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  • Broadwell apologizes for ‘harm sadness’

    FILE - This July 13, 2011, file photo, provided by the International Security Assistance Force's Flickr website shows the former Commander of International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Gen. Davis Petraeus, left, shaking hands with Paula Broadwell, co-author of his biography "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus." (AP Photo/ISAF, ...

  • Gaston vets to present Memorial Day program

    GASTONIA U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry will be the featured speaker Monday at the Gaston County Veterans Council’s annual Memorial Day Program at Gaston Memorial Park. The program begins at 10 a.m. in front of the Wall of Honor on South New Hope Road. Beginning at 9:45 a.m. the Gaston Symphonic Band will play patriotic music. Colors will be presented by JROTC Cadets and Billie Hicklin ...

  • NASCAR correspondent Shannon Spake on motherhood

    Michelle Lloyd Mom of twin boys, Shannon Spake started working for ESPN to cover NASCAR. Shannon will be in the pit covering the Coke 600 this weekend! Read more about Shannon and how she got started with ESPN! Q. How did you get started with ESPN? A. I was hired in 2007 when ESPN regained the NASCAR contract. I was originally hired to cover NASCAR exclusively, but have been able to ...

  • The loyalty behind Biogens Tysabri drug

    U.S. Food and Drug Administration-recommended two years. The drug, manufactured in Research Triangle Park by Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB), comes with a hefty risk- that of activating a lethal virus that more than half of MS patients harbor. After two years, the risk increases. But to patients such ...

  • Can Medicare Advantage program play a part in health care savings

    As health care leaders continue to look for ways to cut costs, the Medicare Advantage model might be a decent place to pull from. A recent study showed that utilization rates in some major categories, including emergency departments and ambulatory surgery or procedures, generally were 20 to 30 percent lower for patients enrolled in Medicare Advantage HMOs than for those with Medicare ...


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Movie Review

Gertrud [DVD]

Gertrud [DVD]

When Day of Wrath (Vredens dag) was released in 1943, its director, Carl Theodor Dreyer, had not produced a feature film in almost 12 years. At the time, Denmark's film industry had been severely weakened by the exodus of many of its best directors due to the ... ...

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  • Is N.C.s real unemployment rate more like 16

    U.S. Department of Labor . The national U6 rate for the same period, meanwhile, averaged 14.5 percent. Unlike the traditional jobless rate that's announced each month - which counts people without jobs and those actively looking for a job - U6 includes other categories as well. They are total unemployed, plus total employed part-time for economic reasons, plus all marginally attached ...

  • Businesses win Crowns of Enterprise awards

    Four local businesses were honored Thursday night at the second-annual Crowns of Enterprise Awards ceremony, hosted by the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. The businesses that won the award were recognized for demonstrating "exemplary leadership and sound business ...

  • No problems expected in Morganton sewage spills

    MORGANTON -- Officials in Burke County say they don’t expect any lasting impact from the spill of about 782,000 gallons of sewer water this week following heavy thunderstorms. Joshua Harris, a spokesman for the City of Morganton, said two spills were reported after storms dumped more than 4 inches of rain in a four-hour period near Morganton. Water Resources Director Brad Boris said most ...

  • Ex-reporters challenge city Panthers deliberations

    A group of former Charlotte TV and radio reporters who filed suit in 1971 to end the city council’s practice of back-room meetings returned to a whole new courthouse to revisit the same old issue more than four decades later: secret meetings. This time around it’s all about Charlotte’s City Council posting an armed guard outside a closed-door meeting with Carolina Panthers’ owner Jerry ...

  • New provost named as leadership changes at UNC-Chapel Hill

    CHAPEL HILL As a new leadership team takes shape at UNC-Chapel Hill, an insider has been named as the second-in-command to incoming Chancellor Carol Folt. Jim Dean, current dean of the university’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, will be the next executive vice chancellor and provost. He succeeds Bruce Carney, who is returning to the faculty after four years as provost. As the chief academic ...

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