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NC cops release video of deadly encounter

Police in North Carolina have released dramatic video of a deadly encounter with a kidnapping suspect last month. The dash cam footage begins at the tail end of a high-speed car chase involving the kidnapping suspect, 23-year-old Hugo Cortes-Ramirez. After police disabled his car, Cortes-Ramirez exchanged fire with police before sprinting into nearby woods. His body was later found in the woods with a pistol in his hand. Kenneth Craig reports.

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James Taylor on new album, memoir

Life these days is pretty sweet for James Taylor, the musician-songwriter famed for such hits as "Fire and Rain," "Carolina In My Mind" and "Sweet Baby James." At 71 he is as busy as ever, looking back in a new audio memoir on his early days in North Carolina, and exploring the songs he loved growing up in an upcoming album, "American Standard." Jane Pauley visited Taylor at his home in the Berkshires of Massachusetts, where he talked about his turbulent youth and the revitalizing rewards of going back on tour.

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Teen accepts plea deal after violent arrest

A North Carolina teen who was violently arrested during a possible mental health emergency has pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges in juvenile court. According to his mother, Hayden Long accepted a deal to plead guilty to the assault and underage drinking charges to avoid being tried as an adult for felony assault. Hospital security video shows the 16-year-old being tackled to the ground, shot with a Taser and punched by a sheriff’s deputy while in handcuffs after his mother tried to bring him to the hospital for what she called a mental health crisis.

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