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New N.C. exams test teachers – in more ways than one

These subjects have N.C. exams this year. Those in bold are considered end-of-grade or end-of-course tests, which will be used to grade schools. The rest are used only to calculate teacher ...
Charlotte nurse gets national attention for helping others

Carolinas Medical Center nurse Nancy James saw her first NASCAR race on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, NC, thanks to History Channel's Trace Arnold. Arnold is traveling with the Cross Country Cookout Tour. Jeff Siner - ...
Conservancy nature hikes return

Want to go? The Catawba Lands Conservancy will host three more hikes in the coming months: June 29, 9-11 a.m., Pinhook Preserve/Redlair, near Gastonia. The focus will be on the big-leaf magnolia. July 27, 9-11 a.m., Buffalo Creek Preserve, Mt. Pleasant, Cabarrus County. Aug. 25, 9-11 a.m., Redlair preserve, near Gastonia. The focus will be on the federally endangered Schweintz’s sunflower. ...
1 dead 1 missing in Davidson County boat wreck

Wildlife officials say a speedboat collided and went over the top of a pontoon boat around 12:30 p.m. Saturday on the northern part of the lake near ...
Big cut to NC wildlife agency would hit close to home for hunters anglers

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Created in 1947, the commission’s mission is to conserve and sustain fish and wildlife. It also enforces the state’s hunting, fishing, trapping and boating laws. It employs biologists, wildlife officers, educators and others. The commission manages 2 million acres of public game land; 49 lakes and ponds, including 31 dams; 73 waterfowl impoundments; ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...

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Police search for suspects in restaurant robbery

Observer staff reports Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Saturday were searching for suspects who robbed a Jack in the Box restaurant in South Charlotte. The robbery occurred at the fast-food location off Arrowood Road early Saturday morning. No one was injured in the incident. Few details about the suspects were immediately ...
Police Lincolnton man shot wife in head

A Lincolnton man is in jail on a murder charge for allegedly shooting his wife in the head. Police were alerted to the homicide Saturday at 12:30 p.m. when the man called 911 and threatened to commit suicide. He told dispatchers that he had just killed his wife, according to a news release from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the man’s home at 1243 ...
Marijuana found in bathroom at York County jail

YORK Detention officers found marijuana in a bathroom of the booking area of the York County jail early Thursday morning, according to a sheriffs office report. The pot was in the bathroom where inmates go through intake, the report states. The drugs were turned into evidence then destroyed. The incident is the second time in a month that marijuana was found inside the ...
Duke gets funds to develop diverse scientists

DURHAM, N.C. Duke University is using a federal grant to launch a program to promote diversity and develop scientific talent in undergraduates and graduate students. The Biosciences Collaborative for Research Engagement is supported by a $1.8 million, five-year grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Sherilynn Black, director of Duke's office of biomedical graduate ...
3 motorcyclists die in Myrtle Beach wrecks

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. Authorities say the second biker weekend in May along the Grand Strand is off to a deadly start with three deaths in wrecks in two days. Investigators say a man and his female passenger have been killed after he lost control of his motorcycle in Myrtle Beach and crashed into a car. The wreck happened around 6:30 p.m. Friday on U.S. 17 Business. The identities of the victims ...

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Polling for 28 seats of NC Hills Autonomous Council underway in Assam

Voting is on for 28 seats of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council in Assam today.

Over 1,21,000 voters are eligible to seal the political fate of 138 candidates. The Congress has fielded 28 candidates. The BJP has its candidates in ten constituencies. Nineteen former insurgent leaders are also in the poll fray.

Meanwhile, security has been intensified across Dima Hasao District to conduct free and fair polls.

Thirteen additional companies of para-military force and Assam Police battalions have been deployed. Ninety Six polling stations have been identified as very sensitive and 66 as sensitive. Counting of votes will be held on May 24. (ANI)