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  • Union protests leaders in Raleigh

    The union that represents City of Charlotte workers is protesting the General Assembly’s attempts to wrest control of Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the city by putting it under the control of a regional authority. At a news conference outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Wednesday night, union official Steve Bader said union members intend to send a message ...

  • McCrory initiatives designed to boost employment move forward

    RALEIGH Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who took office five months ago promising to shake up the status quo after 20 years of Democratic rule, saw his change agenda pick up momentum Wednesday. The state House began moving his plan to turn the Department of Commerce’s economic development functions over to a nonprofit corporation. The legislature also gave final approval to the first rewrite ...

  • Charlotte-based company to close Brunswick plant

    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A Charlotte-based chemical company says it will close its Brunswick County plant by the end of September, putting 600 people out of ...

  • North Carolina governor signs law aimed at restarting executions

    North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate, former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory meets supporters outside Myers Park Traditional Elementary school during the U.S. presidential election in Charlotte, North Carolina November 6, ...

  • Dealer gets 10 years for fatal shooting

    One man wanted to steal $60 worth of marijuana. Another wanted to keep it. Both pulled guns. Miguel Eduardo Silva was the quicker shot. Wednesday, the 20-year-old Charlotte man was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison in connection with the fatal 2011 shooting of the man who tried to rob him of a small amount of drugs in east Charlotte. According to a statement by the U.S. ...


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Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning [DVD]

Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning [DVD]

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  • McCrory OKs some loan interest rate increases

    McCrory approved a bill Wednesday that increases the maximum borrowing amount and interest rates on installment loans, which are often pursued by people with poor credit ...

  • The Price of Protection Who should pay to clean Jordan Lake

    Just In : Actor James Gandolfini, who won Emmys for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of an apparent heart attack, according to CNN. He was ...

  • First Lady Ann McCrory speaks out in favor of puppy mill legislation

    RALEIGH In her first press conference as First Lady, Ann McCrory spoke out Wednesday in favor of legislation restricting puppy mills that has languished in a Senate committee since being passed by the House last month. Puppy mills, or large, commercial dog breeding facilities, treat dogs poorly, raising them without exercise or proper nutrition, McCrory said. She spoke in front of the ...

  • McCrory signs repeal of Racial Justice Act

    RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Gov Pat McCrory's signature Wednesday repealed a landmark law that had allowed convicted murderers to have their sentences reduced to life in prison if they could prove racial bias influenced the outcome of their ...

  • Pastor with UNC ties makes special trip to Omaha

    POST  Jack Robbins is a pastor at Berryhill Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma but he's Tar Heel born and Tar Heel bred."I'm a native North Carolinian, grew up on a farm down in Richmond County," said Robbins. It was in Richmond County where Robbins developed a love for ...

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