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  • IRS offices closed today due to budget cuts

    Internal Revenue Service offices across the Carolinas and elsewhere in the nation are closed Friday, due to budget cuts caused by sequestration. IRS employees are being furloughed for five days this summer, and the unpaid days off are being spread across a three-month period -- with closures on four Fridays and a Monday. That means anyone planning to do business at the IRS office in east ...

  • Friday morning traffic update

    Traffic conditions are excellent -- with one exception -- at 7 a.m. Friday across the Charlotte region. The exception is in Cleveland County, where the westbound lanes of U.S. 74 are closed west of Shelby because of a tractor-trailer collision. Motorists are being detoured in that area, and it appears as if the road will remain closed for at least another hour. Otherwise, there are no reports ...

  • Matthews police employee charged with embezzlement

    A Matthews Police Department employee was arrested Thursday and charged with embezzling property that had been confiscated during criminal cases. Police said Melissa Guillet, 35, was charged with three counts of embezzlement of funds by a public officer. Authorities accused the six-year police employee of taking about $2,000 and a handgun. Police Chief Rob Hunter said the property belonged to ...

  • NC attorney charged with taking $100K from trust

    The State Bar says an investigation showed Veazey mishandled client funds that had been deposited into his trust account. The bar put Veazey on disability inactive status in January after a Henderson County judge found him to be "mentally ill and a danger to himself and ...

  • Dunkin Donuts looking for franchisees in Triangle N.C.

    This note from Zack's investment research says it all -- Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) has 44 stores across the state but wants more. Maybe to compete with our ...


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State of Play

State of Play

The tough, hard-nosed journalist--not a simplistic crusading hero, but rather a workaday professional who just wants to the know the truth--has long been a staple of Hollywood cinema, and Russell Crowe contributes smoothly to the lineage in the political thriller State of Play. ... ...

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  • Coffee spill alert NCSU researchers say cockroaches are getting smarter

    The fact that North Carolina State University is a publicly funded organization (although we are not sure who funded this study), any research that may have business or consumer impact is of interest to us. So, we are briefing you on cockroach behavior this morning after we saw this report from the NCSU researchers in the respected journal Science. NCSU researchers say some cockroaches are able ...

  • Notes from Butner The Bernie Madoff experience

    Bernie Madoff. Bernie Madoff will be spending the rest of his life just a few miles outside Raleigh in the federal prison in Butner. But that out-of-sight, out-of-mind deal does not apply to Madoff. This time, however, thank the National Museum of Crime and Punishment which opened a permanent exhibition devoted to one of the biggest financial villians in modern history. The exhibit should be ...

  • NC father sought after baby found with burns

    Police were called Wednesday night to a home where they found a baby with burns in the waist area. Authorities say the child was taken to a Greenville ...

  • AAA Carolinas expects more travel on Memorial Day

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. - AAA Carolinas thinks a few more North Carolina motorists will be on the road for the Memorial Day weekend. The Charlotte-based motor club estimates that 897,300 motorists are expected to hit the road beginning Thursday. That represents a 1.5 percent increase over last year. A significant drop in gas prices is helping to fuel the increase in holiday travel. The current average ...

  • Hurricane center Beware of the storm surge

    By JENNIFER KAYAssociated Press MIAMI (AP) - The National Hurricane Center is changing the way it talks about storm surge in hopes that emergency officials, the media and the public can better understand the dangerous phenomenon. Storm surge is the hurricane hazard that poses the greatest threat to life and property. It is the abnormal rise in sea water during a hurricane, and it can happen ...

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