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COLLEGES:

NORTH CAROLINA-ACADEMIC PROBE

RALEIGH — While North Carolina has responded to NCAA charges on largely jurisdictional and procedural grounds, the former faculty member and women’s basketball academic counselor charged in the case is pushing back in her own filed response by saying she has done nothing wrong. By Aaron Beard. UPCOMING: 650 words by 5 p.m.

NASCAR:

CAR–NASCAR-STEWART

CHARLOTTE — Tony Stewart will get a throwback paint scheme for the Southern 500, his final race at Darlington. By Steve Reed. UPCOMING: 500 words by 6 p.m.

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