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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A former speaker of the North Carolina House accepted a plea agreement Tuesday on charges of offering a bribe and obstructing justice, crimes that prosecutors tied in part to a scheme that helped him stay in power.
Jim Black entered a so-called Alford plea, which allows defendants to acknowledge that the evidence could result in a conviction but doesn't require them to acknowledge guilt.
Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens postponed sentencing to allow Black to continue cooperating with investigators.
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