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DUKE ENERGY-COAL ASH FINE

RALEIGH — The nation’s largest electric company and North Carolina’s environment agency are negotiating over a fine of about $7 million to punish Duke Energy for a big spill of liquefied coal ash. Attorneys for the state agency and Duke Energy Corp. said delaying Monday’s scheduled hearing may help resolve the disputed fine for polluting the Dan River in 2014. Duke Energy has called the proposed fine disproportionate and arbitrary. By Business Writer Emery P. Dalesio. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 500 words by 3 p.m.

BERGDAHL

FORT BRAGG — A military judge expressed skepticism Monday that letters destroyed by a top general are relevant to the prosecution of Bowe Bergdahl on charges related to his leaving his post in Afghanistan. The judge, Army Col. Jeffery Nance, is likely to decide later in the afternoon whether the general who leads U.S. Forces Command will testify this week during pretrial hearings this week at Fort Bragg. By Jonathan Drew. SENT: 440 words. UPCOMING: 700 words from conclusion of hearing this afternoon.

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LGBT RIGHTS

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas is blocking for now the Obama administration’s directive to U.S. public schools that transgender students must be allowed to use the bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity. Hundreds of school districts Monday woke up to news of the order by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor on the first day of class in Texas and elsewhere. By Paul J. Weber. SENT: 360 words. UPCOMING: 500 words by 5 p.m.

DIVIDED AMERICA-MILLENNIALS

UNDATED — The oldest millennials — nearing 20 when airplanes slammed into New York City’s Twin Towers — are old enough to remember the relative economic prosperity of the 1990s, and when a different Clinton was running for president. The nation’s youngest adults — now nearing 20 themselves — find it hard to recall a reality without terrorism and economic worry. Now millennials have edged out baby boomers as the largest living generation in U.S. history, and more than 75 million of them have come of age. How they vote on Nov. 8 will shape the political landscape for years to come. Yet with less than three months to go before Election Day, the values of young Americans whose coming-of-age was bookended by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the Great Recession are emerging as an unpredictable grab bag of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism. By Gillian Flaccus, Tamara Lush And Martha Irvine. SENT: 1,930 words. AP Photos NY531, NY532, NY533, NY534, NY535, NY536, NY537, NY538, NY539, NY540, NY541, NY542, NY543, NY544, NY545, NY546, NY547, NY548.

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CROP MOB

BOLTON, Vt. — Want to help local farms, get your hands dirty in the field and learn about how food is grown? Join a crop mob. Teams of volunteers — from would-be farmers to local food lovers and those who want to support local agriculture — descend on fields helping with everything from weeding and harvesting crops to putting up or cleaning up greenhouses. By Lisa Rathke. SENT: 540 words. AP Photos NY548.RPLR201, RPLR203, RPLR202.

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— FATAL CRASH, from RALEIGH — Authorities have released the names of three people killed in a wreck in Raleigh earlier this week. SENT: 130 words.

— NESTING SEA TURTLE KILLED, from MANTEO — The National Park Service says a green sea turtle was run over by a vehicle while nesting at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. SENT: 130 words.

— WOMEN SHOT-CHARLOTTE, from CHARLOTTE — Police in Charlotte are investigating a shooting that killed one woman and wounded another. SENT: 130 words.

— BONE MARROW DONORS, from RALEIGH — Five people who stepped forward to give a piece of themselves and help fight blood cancer are hoping others will do the same. SENT: 130 words.

— TROPICAL WEATHER, from MIAMI — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Fiona is holding as a tropical depression in the Atlantic. SENT: 130 words.

— MAN SHOT IN THROAT, from FAYETTEVILLE — Police say a man has been shot in the throat after threatening to drive into a home in Fayetteville. SENT: 130 words.

— ESCAPED INMATE, from MAURY — Authorities are searching for an inmate who they say escaped from a prison in North Carolina. SENT: 130 words.

— CHILD ABUSE-AUNT, from FAYETTEVILLE — A Fayetteville woman has been arrested after police say she tried to drown and smother her 2-year-old nephew. SENT: 130 words.

SPORTS:

FBN–PANTHERS-EALY EXPECTATIONS

CHARLOTTE — Defensive end Kony Ealy likely would have been the MVP had the Panthers managed to win Super Bowl 50, sacking Peyton Manning three times, forcing a fumble and posting an interception. Ealy’s breakout game on the biggest stage has led to huge expectations for the third-year defensive end. By Steve Reed. UPCOMING: 600 words by 6:30 p.m., photos.

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