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Almost as soon as N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper announced that he was dropping all charges against the former Duke lacrosse players, the News & Observer had a promo up announcing a five-part series on the case beginning Saturday. The screenshot below is from this morning.

Mainly, this demonstrates that most people, including reporters, involved in the case were expecting it to be dropped. And it suggests, at least to me, that the N&O has been working on a big project about the case in anticipation of it being dropped. I imagine they have most of the stories written and ready to go.