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  • Single gender academy Is it right for Durham County

    In attendance of Durham County School Board committee meeting (June 18) and one issue on the agenda was "single gender academy". Approximately ten people spoke during the public comment time allotted with pluses and minuses for planning to start piloting the single gender academy at two sites (boys/girls) within existing schools through data collection toward expansion. Collected data ...

  • Statesville bank robbed for 2nd time

    Statesville police released this photo of a man suspected of having robbed the Community One Bank on East Broad Street on Tuesday. (Statesville police ...

  • Duke Energy looks inside to hire chief executive

    Lynn Good is executive vice president and chief financial officer for Duke Energy. She leads the financial function, which includes the controller's office, treasury, tax, risk management and insurance, as well as corporate strategy and corporate development. These duties include accounting, balance sheet management and overseeing risk control policies. In addition, Good is responsible for ...

  • Taking any business trips this year

    This Los Angeles Times story reports that while vacation bookings are up, business travel is down, according to a TravelClick survey of 4,000 hotels. The trend shows "there is caution in buying in the business environment," according to the story. What about your company? Have you taken or will you take any business trips this year? Take our poll to the ...

  • Shelby argument turns violent 2 shot

    SHELBY – Two men, including a bystander, were injured in a shooting Tuesday night on the northeast side of Shelby, police say. The shooting took place shortly after 11 p.m. on Orange Street, according to police. Investigators say two men got into an argument, and shots were fired. One of those in the argument and a man walking nearby were struck by gunfire. Both wounded men were ...


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Contraband

Contraband

Contraband is a moderately enjoyable, generally preposterous thriller of minimal ambitions that plants Mark Wahlberg in his favorite kind of leading role: playing a tough, streetwise professional with a temper who nonetheless has a tender side beneath all the bravado (see also Th ... ...

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  • Airport bill pulled from committee agenda

    RALEIGH A bill to transfer control and ownership of Charlotte’s airport from the city to a new, independent authority was pulled from the House Finance committee calendar on Wednesday morning. “Obviously, it is not ready to be in this committee,” Rep. Julia Howard, the committee’s senior chairman, said after announcing the move. Rep. Bill Brawley, a Matthews Republican ...

  • Mint Hill police probe vehicle theft

    Mint Hill police have released this surveillance photo of a man alleged to have stolen a Nissan Maxima early Sunday from a business establishment on Idlewild Road. (Mint Hill Police ...

  • Wake hires Jim Merrill as schools superintendent

    Other jobs: Merrill started in 1973 as an English teacher in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County school system. He was hired by Wake in 1984 to be an assistant principal at Enloe High School in Raleigh. He moved to the central office in 1986 to become a personnel director. He was named assistant superintendent for human resources in 1990. He became associate superintendent for administration in ...

  • Charlotte City Council member David Howard seeking re-election

    David Howard could run for Charlotte mayor. Here he reacts to favorable returns on city council election night with supporters l-r Carrie Cook, County Commission Chair Jennifer Roberts and Kory Jeter at the Wadsworth House on S. Summit Ave. DIEDRA ...

  • Veterans Administration considering site near airport for new Charlotte medical complex

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is considering a site near Tyvola Road and Billy Graham Parkway for a proposed 295,000-square-foot medical complex that would be the VA’s second location in Charlotte. The new health center, which has been in the planning stages since 2009, may be built on a 35-acre parcel on the northeast corner of West Tyvola and Cascade Pointe Boulevard, according to ...

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