Raleigh gets free plugs for places where drivers can park and spark electric cars.

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Raleigh opened its first three recharging stations--parking places with plugs for electric cars--courtesy of Cleveland-based industrial giant Eaton Corp. They would have cost the city about $3,000 each. Raleigh plans to have at least 30 by September, most of them downtown in public parking garages near N.C. State University's Centennial Campus. Federal grants are expected to...