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Good morning! Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up today in North Carolina. Questions about today’s coverage plans are welcome, and should be directed to Carolinas News Editor Tim Rogers at 919-510-8937 or at [email protected]. Jack Jones is on the desk, followed by Skip Foreman at 1:30 p.m.

A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date.

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IN BRIEF:

— NORTH CAROLINA WILDFIRE, from NEBO — Federal forestry officials say a fire in western North Carolina is only about 10 percent contained. SENT: 130 words.

— WRECK-MISSING TEEN, from RALEIGH — Wake County sheriff’s deputies say the body of a teen missing after a wreck has been found near a pond. SENT: 130 words.

— I-85 WRECK DEATHS, from DURHAM — Two people have been killed in a two-vehicle, wrong-way crash on Interstate 85 in Durham. SENT: 130 words

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