Plantiffs on the suit include Betty Lou Ward, NACo president and Wake County, N.

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In Wake County, the heart of the Research Triangle, the population has jumped by nearly 100, 000 over the same four-year span.

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And in Wake County, county tax officials are clearing out bank accounts in order to resolve outstanding tax liabilities on vehicles.

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That same fall, Chris Heagarty, a Democratic lawyer, ran for a legislative seat in Wake County, which includes Raleigh, where Pope lives.

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That said, Wake County sheriff's investigators and the local prosecutor will determine whether to file charges against the gun's owner, authorities said.

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Last year, Pope garnered national attention when North Carolina Democrats accused Pope of engineering, in 2009, the re-segregation of public schools in Wake County, which includes Raleigh.

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Campaign volunteers also went to work under the radar in several local campaigns last year -- including the Charlotte mayor's race and school board races in populous Wake County -- to elect friendly Democrats and identify new voters.

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Last season's captain Benkenstein - the most successful skipper in the county's history - offered to stand down from the role in the wake of September's County Championship success.

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County officials said counselors were being made available to area residents in the wake of the shooting.

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Ms Trotter, who attended the funeral, told the inquest in Crook, County Durham, she had asked one of the soldiers present at the wake if Iraqis were to blame.

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