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SEX OFFENDER BAN

RALEIGH — A North Carolina senator is proposing the General Assembly consider legislation to keep children safe while the state’s law banning registered sex offenders from places where minors are present is under federal court review. Wilson Sen. Buck Newton introduced a bill Thursday to ban registered sex offenders and others identified as threats to children from day care centers, playgrounds and certain other places. By Anna Gronewold. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 400 words by 4 p.m.

WIND FARMS-MILITARY

RALEIGH — The state Senate has given its preliminary OK to legislation making large swaths of eastern North Carolina off limits to wind turbines so areas where the military trains and its aircraft fly low can be protected. The chamber voted 41-5 Thursday for the measure, which also would place new state regulatory hurdles in front of companies that want to install the large windmills to general electrical power. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 350 words by 5 p.m.

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SOLITARY-TEEN INMATES

RALEIGH — Prison officials in North Carolina say they will no longer use solitary confinement for inmates who are under 18. Adult correction and juvenile justice commissioner W. David Guice said in a news release that the state is beginning a new youthful offender program that will focus on education, behavioral health and the treatment needs of the younger inmates. SENT: 220 words.

IN BRIEF:

— HIGH SCHOOL MATH, from RALEIGH — The North Carolina General Assembly is poised to offer high school math students two pathways to graduate in response to families who have complained the multistate Common Core standards are confusing and overly complicated. SENT: 130 words.

— HEROIN DEATHS, from HENDERSONVILLE — A Michigan man has been charged in the drug deaths of two men who died in a motel room in Hendersonville. SENT: 130 words.

— SEA TURTLE RELEASE, from SURF CITY — Thirteen sea turtles are back at home in the waves after their release by workers at a sea turtle hospital on the North Carolina coast. SENT: 130 words.

—TWO DEAD-FAYETTEVILLE, from FAYETTEVILLE — Police in Fayetteville are investigating the deaths of a man and woman found in a home. SENT: 130 words.

— ROOMMATE KILLED, from WINSTON-SALEM — Police in Winston-Salem have arrested a man and charged him with shooting and killing his roommate. SENT: 130 words.

— FOOD BANK DONATION, from RALEIGH — Food Lion and Smithfield are teaming up to donate 70,000 pounds of food and produce to a Raleigh food bank. SENT: 130 words.

SPORTS:

PANTHERS-NEWTON

CHARLOTTE — Cam Newton talks about the Panthers prospects this season after falling short in the Super Bowl four months ago. The Panthers wrap up minicamp and have a five-week break before the start of training camp. By Steve Reed. UPCOMING: 650 words by 5 p.m., photos.

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