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  • 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. ...

  • Bill that would tax Social Security could be political minefield for NC Republicans

    Where the tax plans diverge House and Senate leaders are trying to negotiate a consensus plan to cut taxes after the chambers approved two different approaches. Here are the main sticking points: • Social Security: The Senate would impose a state tax on Social Security checks for those with other income sources. • Tax cuts: The House would the current personal income tax rate to a flat ...


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The Fire Within (Le feu follet) [DVD]

The Fire Within (Le feu follet) [DVD]

While Louis Malle is often associated with the French New Wave, largely because of the young age at which he made his first feature (he was in his early 20s) and the time period when he started making films (the late 1950s), he was always just outside that movement. Unlike Truffaut, G ... ...

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  • Racial Justice Act Repealed By North Carolina Lawmakers

    Gov. Pat McCrory holds his first news conference Monday, January 7, 2013, in Raleigh, North Carolina. In one of his first acts as governor, McCrory issued an executive order to repeal the nonpartisan judicial nominating commission established by Perdue. (Takaaki Iwabu/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT via Getty ...

  • Rowan County woman charged with identity theft

    Iredell County sheriff’s investigators have charged a Rowan County woman with two counts of identity theft. Melissa Earnhardt, 33, of Rockwell, was in the Iredell County Detention Center on Wednesday under a $2,000 secured bond. On April 30, a woman reported to sheriff’s investigators that she received two credit cards in the mail that she never applied for. The victim had also ...

  • Union protests leaders in Raleigh

    The union that represents City of Charlotte workers is protesting the General Assembly’s attempts to wrest control of Charlotte Douglas International Airport from the city by putting it under the control of a regional authority. At a news conference outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center Wednesday night, union official Steve Bader said union members intend to send a message ...

  • McCrory initiatives designed to boost employment move forward

    RALEIGH Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, who took office five months ago promising to shake up the status quo after 20 years of Democratic rule, saw his change agenda pick up momentum Wednesday. The state House began moving his plan to turn the Department of Commerce’s economic development functions over to a nonprofit corporation. The legislature also gave final approval to the first rewrite ...

  • Charlotte-based company to close Brunswick plant

    WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A Charlotte-based chemical company says it will close its Brunswick County plant by the end of September, putting 600 people out of ...

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