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  • Questions raised over checks at center of sweepstakes probe

    RALEIGH One check is written with loopy cursive handwriting. Another features neat all-capital lettering. And a third is marked by its messy script. But all bear the signature of the same campaign donor – raising questions about how the checks were directed to state lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory and whether state law was violated. Chase Burns, an Internet sweepstakes company executive ...

  • Tar Heels beat Hurricanes 10-0 in ACC tournament

    DURHAM, N.C. - Kent Emanuel threw eight scoreless innings, while Cody Stubbs and Brian Holberton each drove in three runs to help North Carolina beat Miami 10-0 on Thursday in pool play of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.Emanuel (10-3) allowed four hits for the top-seeded Tar Heels (49-8) in a game called in the eighth inning due to a 10-run mercy rule. UNC got a fast start with Colin ...

  • NC planning group approves toll lanes for I-77

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A two-county planning group has given unanimous approval to build toll lanes on a portion of Interstate 77 despite protests from ...

  • NC officials Inmate disappeared from work release

    Officials said Billings was serving a seven-year prison sentence for breaking and entering, forgery and other property crimes. His projected release date is February ...

  • Report Bain Capital might buy Harris Teeter

    Bain Capital is potentially interested in the Matthews-based grocery chain. Bain did not return a request from the for comment. "Per policy, Cerberus doesn't comment on market rumor and speculation," ...


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  • Raleigh CFO named interim city manager

    Perry James , a 31-year city employee and currently Raleigh's chief financial officer, has been named interim city manager. Raleigh City Council announced the appointment late Thursday. Perry is replacing City ...

  • Duke soccer player rides out storm in Oklahoma

    MOORE, Okla. - Ana Hunt, a rising junior pre-Med student at Duke University is home for the summer, in Moore, Okla. with her family. That's where she spent seven terrifying minutes inside a safe room Monday afternoon as an EF-5 tornado swept through her hometown, killing 24 people and injuring hundreds of others.Hunt was at home with her mother, Dorene, when the storm ...

  • Despite arrests North Hills community still rattled after murder

    Raleigh, N.C. - Despite the arrests of three people suspected in the slaying of a woman in her apartment last week, those who live and work in the North Hills area of Raleigh say they are still rattled by what appears to be a random crime motivated by burglary.Melissa Dawn Huggins-Jones, 30, was found dead from a blunt force trauma injury in her home at Allister North Hills Apartments on May 14 ...

  • CMPD Secret Service bust ATM fraud ring

    Local and federal authorities announced Thursday they’ve broken up an organized crime ring that stole checkbooks from cars and homes and later used the checks to make fraudulent deposits into the suspects’ personal bank accounts. Over the past two weeks Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and U.S. Secret Service agents have charged 10 people with stealing more than $300,000 from more than ...

  • HM to open Carolina Place store

    Another one of Charlotte’s most highly-desired retailers is coming to the region: H&M plans to open a store in Pineville this fall, at Carolina Place mall. The store will be the retailer’s first in the Charlotte market. Fans of the fast-fashion apparel store have looked on with envy as the company opened Raleigh and Winston-Salem locations over the past few years. The store at Carolina ...

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