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Mitch Weiss

In NC hamlet, residents worry over coal ash ponds

Michael Biesecker, Mitch Weiss

Eight dead in Tennessee bus crash

Travis Loller, Mitch Weiss, Steve Megargee

An image provided by NOAA is an Aug. 26, 2011 view of Hurricane Irene made by the GOES-east satellite. The hurricane is projected to follow a path up the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine and into Canada. (AP Photo/NOAA) (AP)

Hurricane Irene’s effects begin being felt in NC

Mitch Weiss

FILE -This May 2010 file photo shows Zahra Clare Baker, 10, getting a hearing aid during an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Hickory, N.C. Elisa Baker , stepmother of Zahra Clare Baker, was indicted Monday, Feb. 21, 2011 on a second-degree murder charge in Zahra Clare Baker's death. Elisa Baker had previously been charged with obstructing justice in the investigation of Zahra Baker's death. The 10-year-old was reported missing in October, and police later found her remains in different locations in western North Carolina. (AP Photo/The Independent Tribune, James Nix, File) (AP)

Stepmother indicted on grisly death of disabled girl

Mike Baker, Mitch Weiss