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  • New form of heroin hits Charlotte streets

    Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers are seeing a new type of heroin on the streets. The market has been dominated by black tar heroin, but around six months ago white powder heroin began to show up in south Charlotte. “What heroin addicts tell me is it’s a much smoother high than black tar heroin, but black tar is more potent,” said Robert Martin, the director of Substance ...

  • Report 22 of Charlotte foreclosure homes vacant

    The Charlotte metro area might have a lot smaller population than Detroit, Houston and San Francisco. But the city has those places beat when it comes to one measurement: the number of homes that have been abandoned by their owners while they are in the process of being foreclosed on. A report released Thursday shows that, as of June, the Charlotte region had 1,146 such homes. Irvine, ...

  • Search continues for teen in Hope Mills

    HOPE MILLS, N.C. (AP) -- Officials in Cumberland County are looking for a high school student who disappeared while swimming in a creek in Hope ...

  • 2 Fayetteville residents identified in wreck

    Fayetteville police say the wreck early Wednesday morning killed the driver of an SUV, 23-year-old Shayla Cole, and 28-year-old Marcel Roman Gist, a passenger in a car, died from their ...

  • Today NCCapitol Mega-dumps and high speeds on Thursdays calendar

    Raleigh, N.C. - Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Thursday, June 20. This is WRAL's roundup of what you need to know about North Carolina state government today. TAXES: House and Senate negotiators were continuing to discuss the pending tax overhaul bill Wednesday as the two chambers wrapped up business for the day. The state Senate returned House Bill 998, the vehicle for ...


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The Threepenny Opera (Die 3groschenoper) [DVD]

The Threepenny Opera (Die 3groschenoper) [DVD]

The Threepenny Opera (Die 3groschenoper) began its life on stage in Germany in the late 1920s as a rousing opera parody that dared to use the underbelly of society as its canvas. The exact process by which it was written and staged is such a labyrinth of confus ... ...

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  • Police cite DWI in high-speed I77 wreck

    WCNC-TV reports . One person sustained injuries that were not life-threatening when a car going more than 100 miles an hour hit a wall, crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a tractor-trailer, according to the report from WCNC, the Observer’s news partner. The wreck happened near the Clanton Road ...

  • Morning commute gets smooth start

    Traffic around Charlotte is flowing smoothly this morning, with no reports of wrecks or blockages at 5:45 a.m. Barricades are coming down at the interchange of I-85 and I-77 southbound as workers finish repairs from a Tuesday accident. The ramp is scheduled to reopen at 6 a.m. The National Weather Service forecasts patchy fog between 7 and 8 a.m., with otherwise clear ...

  • Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons

    View Photo Associated Press/Heritage Auctions - This June 17, 2013 provided by Heritage Auctions, shows the pair of leg irons, or shackles, believed to be those used on John Brown during his incarceration at the ...

  • Party could be over at North Raleigh mansion

    RALEIGH The first summertime event at a North Raleigh mansion this year was billed as an “Eyes Wide Shut Party,” offering promises of bikini-clad women in masks, according to unhappy neighbors. As accounts of that pool party and others at the 15,890-square-foot, 20-room house circulate beyond the suburban Wake County cul-de-sac at the center of an unusual neighborhood battle, many eyes are ...

  • Mecklenburg having problems finding qualified tax assessor

    After paying a firm $16,500 to spend months to develop a list of candidates, Mecklenburg County is having a hard time hiring a permanent tax assessor. Interim County Manager Bobbie Shields, who is also the interim tax assessor, had planned to announce the top candidate from that search at Tuesday’s board meeting. But he learned Monday the candidate didn’t want the job and withdrew his name. ...

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