Wilmington, NC News

By Jim WareJim.Ware@StarNewsOnline.com

Morehead City | Three Wilmington residents and a man from Carolina Beach are charged in connection with a break-in Thursday morning at the Jim Dandy Convenience Store in Morehead City.

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By Shelby SebensShelby.Sebens@StarNewsOnline.com

Brunswick County’s sexual assault responders want to make life easier for rape victims. So the various police officers, nurses, social workers, prosecutors and rape crisis volunteers who deal with sexual assault cases are getting on the same page when it comes to sexual assault response.

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By Gareth McGrathGareth.McGrath@StarNewsOnline.com

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By Chris MazzoliniChris.Mazzolini@StarNewsOnline.com

Google wants to launch an experimental broadband network that would provide blindingly fast high-speed for lucky Web surfers somewhere in America. Why not New Hanover County?

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By Wayne FaulknerWayne.Faulkner@StarNewsOnline.com

Jason Mansperger, a delivery driver for Fat Tony’s Italian Pub, filled up the tank of his pickup this week. It cost him $71. That’s about 70 percent more than it would have cost him a year ago.

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By Wayne Faulkner, Wayne.Faulkner@StarNewsOnline.com

Wilmington-area home sales have now exceeded year-earlier levels for six months in a row, according to data released Thursday by the Wilmington Regional Association of Realtors.

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The Cameron Art Museum plans to talk about its budget next week after questions arose about the museum asking the Wilmington City Council for $100,000 in taxpayer money.

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By Veronica GonzalezVeronica.Gonzalez@StarNewsOnline.com

Three men and a woman are the four finalists who will be interviewed in person Friday for the new position of chief executive officer of the New Hanover County Alcoholic Beverage Control.

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A late-morning crash slowed northbound traffic Thursday on 17th Street and sent three women to the hospital, officials said.

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