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  • Jury seated in trial of ex-NC Rep. LaRoque

    RALEIGH, N.C. - As a powerful member of the Republican leadership in the N.C. House, Rep. Stephen A. LaRoque railed for years against big government and those who take taxpayer handouts. The former Kinston lawmaker was set to go on trial Monday on a dozen felony charges stemming from a pair of government-funded non-profit corporations federal prosecutors allege he used as personal piggy banks. ...

  • Probe Apple avoided paying billions in taxes

    WASHINGTON Even as Apple became the nation’s most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts, a congressional investigation has found. Some of these subsidiaries had no employees and were largely run by top officials from the company’s headquarters in ...

  • Ex-chancellor Moeser criticizes coverage of UNC scandal

    UNC Chancellor Emeritus and Professor James Moeser speaks during an emergency faculty meeting on Tuesday September 18, 2012 at the Fedex Global Education Center in Chapel Hill, N.C. The faculty adopted a resolution calling for Chancellor Holden Thorp to not resign, and for University President Ross to not accept Thorp's ...

  • Hornets Returning To Charlotte Bobcats Start Name Change Process Report

    Charlotte Hornets players Jamal Mashburn, center, Rodney Buford, right, and Tim James, left, hold their new jerseys up during a news conference in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 3, ...

  • N.C. NAACP legislative protest arrests hit 153 ... and counting

    NAACP is staging weekly protests at the state legislature, something the group is calling "Moral Mondays" during which the activists voice their displeasure with policies on social programs, voting rights, education and tax reform. On Monday night, 57 activists were arrested, bringing the total to 153 over the last four weeks. The number of arrests has grown every ...


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Movie Review

Coyote Ugly

"Coyote Ugly" is not much more than a silly, groan-inducing tale of a good girl trying to make it in big bad New York City livened up with a few rousing scenes of curvaceous young women in tight leather pants and wet tank tops shaking their stuff on a bar. It is of little surprise that the film's entire ad campaign has been based on the latter part of that description, rather than the former, eve ... ...

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  • Could Winston-Salem become the home of a major vaccine center

    An effort to create the North Carolina Center for Vaccine Innovation and locate its headquarters in downtown Winston-Salem's Wake Forest Innovation Quarter is generating interest from state Senate lawmakers, who have earmarked $4 million over the next two years for the project, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The center would need about $20 million to get up and running. Dr. Steven ...

  • BBT exec to tackle immigration issues at forum

    How the workplace is affected is a key part of the immigration debate, and one that will be up discussed at the Quarterly Diversity Forum at UNC-Greensboro. There are a lot of angles to the nation's immigration story, from the legal and political to the impact on families. How immigration affects the workplace is a key part of the discussion, and one that is up for debate at today's ...

  • 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. ...

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