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  • Patchy showers possible Tuesday Grab the rain gear

    Raleigh, N.C. - Showers and thunderstorms won't be quite as widespread across central and eastern North Carolina Tuesday, but any cells that do form could contain heavy rain, WRAL meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner said. Slow-moving showers were dumping heavy rain in parts ...

  • Dixies Tavern closes uptown making way for a new park

    A mainstay of uptown Charlotte’s bar scene abruptly closed over the weekend. Dixie’s Tavern, on E. 7th Street next to the light rail line, closed its doors for good on Saturday night. The bar sits on land owned by Levine Properties, which is working with the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to develop a park on the land. “Their 15-year lease ran out, and we are preparing to move ...

  • Independence widening meeting later today

    The public will have a chance to examine plans for the widening of East Independence Boulevard at a meeting Tuesday evening in southeast Charlotte. The N.C. Department of Transportation is sponsoring an informational workshop from 4-7 p.m. at the Independence Regional Library, on Conference Drive near Monroe Road. The program will have a drop-in format, with no formal presentations scheduled. ...

  • Feds Man stole $600K at Carolinas Georgia stores

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- A South Carolina man faces federal fraud and conspiracy charges after authorities say he masterminded a three-year scheme that faked store refund transactions totaling more than $600,000 from Walmart stores in the Carolinas and ...

  • AG Roy Cooper Dont move the SBI

    Roy Cooper , a Democrat, is opposing a proposal by Republican leaders in the state unit to move the State Bureau of Investigation from the agency he heads, the Department of Jusice, to the Department of Public Safety. Cooper is elected, while the head of the Department of Public Safety is appointed by the sitting ...


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Ninja Assassin

Ninja Assassin

Reunited for the first time since V for Vendetta (2005), director James McTeigue and producers Joel Silver and Andy and Larry Wachowski have brought their flair for slick, highly choreographed action, computer effects, and dark cinematography to Ninja Assassin, a moody ... ...

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  • Senate budget cuts UNC System by $50M

    The state budget being put forth by Republican leaders in the state Senate would allocate $2.61 billion in fiscal 2013-2014, which represents a cut of $50 million. The overall $20.6 billion Senate recommendation actually is 2.3 percent more than the previous budget because it includes money to pay for an overhaul of the state's tax system and for anticipated Medicaid ...

  • Holiday gas prices lower than in 2012

    The average price of a gallon of gasoline in North Carolina is $3.41, which is 14 cents less than at this time last year, reports gasbuddy.com That portends lower prices for Memorial Day travel this year than in 2012. The national average now is ...

  • Trial of man accused of killing Fayetteville girl winds down

    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Attorneys on Tuesday are expected to summarize the case of a Fayetteville man accused on raping and killing a 5-year-old girl more than three years ago. Mario Andrette McNeill, 32, is charged with murder, kidnapping and rape in the death of Shaniya Davis. Her body was found on Nov. 16, 2009, in a kudzu patch off N.C. Highway 87 on the Lee-Harnett county line, six days ...

  • Voucher bill provides public money for private schools

    Raleigh, N.C. - Cynthia Perry knows her 7-year-old, Amiyah, is good at math and would like to be better at reading. "She loves reading, even  though she struggles with it," the single mom from Wake Forest said Monday. Amiyah was in summer school last summer for help with reading, and she'll take extra classes again this summer. "She still hasn't caught up ...

  • Today NCCapitol Voucher bill begins to move in the House budget amendments on tap in the Senate

    Raleigh, N.C. - Good morning and welcome to Today @NCCapitol for Tuesday, May 21. This is WRAL's roundup of what you need to know about North Carolina state government today. VOUCHERS:  The state House Education Committee is scheduled to hear the Opportunity Scholarship Act today at 11 a.m. The bill would give parents up to $4,200 in vouchers to send their children to private ...

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