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Cooper family history has 2 sides

In Bradley Cooper’s telling, Nancy Cooper was a shopaholic who strained the family’s budget with an obsession for fashion, art and jewelry. Her friends, however, say Bradley Cooper was a neglectful husband who trapped, terrified and practically starved her.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 9:14 PM | Full story

Cooper's husband seeks autopsy report

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Lawyers for Bradley Cooper are seeking the report as they prepare to fight on his behalf for custody of his daughters. The family of Cooper's slain wife have temporary custody of the girls.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 6:08 PM | Full story

Arson suspected in house fire

Investigators think that someone deliberately set a fire that damaged a home at 3718 Rivermist Drive in Southeast Raleigh early today.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 8:33 AM | Full story

Mom arrested, kids left on I-85

An illegal immigrant arrested on a traffic violation last month was forced to leave her three children on the shoulder of Interstate 85 in the middle of the night -- where they were alone and stranded for eight hours.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 4:58 AM | Full story

Police trying to ID body found in Crabtree Creek

Police are treating the death as a homicide. A portion of the Capital Area Greenway between Glenwood Avenue and Northbrook Drive is closed while they investigate the scene.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 8:53 PM | Full story

911 caller was concerned about Cooper's safety

Nancy Cooper's friends feared she was in harm's way the day she disappeared. According to a 911 tape released Tuesday, Cooper's friend Jessica Adam called dispatchers hours after Cooper failed to show up to help Adam paint her house July 12.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:50 PM | Full story

Man charged with armed robberies

Police have charged a Durham man with a series of armed robberies of ATM customers in Raleigh and Chapel Hill on Tuesday.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 2:17 PM | Full story

Third victim robbed by a shotgun-wielding bandit

A shotgun bandit struck again Tuesday, robbing a man after he took money out of an ATM near University Mall.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:24 AM | Full story

12 hospitalized at Charlotte grocery

Twelve people have been taken from a Charlotte grocery store to the hospital with apparent carbon monoxide poisoning, officials with Medic report.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 9:56 AM | Full story

Killing suspect out on bail is arrested

Triangle Briefs: A 20-year-old man out on bail after being charged with murder was arrested Tuesday morning in an assault case.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:23 AM | Full story

Bail bondsman shot in melee near home

Triangle Briefs: Benson police are investigating a shooting Monday night that injured a bail bondsman.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:23 AM | Full story

Police trying to find suspect in holdup

Triangle Briefs: Police are requesting the public's help in capturing a man responsible for robbing the Wake Forest Pizza Hut on Capital Boulevard at gunpoint Friday night.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:23 AM | Full story

Search under way for bank robber

Triangle Briefs: Police are searching for a lone bandit who robbed a bank just north of downtown Tuesday afternoon, a 911 dispatcher reported.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:23 AM | Full story

Eyes on levees of Rio Grande

Hurricane Dolly tracks fated path.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:23 AM | Full story

Former worker took money from DMV

State Briefs: A former worker has pleaded guilty to embezzling $100,000 from the state Division of Motor Vehicles over a five-year period.

Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 1:23 AM | Full story

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