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/ 1 September 2006
Tropical Storm Ernesto hit North Carolina near hurricane strength on Thursday, flooding some coastal areas in both Carolina states though there were no immediate reports of casualties. The centre of Ernesto made landfall at Long Beach, sustaining winds of around 113kph, just short of the 119kph needed for hurricane status, the United States National Hurricane Centre said.
Olympic champion Justin Gatlin was banned for up to eight years after agreeing that his positive drugs test constituted a doping violation, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) said on Tuesday. The actual length of the ban, which came into effect on August 15, will be determined by an arbitration panel.
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/ 2 December 2005
Sixteen anti-death penalty activists were arrested late on Thursday in Raleigh, North Carolina, outside a prison that is scheduled to carry out the 1 000th execution in the United States since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. The protesters were handcuffed by police and some were carried to an awaiting van and a bus as they were arrested.
Robert A Moog, whose self-named synthesisers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71. Moog died on Sunday at his home in Asheville, according to his company’s website. He had suffered from an inoperable brain tumour, detected in April.