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1: M&M Office Supply

2: Journal-World printing facility (above)

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3: Nomads (at right)

4: La Parilla (below)

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5: The Buckle (above)6: Juice Stop7: Ernst & Son Hardware

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8: Extra Virgin (below) 9: Five Bar and Tables10: Ingredient (at right)

 1000 & 1100 BLOCKS:11: Ted’s Taphouse12: Stonewall Restaurant and

Pizzeria13: Buffalo Wild Wings/Jazz

14: Allen Press15: Englewood Florist (above) 16: Former Mass Street Soda

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Storefronts shown in red on this map of Massachusetts Street did not have any active businesses in them on Friday. Some of these locations, however, do have businesses that are preparing to move into them.

VACANCIES AT A GLANCE:

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SWAN QUARTER, N.C. – Havingpunished the Carolinas with winds,heavy rains and record flooding, Hurri-cane Florence was downgraded Fridayafternoon to a tropical storm, stillpacking a punch with 70 mph winds.

Those who didn’t flee the deadly

storm were seeking shelter in attics orthe upper floors of homes after the hur-ricane marched ashore earlier in NorthCarolina.

In the first report of storm-related fa-talities, a mother and infant died after atree fell on a house in Wilmington,North Carolina, according to local po-lice. The father was hospitalized with

Volunteers from the Civilian Crisis Response Team rescue three children from their home in James City, N.C. GETTY IMAGES

4 dead as slowingsystem inundates NC

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brute who doesn’twant to leave.”North Carolina Gov. Roy CooperAfter Hurricane Florence came ashore in his state

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Heavy rains, winds ‘wreaking havoc’ on coast

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WASHINGTON – Paul Manafort,former chairman of President DonaldTrump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Fri-day to two felony conspiracy chargesand reached an agreement to provide“complete cooperation” with specialcounsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Rus-sian interference in the 2016 election.

Manafort’s plea deal brings investi-gators further into the president’s in-ner circle and adds another convictionto the growing scorecard.

Manafort told U.S. District Judge

Amy Jackson: “I plead guilty.”The 69-year-old former lobbyist and

political operative acknowl-edged leading a long-runningconspiracy involving his work onbehalf of a pro-Russia faction inUkraine led by the country’s for-mer President Viktor Yanuko-vych. He also pleaded guilty toobstructing the special counsel’sinvestigation he has now prom-ised to assist.

The charges could send him to prisonfor more than a decade and will forcehim to surrender millions of dollars inbank accounts and prime real estate, in-

cluding his apartment in the president’sprized Trump Tower.

As recently as last month,Trump praised his former cam-paign manager, who he said wasa “brave man” who “refused tobreak.” On Friday that refusalcame to an abrupt end.

Asked whether Manafort’sdeal included an agreement toprovide information related toTrump, defense attorney Richard

Westling said his client has pledged“complete cooperation.”

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Ex-Blackwater guard to standtrial for 3rd time in Iraq shooting

A former Blackwater Worldwide se-curity guard will stand trial for a thirdtime on charges that he instigated amass shooting in Iraq more than a dec-ade ago. Federal prosecutors in Wash-ington said Friday that they will retryNick Slatten, 34, of Sparta, Tennessee,on a charge of first-degree murder inthe shooting that killed 14 unarmedIraqi civilians and wounded 17 others,including women and children.

Slatten’s second trial ended in ahung jury Sept. 5. Jury selection forthe third trial was set to begin Oct. 29.

Chicago officer picks jury trial inblack teenager’s shooting death

Attorneys for a white Chicago policeofficer charged in the 2014 fatal shoot-ing of black teenager Laquan McDon-ald announced Friday that they willstick with a jury for the trial ratherthan have a judge decide the case.

Judge Vincent Gaughan had set aFriday deadline for Jason Van Dyke tosay whether he wanted to switch to abench trial in which the judge wouldhave decided the officer’s fate. Open-ing statements are planned Monday.

Growing wildfire in Utah forcesevacuation of hundreds of homes

A fast-moving Utah wildfire fanned

early Saturday. More than 5 million people are at

risk from the storm, with powerfulwinds and gusts equivalent to a Cate-gory 5 Atlantic hurricane.

Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians,including boy, in Gaza Strip

Three Palestinians, one of them a12-year-old boy, were killed by Israeligunfire Friday as thousands of protes-ters gathered along Gaza’s perimeterfence with Israel, health officials said.

The Gaza Health Ministry said atleast 80 Palestinians were woundedby gunfire, six in serious condition.

From staff and wire reports

IN BRIEF

WASHINGTON – Florence is more than just the lat-est disaster confronting FEMA. It’s a chance at re-demption for an agency widely criticized for its re-sponse to Hurricane Maria when it struck Puerto Riconearly a year ago.

Florence, the menacing storm that made landfallFriday in North Carolina, has been described by FEMAAssociate Administrator Jeff Byard as “a Mike Tysonpunch to the Carolina coast.”

Record storm surges have been forecast. Massivedamage to homes and infrastructure is expected. Dev-

TROPICAL STORM FLORENCE

FEMA response could repairMaria’s harm to reputation

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“We allneed tostop theblamegame &focus onrecovery.”

Sen. MarcoRubio,R-Fla., in atweet

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