Missing Apex teen confirmed to be murder victim

As Matthew Josiah Silliman's identity was being confirmed, four Wake County high school students were denied bond when they appeared in court for the first time to face charges that they killed him.

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   Recession jeopardizes corporate philanthropy

   The sluggish economy is starting to drag on the donations to charities and other nonprofits that rely heavily on corporate giving to meet their budgets.

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   FBI, Durham police seek bank manager's kidnappers

   Durham police are searching for three people – two black men and a black woman – who kidnapped a bank branch manager and his 13-year-old daughter Thursday morning.

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   Goldsboro couple dies in house fire

   Flames broke out at the home of Joseph Wiggs, 54, and his longtime girlfriend Hilda Allen, 64, at 1506 Dakota Street at about 3:30 a.m.

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   Soldier charged in murder-for-hire plot

   A Fort Bragg soldier charged with choking his estranged wife is accused of plotting to finish her off from his jail cell.

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