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RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- If you're in the market for a diamond-studded gold gorilla pendant, the North Carolina Department of Revenue may have just what you're looking for -- thanks to busted drug dealers.
The department hopes to auction hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry -- including a $38,000 watch and a $23,000 gold pendant depicting Jesus -- confiscated during drug busts over the past year by the department's unauthorized substances division.
Necklaces, rings and bracelets will be available alongside more unique items, such as a $29,500 Jacob & Co. five time zone watch with a face of sparkling yellow, pink and blue stones forming the continents on a world map. A silver-colored men's Breitling 1884 chronometre watch is listed at $38,000.
"You'd be surprised who buys this stuff," Department of Revenue spokeswoman Kim Brooks said Monday.
"We felt we had enough items that would be of interest to folks that might generate a little more money," she said.RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- If you're in the market for a diamond-studded... more
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L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms.
He told his staff that he did not think it was appropriate to honor Helms because of his "doctrine of negativity, hate, and prejudice" and his opposition to civil rights bills and the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag to... more
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