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By BRUCE SICELOFF, Raleigh News & ObserverHurricane damage still affecting gas prices in N.C., southSuddenly, North Carolina has the priciest gasoline in the lower 48 states.Tar Heel motorists were paying an average $3.794 per gallon of regular this week, 31 cents more than the national average and higher than in any other state this side of Alaska and Hawaii.Industry and government officials say Hurricane Ike is still to blame.  |
More than 100 people die every day on America's killer roads. The routine act of driving has become the riskiest thing most Americans do. Yet sometimes the deadliest roads seem disarmingly safe -- a small country lane winding gently through rolling hills or a perfectly straight superhighway stretching across a vast desert landscape.
America's wild hog population is exploding and spreading across the country, more than doubling in size and range in the past 20 years. Two decades ago, somewhere between 500,000 and 2 million wild pigs roamed the United States in 17 states. Now the population numbers between 2 million and 6 million in 44 states.
As Americans struggle to take charge of their health care -- and hold down their medical costs -- a growing number are bypassing the doctor and going right to the source for diagnostic tests.
A statistical analysis of the federal government's first-ever ratings of nearly 16,000 nursing homes reveals an uneven level of quality across the nation and shows how complicated it is to find a good nursing home.
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