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Death Toll Rises To 5 Children In Greensboro Fire
Officials say five children have now died from injuries in a weekend fire in North Carolina.
Two children died Saturday after the fire at a Greensboro apartment.
A nursing supervisor at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center says three other children died Sunday at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem.
The names and ages of the children have not been released.
It took Greensboro firefighters about 25 minutes to extinguish the flames around 4 a.m. Saturday. Assistant Fire Chief Dwayne Church said he thinks investigators will be able to say Monday what they think caused the fire.
Church says there were no sprinklers in the apartment. He says he doesn't know if there were working smoke detectors in the home.
One man was treated and released from a Greensboro hospital.
Democrats Talking About Legislative, Fall Campaign Agenda
North Carolina Democratic lawmakers are fanning out across the state to talk about their legislative agenda before this year's annual session and for the fall campaign season.
House and Senate members scheduled simultaneous news conferences Monday morning in six cities from Asheville to Wilmington. They plan to speak on the party's platform and specific promises on the economy, public education, health, the environment, voting rights and government transparency.
Raleigh 1 Of 30 Sites For Launch Of Poor People's Campaign
North Carolina is one of 30 locations nationwide where the Poor People's Campaign is launching its six weeks of nonviolent direct action.
Campaign officials say activists will protest Monday at the Bicentennial Mall in Raleigh, near the General Assembly building. Protesters support an overhaul of voting rights laws; new programs to help the millions of Americans who live in poverty; environmental protections; and other issues.
The rally in North Carolina is one of more than 30 actions that the Poor People's Campaign has planned for Monday nationwide.
The Rev. William Barber is one of two campaign leaders. Barber is a North Carolina minister and former president of the state NAACP chapter.
UNC President Supports Admissions Program At 3 Schools
The University of North Carolina system president says she supports extending a program that allows admissions flexibility for three historically black universities.
The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City reports Margaret Spellings said Saturday she plans to recommend that the UNC Board of Governors extend the program. It's been in effect for three years at Elizabeth City University, Fayetteville State University and N.C. Central University.
Admission standards require students to have a minimum 2.5 grade-point average in high school and an 880 score on the SAT or a 17 on the ACT. The program allows the three schools to accept students with a lower SAT or ACT score if their GPA is higher than the minimum standard.
Moravian Synod To Allow Gay Ministers To Marry
The Southern Province Synod of the Moravian Church has approved a resolution which allows gay and lesbian ministers to marry.
Before the recent decision, gay and lesbian ministers would have been expected to be single and celibate. The resolution now allows the ministers, along with all members of the church, to be married.
A second resolution allows the leaders of individual churches to decide who will serve as pastors, who can be married in the church and who will be admitted as members.
Both resolutions were approved during a meeting of the Southern Province Synod last month. It consists of more than 50 Moravian churches in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Florida.
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