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A man in a wheelchair robbed another man after assaulting him with a Taser and a baseball bat, an arrest warrant said.

By Paul Woolverton

SOUTHERN PINES

DURHAM - Some major media outlets are calling Mike Krzyzewski's expected four-week absence from the Duke sidelines an "audition'' for South View High School graduate Jeff Capel III.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson will fill the Fox News Channel anchor chair being vacated by Megyn Kelly, who is heading to NBC.

ATLANTA - The marching band of a historically black college in Alabama will perform in President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inaugural parade, despite a barrage of criticism, the school's president announced Thursday.

DefyGravity, which will be at the former Carmike 12 site, will feature an aerial ninja obstacle course, foam pits, slackline, trampoline wall and dodge ball.

Across the Fayetteville region, people are preparing for a brutally cold winter storm this weekend.

The Big Kmart store on Skibo Road will close this spring after more than 24 years of operation.

Officers are searching for a man who robbed Freddy's Frozen Custard on Tuesday, a Fayetteville Police Department news release said.