Wilmington, NC News

By Shannan BowenShannan.Bowen@StarNewsOnline.com

Congressman Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., said Saturday he will vote “no” on the health care bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a statement his press secretary released Saturday afternoon.

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Authorities say one of the officers who has been hailed as a hero in the Fort Hood massacre has had a second surgery and is grateful for all the good wishes.

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By Lori Kennedy-StewartStarNews Correspondent

The 1980s marked a decade of local historical changes made by Maggie Friedberg.Edith “Maggie” Mansfield Friedberg died Oct. 16.Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Friedberg would reside in Ventnor City, N.J., and Raleigh, where she raised three children, before relocating to Wrightsville Beach in 1968.

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By Allison BallardSpecial to The StarNews

The rides are ridden, the funnel cakes consumed. Blue ribbons were distributed and the chickens counted. Another year of the Cape Fear Fair and Expo is over.People streamed onto the fair grounds as soon as the gates opened at noon Saturday to make the most of the mild November day.

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By Pam SanderPam.Sander @StarNewsOnline.com

Look closely at the artwork covering the walls of Deborah Cavenaugh’s gallery on Wrightsville Avenue and you’ll get to know her, both through what the works say and what they don’t say.

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