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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 Jeffrey Collins at 2 p.m.

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UPCOMING TODAY:

CAMPAIGN 2016-TRUMP

GREENSBORO — Donald Trump is making his first public appearance in North Carolina in three months and his first since becoming the Republicans’ presumptive presidential nominee. Trump was slated to speak at the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday night, the same day as his 70th birthday. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: Developing on merits from 7 p.m. rally.

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— HOLLERIN’ CONTEST, from SPIVEY’S CORNER — No more hollerin’ in Spivey’s Corner. Organizers of the National Hollerin’ Contest in the Sampson County crossroads community say the annual event has been suspended because of increasing costs and decreasing participation. SENT: 130 words.

— MCCRORY-LIAISON, from RALEIGH — Pat McCrory’s chief lobbyist at the North Carolina General Assembly has been nominated by the governor to a panel that serves as a final arbiter on unemployment benefit claim appeals. SENT: 130 words.

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