clinton Tuesday after WikiLeaks posted a hacked email that purports to show Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon discussing communication with the Justice Department regarding a FOIA lawsuit in 2015.
  
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• Pelosi: If election held today Dems would win back control of the House

  11-10-2016 22:12 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on a conference call Tuesday that if the election were held today, Democrats would regain control of the House of Representatives, according to two Democrats who participated in the call.
  
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• Congo political rift likely to spark 'large-scale' violence: U.N.

  11-10-2016 22:09 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - There is "extreme risk" to the stability of Democratic Republic of Congo as a deepening political rift over President Joseph Kabila's future will likely spark large-scale violence, the United Nations envoy to the country said on Tuesday. Kabila, in office since 2001, is barred by constitutional term limits from standing for a third term. "Actors on all sides appear more and more willing to resort to violence to achieve their ends," Maman Sidikou, he
  
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• Trump says 'shackles' are off, assails House speaker, McCain

  11-10-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Whitesides and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Donald Trump angrily lashed out at U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan and other "disloyal" Republicans on Tuesday and vowed to campaign in whatever style he wants now that the party establishment has largely abandoned him. Trump condemned the Republicans who have backed away from his White House run in a barrage of stinging Twitter posts, deepening a dramatic rift in the party over his struggling campaign. "It is so nice
  
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• Rivers swollen by Hurricane Matthew inundate North Carolina

  11-10-2016 21:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Carlo Allegri and Gene Cherry LUMBERTON, N.C./KINSTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew has displaced several thousand people in North Carolina, and authorities were helping more evacuate on Tuesday as swollen rivers threatened a wide swath of the state. Governor Pat McCrory warned of "extremely dangerous" conditions in the coming days in central and eastern North Carolina, where several rivers were at record or near-record levels after a storm blamed for 14 dea
  
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• The GOP assesses the damage

  11-10-2016 21:56 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Donald Trump isn't making it easy for Republicans.
  
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• Trump campaign co-chair: Trump made lewd comments before recent faith journey

  11-10-2016 21:53 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Sam Clovis, the co-chair for Donald Trump's presidential campaign, said on Tuesday that Trump's 2005 comments about forcing himself on women came before he "revitalized" his Christian faith.
  
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• Russia protests anti-Trump comments by top UN official

  11-10-2016 21:47 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Russia has filed a complaint with the United Nations over comments by a top UN official condemning Donald Trump and right-wing European politicians, two diplomats knowledgeable about the matter told CNN.
  
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• King: GOP establishment could be "amputated out" of party for not supporting Trump

  11-10-2016 21:27 via rss.cnn.com
  
  King said on Tuesday that an effort led by House Speaker Paul Ryan to focus Republican attention away from the presidential race could cause the establishment wing of the GOP to be "amputated out."
  
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• Nancy Pelosi: If election held today Dems would win back control of the House

  11-10-2016 21:26 via rss.cnn.com
  
  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told House Democrats on a conference call Tuesday that if the election were held today, Democrats would regain control of the House of Representatives, according to two Democrats who participated in the call.
  
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• Economic Scene: What Donald Trump’s Big Tax Break Might Buy

  11-10-2016 21:21 via nytimes.com
  If the taxes had been paid instead, what the presidential candidate saved could have greatly benefited his fellow Americans.
  
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• Obama found Trump tape 'repugnant'

  11-10-2016 21:14 via rss.cnn.com
  
  President Barack Obama found the tape of Donald Trump's sexually aggressive remarks "repugnant," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Tuesday.
  
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• Obama, in North Carolina, Is Expected to Urge Blacks to Vote for Hillary Clinton - New York Times

  11-10-2016 21:09 via nytimes.com
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  Obama, in North Carolina, Is Expected to Urge Blacks to Vote for Hillary Clinton
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  Mr. Obama is making the case at a critical moment both for himself and for Mrs. Clinton — about a month before Election Day, a little over a week before North Carolina opens early voting and with only a few months remaining for the president to cement ...
  It's Obama Versus Trump as Clinton Leans on 'Cleanup Hitter'Bloomberg
  Alex Jones Says Hillary Clinton And Obama Are Real Demon
  
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• 'BeyHive' descends on former pol for citing Beyoncé lyrics as example of Clinton hypocrisy

  11-10-2016 21:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Beyoncé became part of the 2016 election dialogue on Monday night, and the "BeyHive" swarmed.
  
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• Carson on Trump tapes: 'I've heard people talking like that'

  11-10-2016 21:03 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Ben Carson said Tuesday "of course" he's heard similar language from other people along the lines of the recently surfaced lewd and sexually aggressive comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
  
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• Obama to consider 'proportional' response to Russia hacking

  11-10-2016 21:02 via news.yahoo.com
  
  U.S. President Barack Obama will consider a variety of responses to Russia's hacking of political party organizations and it is possible that any action may not be announced publicly, the White House said on Tuesday. "There are a range of responses that are available to the president and he will consider a response that is proportional," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Air Force One.
  
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• White House: Trump statements on recording constitute sexual assault

  11-10-2016 20:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday said remarks from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about groping women in a leaked recording from 11 years ago amounted to sexual assault. White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Air Force One that President Obama had found the comments repugnant. (Reporting by Ayeseha Rascoe, writing by Jeff Mason; Editing by Chris Reese)
  
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• Trump called Tyson rape conviction 'a travesty' in 1992 radio interview

  11-10-2016 20:50 via rss.cnn.com
  
  When boxing star Mike Tyson was convicted of rape in February 1992, Donald Trump called the verdict a "travesty" in an interview with Howard Stern and said it was actually Tyson who was the subject of physical advances from women.
  
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• Supreme Court grapples with racial bias in jury deliberations

  11-10-2016 20:45 via rss.cnn.com
  
  The Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with a case concerning racial bias in jury deliberations, as the justices considered the case of a juror in Colorado who urged other jurors to find a man guilty "because he's Mexican and Mexicans take whatever they want."
  
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• Donald Trump Berates Paul Ryan and ‘Disloyal’ Republicans

  11-10-2016 20:37 via nytimes.com
  On Twitter, Mr. Trump criticized Republicans who had withdrawn support after a recording of him demeaning women became public.
  
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• The Ad Campaign: Hillary Clinton Is a Frail Failure, Donald Trump Warns, but He ‘Will Protect You’

  11-10-2016 20:30 via nytimes.com
  A new Trump ad says his rival doesn’t have “the fortitude, strength or stamina” to be president.
  
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• Glenn Beck: Opposing Trump is 'moral' choice — even if Clinton is elected

  11-10-2016 20:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Conservative political commentator and media personality Glenn Beck said the election of Hillary Clinton as president by refusing to support Donald Trump is "a moral, ethical choice" for Republicans.
  
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• Beck: Opposing Trump is 'moral' choice — even if Clinton is elected

  11-10-2016 20:09 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Conservative political commentator and media personality Glenn Beck said the election of Hillary Clinton as president by refusing to support Donald Trump is "a moral, ethical choice" for Republicans.
  
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• Michele Bachmann on Trump vs. Republican Party: 'This isn't a civil war' - CNN

  11-10-2016 19:53 via cnn.com
  
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  Michele Bachmann on Trump vs. Republican Party: 'This isn't a civil war'
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  "I spoke with members yesterday that were on this conference call," Bachmann told CNN's Carol Costello on "Newsroom." "And the members said, to a person, people were in support of Donald Trump and they really were perplexed why Paul even had the ...
  US election: Trump lashes out at Republican chief Paul RyanBBC News
  Trump declares war on GOP, says 'the shackles have been taken off'Washington Post
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• Ivorian parliament OKs looser nationality rule for presidential candidates

  11-10-2016 19:48 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Ivory Coast's parliament on Tuesday approved changing the constitution to ease nationality rules for presidential candidates, a move the government says will end prolonged instability but which the opposition says is undemocratic. Ouattara promised during his re-election campaign last year to remove the constitution's requirement for presidential candidates to have parents who are both native-born Ivorians - a sore point in a country that has long attracted immigrants from neighboring states in
  
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• Michele Bachmann on Trump vs. Republican Party: 'This isn't a civil war'

  11-10-2016 19:43 via rss.cnn.com
  
  Former Republican congresswoman and presidential candidate Michele Bachmann denied Tuesday that GOP in-fighting over Donald Trump had escalated into a full-blown civil war.
  
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• Syria: Obama, Trump, Clinton Seem to Agree

  11-10-2016 19:36
  
  A new Politico article discusses “Obama’s red line” in Syria. The gist of the story is that both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump encouraged Obama not to attack Syria, despite saber rattling by others. And now, Syria has been the main foreign affairs story in the news this year. Let’s begin with excerpts from that […]
  
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• Trump plan would aid Wall St. despite end of carried interest

  11-10-2016 19:30 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Sunday's debate reiterated his promise to kill the "carried interest" tax loophole that benefits hedge fund managers and others - but his tax plan offers other goodies to Wall Street financiers, a nonpartisan tax research group said on Tuesday. Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's tax plans, which differ greatly, were compared side-by-side in reports by the Tax Policy Center which focused on carried
  
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• Obama Gives New Details About Sending People to Mars - New York Times

  11-10-2016 19:16 via nytimes.com
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  Obama Gives New Details About Sending People to Mars
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  “If we make our leadership in space even stronger in this century than it was in the last,” Mr. Obama wrote, “we won't just benefit from related advances in energy, medicine, agriculture and artificial intelligence, we'll benefit from a better ...
  Why Obama may have picked the wrong planetWashington Post
  President Obama Really Wants People To Live On MarsNPR
  Obama says work has begun on habitats
  
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• Trump targets Clinton's health in new ad

  11-10-2016 19:13 via rss.cnn.com
  
  A new television ad from Donald Trump's campaign raises questions about Hillary Clinton's health, once again elevating fringe conspiracy theories to the forefront of the presidential race.
  
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• Trump steps up attacks on U.S. House speaker, says 'shackles' are off

  11-10-2016 19:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By John Whitesides and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House candidate Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday, calling him a weak and ineffective leader but saying his campaign "shackles" were off now that Ryan and other establishment Republicans have abandoned him. The day after Ryan, the top Republican in Congress, told party lawmakers he was breaking with the presidential nominee and would not campaign for him, Trump issued a barrage of s
  
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• U.S. Latinos likely to vote at lower rates than in past two elections: study

  11-10-2016 18:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Luciana Lopez NEW YORK (Reuters) - Latinos appear less likely to vote in this year’s presidential race than in either of the past two elections, according to a Pew Research Center study released on Tuesday, even as immigrant rights groups enraged by Republican Donald Trump’s rhetoric seek to drive them to the polls. The results could signal a challenge for Democrat Hillary Clinton as she relies on a coalition of minority voters to help her against the brash New York businessman, w
  
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• Rivers swollen by Hurricane Matthew inundate North Carolina towns

  11-10-2016 18:55 via news.yahoo.com
  
  By Gene Cherry KINSTON, N.C. (Reuters) - Authorities in North Carolina helped residents evacuate on Tuesday as floodwaters inundated some towns and threatened others in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, which killed 14 people in the state. Governor Pat McCrory, who announced the new death toll, warned of "extremely dangerous" conditions in the next 72 hours in central and eastern parts of North Carolina, where several rivers are in major flood stage and nearing record levels. Wendy Key, 40, fl
  
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