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    Sheena Bell, Phyllis Patton, and Alicia Parker Sweatt greet Anna Deavere Smith, from left, after her theatrical performance during the ninth annual Power of the Purse Luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Resort on Thursday afternoon. John Fletcher/Jfletcher@citizen-times.com

    Local grants for $263K announced at Power of Purse

    Anna Deavere Smith would like for you to donate 10 cents. Of course more would work, but her message Thursday at the Power of the Purse luncheon was that philanthropy doesn't have to come in the form of a fat check.

    • May 23, 2013
  1. Asheville police investigate discovery of body

    Police are investigating the discovery a body this morning. Sgt. Dave Romick said body was found in a Dumpster or recycling bin at 1291 Sand Hill Road.

    • 10:22 AM
  2. Buncombe murder suspect captured

    A Buncombe County man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his wife has been captured.

    • 7:56 AM
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    Rabid fox found near Biltmore Square Mall

    A fox found near Biltmore Square Mall has tested positive for rabies, according to the Buncombe County Department of Health.

    • 11:13 AM
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    High-level Republican says Asheville was targeted

    A high-level Republican acknowledged that the city, and Buncombe County, have been targeted by GOP legislation in a hastily written resignation letter.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Nathan Ramsey

    Budget plan cuts Buncombe juvenile center

    A state Senate budget proposal would shut down a facility that houses juvenile defendants from Western North Carolina awaiting trial.

    • May 23, 2013
  3. Buncombe man arrested on firearms charge

    Deputies charged a Barnardsville man with possession of a firearm by a felon.

    • 8:18 AM
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    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ben Lake passes a photo to Elise Hopkins while searching through the debris looking for salvageable items in what is left of her home in Moore, Okla. Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder/AP

    Local relief agencies seek Okla. help

    Local disaster relief agencies seek donations of money and goods to help victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma.

    • May 23, 2013
  4. Asheville man charged kidnapping, assault, robbery

    Police say an Asheville man broke into a house where he held two men captive and robbed and assaulted the victims.

    • 8:42 AM
  5. A trolley collided with the Miles Building at the corner of Haywood and Battery Park. Jason Sandford/jsandford@citizen-times.com

    Trolley meets wig shop in downtown collision

    A trolley collided with the Miles Building at the corner of Haywood and Battery Park Thursday, hitting the overhang above the wig shop.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Ruiz Padilla Special to the Citizen-Times

    Arden woman wins $200,000 lottery prize

    Another Asheville area resident has won big playing the N.C. Education Lottery.

    • May 23, 2013
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    18 hurt in shuttle bus crash near Atlanta airport

    Overhead shots the shuttle ran into the left side of the trailer that was stretched across the road.

    • 11:45 AM
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    A man sits on a car that fell into the Skagit River on Thursday after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge minutes earlier in Mount Vernon, Wash. Francisco Rodriguez/AP

    I-5 bridge collapse caused by truck hitting span

    'For reasons unknown at this point in time the semi struck the overhead of the bridge causing the collapse.'

    • 11:28 AM
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    Boy Scouts salute early Saturday morning, May 21, 2011 during New Jersey's Boy Scouts Camporee in Sea Girt, N.J. The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file) Mel Evans/AP

    Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

    The Scouts' longstanding ban on gay adults remains in force.

    • 11:25 AM
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    US 74 west of Shelby shut down by 2-truck wreck

    Troopers say it would likely be closed most of the day Friday while crews cleaned up the crash site.

    • 8:46 AM
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    NC planning group OK's I-77 toll lanes

    The toll lanes would be built on the interstate from Charlotte to Mooresville.

    • 7:47 AM
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    Market caters to creative class and critters

    Chelsea Morning's jewelry business, Morning Starr Creations, was built on booths.

    • May 23, 2013
  6. (L to R) Sheena Bell, Phyllis Patton, and Alicia Parker Sweatt greet Anna Deavere Smith after her performance during the 9th annual Power of the Purse Luncheon at the Crowne Plaza Resort Thursday. (5-22-13) John Fletcher/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

    Asheville women gather for Power of the Purse

    The event, which highlights the power of women’s philanthropy, raises money for the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.

    • May 23, 2013
  7. A trolley collided with the Miles Building at the corner of Haywood and Battery Park. Jason Sandford/jsandford@citizen-times.com

    Trolley collides with downtown Asheville building

    A trolley collided with the Miles Building at the corner of Haywood and Battery Park today, hitting the overhang above the wig shop.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Tractor-trailer knocks down traffic light

    A tractor-trailer knocked down a traffic light at the intersection of Patton Avenue and S. French Broad, according to Asheville police Sgt. Sean Aardema.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Boy Scouts from right, Joey Kalich, 10, Steven Grime, 7, and Jonathon Grime, 9, raise their hands at the close of a news conference held by people against the change in the Boy Scouts of America gay policy Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Grapevine, Texas. Delegates to the Boys Scouts of America meeting nearby are expected to address a proposal to allow gay scouts into the organization. (AP Photo/LM Otero) LM Otero/AP

    Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

    The Boy Scouts of America’s National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Man sought in wife's murder still free

    Buncombe sheriff’s deputies are still searching today for a man wanted on a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of his wife.

    • May 23, 2013
  8. March Against Monsanto set for Saturday

    The march on Saturday afternoon will begin and end last at Pack Square Park, with a rally to follow with music, speeches, organic vendors and more.

    • May 22, 2013
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    State may charge hybrid owners a fee

    Hybrid car owners would pay a special fee to recoup lost gasoline taxes under the state Senate's budget.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Susan Roderick

    Local environmental leader to retire

    One of the city's top environmental advocates is retiring after more than three decades pushing for a greener community.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Dora McCollough, left, uses the RIDE program vouchers to take a private taxi, Customer Inspired Services, to commute to work in Asheville each day. LeSaunta Wilson, right, is owner of Customer Inspired Services. Rebecca Bedingfield/Mountain Mobility/Land-of-Sky

    RIDE helps seniors, disabled get around

    The Buncombe County RIDE program offers discount taxi coupons for seniors and those who have disabilities.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Arden woman wins $200,000 lottery prize

    Another Asheville area resident has won big playing the N.C. Education Lottery.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Mike Miller Special to the Citizen-Times

    Census: Asheville continues growth

    New Census Bureau figures show Asheville is continuing its population growth at a rate of nearly 3 percent over the past two years while more rural areas in the region experienced a decline.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Man, 21, faces 15 felonies

    A Zirconia man was charged in connection with multiple break-ins at residences and buildings in the Lake Summit area and faces 15 felony charges.

    • May 22, 2013
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    APD: Man robbed, beat men during burglary

    Police on Wednesday arrested a Fletcher man they say broke into a residence, wielded a butcher knife and seriously injured two occupants.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Bianka Paige Rich

    2 charged with 1st-degree burglary

    The Haywood County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday charged two people in connection with a home invasion in which one person was shot.

    • May 22, 2013
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    President Barack Obama reacts as his speech is interrupted by CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin, as he talked about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. CODEPINK is a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement working to end U.S. funded wars and occupations, to challenge militarism globally, and to redirect our resources into health care, education, green jobs and other life-affirming activities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

    Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

    He also announced a renewed push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba.

    • May 23, 2013
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    This April 19, 2005 file photo shows a red-legged frog being displayed for visitors after being captured by a Forest Service ecologist in a pond at the Mount St. Helens National Monument, Wash. A new study from the U.S. Geological Survey finds that frogs and other amphibians are disappearing from occupied sites nationwide at the rate of 3.7 percent a year. That puts them on a path to disappearing from half the occupied sites within 20 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ELAINE THOMPSON/AP

    Study: Amphibians disappearing at alarming rate

    The U.S. Geological Survey said the rate as which they have been vanishing puts them on a path to disappearing in 20 years.

    • May 23, 2013
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    FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, residents evacuate their flooded neighborhood in LaPlace, La. as Hurricane Isaac staggered toward central Louisiana, its weakening winds driving storm surge into portions of the coast and the River Parishes between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Federal forecasters are predicting yet another busy hurricane season. The outlook on Thursday, May 23, 2013 calls for 13 to 20 named storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. The prediction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is more than what?s considered an average Atlantic season. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Eric Gay/AP

    Hurricane forecast: Another busy Atlantic season

    Last year was the third-busiest on record with 19 named storms.

    • May 23, 2013
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    In this undated image released Thursday by the British Ministry of Defence, Lee Rigby known as 'Riggers' to his friends, is pictured. AP

    UK attack suspects part of prior investigations

    Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had been part of previous investigations by security services.

    • May 23, 2013
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    NM woman, 84, chaged with drug trafficking

    An 84-year-old Albuquerque woman on an oxygen tank has been indicted for drug trafficking.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Senate Republicans move NC budget to House

    The 33-17 margin was along party lines in favor of Republicans.

    • May 23, 2013
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    NC marks 20th year of 'Click It or Ticket'

    The program wants motorists to take a self-portrait while buckled up and parked and share it on Twitter and Instagram.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Boy Scouts from right, Joey Kalich, 10, Steven Grime, 7, and Jonathon Grime, 9, raise their hands Wednesday at the close of a news conference held by people against the change in the Boy Scouts of America gay policy in Grapevine, Texas. LM Otero/AP

    Vote on gay Scouts comes at emotional moment

    The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote today on whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks.

    • May 23, 2013
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    In this May 22 photo distributed by Miura Dolphins Co. Ltd., 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier Yuichiro Miura, right, and his son, Gota, pose at their South Col camp at 26,247 feet before their departure for Camp 5 during their attempt to scale the summit of Mount Everest. AP

    Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest

    Yuichiro Miura also conquered the 29,035-foot peak when he was 70 and 75.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Vernon Yates, founder of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, lays his hands on Ty, a 400-pound tiger, as staff prepare to surgically extract a 4-pound hairball from the big cat Wednesday in Clearwater, Fla. (BluePearl Veterinary Partners, James Judge) AP

    Surgeons remove tiger's basketball-sized hairball

    It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Asheville area man faces theft, fraud charges

    A Buncombe County man is facing multiple theft and fraud charges.

    • May 23, 2013
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    Sinkhole causes local detour in Black Mountain

    A sinkhole has closed a downtown street and could reroute traffic for days.

    • May 22, 2013
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    State to charge hybrid owners special fee

    Hybrid car owners would pay a special fee to recoup lost gasoline taxes under the state Senate's budget.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Oscar Wong, Beer Guy talk about Beer Week

    Oscar Wong, founder of Highland Brewing Company, has a pint with the Beer Guy, Tony Kiss, and discusses the local craft brew scene and the upcoming Asheville Beer Week, which begins Saturday.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Neighbor: Homicide victim, husband had 'confrontations'

    Buncombe sheriff’s deputies this afternoon issued a warrant for first-degree murder in connection with a death in the Alexander community.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Ron and Regina Phelps claimed their $1 million prize on Tuesday after matching five numbers in Powerball. Special to the Citizen-Times

    Local couple claim $1M lottery prize

    Ron and Regina Phelps' winning Powerball ticket was somewhat of an afterthought on the morning of Mother's Day.

    • May 21, 2013
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    Longtime Asheville environmental leader to retire

    One of the city's top environmental advocates is retiring after more than three decades pushing for a greener community.

    • May 22, 2013
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    Paula McGee reacts as she sees her home on Kings Manor in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday. McGee bought the home two weeks ago and it was hit by the tornado that moved through the Moore area on Monday. (The Oklahoman, Bryan Terry) AP

    Okla. residents come home to pick up the pieces

    Residents of Moore are beginning the deliberate process of assessing what's left of their homes and possessions.

    • May 22, 2013

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