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October 25, 2026
Hedgepeth Verdict, Doeren Out at NC State, and a Live Score Silent Horror Film
- 🎬 Andy Stack of Wye Oak and two bandmates play a new live score to the 1926 silent horror film "The Magician" at the Carolina Theatre on Wednesday.
- ⚖️ A Durham jury convicted Miguel Salguero Olivares of murdering UNC student Faith Hedgepeth.
- 🏈 NC State fired football coach Dave Doeren after 14 years.
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