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  • Lowes 1Q profit rises chilly spring hurts sales

    Lowe's first-quarter net income rose almost 3 percent, even as a wet and cool spring dampened sales of gardening products.Spring is the biggest season for home improvement retailers. While the weather was chilly in the quarter, the improving housing market has helped such businesses.Lowe's Cos. earned $540 million, or 49 cents per share, for the period ended May 3. That compares with ...

  • Tesla to demonstrate car outside NC legislature

    RALEIGH, N.C. Tesla Motors wants to show North Carolina residents why the company opposes a bill in the General Assembly that effectively blocks the Internet seller from doing business. Tesla will show its Model S electric car Wednesday outside the legislature to tell people about its award-winning automobile and influence the outcome of a bill expected to advance in the House in the coming ...

  • Volunteers needed to maintain Appalachian Trail

    GATLINBURG, Tenn. A lot of the trail work in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is done by volunteers. There is another service opportunity June 1. It is the 21st National Trails Day and volunteers are needed to help maintain the Appalachian Trail. Volunteers need sturdy shoes, adequate drinking water and will need to pack a lunch. At the end of the day, volunteers will be treated to a ...

  • Wednesday morning traffic update

    The big traffic story this Wednesday morning is the scheduled closing of several uptown Charlotte streets, in preparation for the start of the annual Food Lion Speed Street festival. Those closings will take effect at 9:30 a.m., so motorists won’t have to change their driving habits during the morning commute. Otherwise, there are no major problems at 6:30 a.m. There are no reports of ...

  • Charlotte mulls paid interns for City Council

    The Charlotte City Council will consider next week whether to spend up to $160,000 annually to have paid interns, a budget request Democrat James Mitchell said is needed to keep up with a crush of requests from residents. Mitchell said he’s often overwhelmed trying to attend council meetings and return phone calls and emails from people who call or email with problems. He said the ...


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Battlefield Earth

One of the biggest problems with American movie stars is that, once they reach a certain level of success, they think they can do anything. Rather than staying in front of the camera, they move behind it as producers, writers, and directors who push through questionable projects that, without their clout, would never get made. It's no small irony that the producing credits of some of the world's ... ...

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  • Students raise Confederate flag outside NC school

    http://bit.ly/10LoVUR ) that the North Carolina Confederate battle flag was run up the flagpole outside of Reagan High School over the weekend and pulled down the same ...

  • Judith Durham improves after stroke

    JUDITH Durham of The Seekers is continuing to make positive improvement following a stroke after her Melbourne concert last ...

  • WFU buys Winston-Salem coliseum

    Wake Forest University in the Triangle may be happy to hear that, after three years of negotiations, the Winston-Salem City Council has approved the sale of the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum to Wake Forest University. The university will pay $8 million for the coliseum, where its basketball team plays its game, and spend another $10 million on ...

  • Are N.C. schools ready for twisters

    The answer to the question of whether schools in North Carolina are ready to protect kids, teachers and employees from the ravages of tornadoes is this: Plans are in place, but there's no guarantee against a storm of the speed and magnitude of the one that struck in Moore, Okla. Wake County's plan outlines where teachers and kids should go and what the should do when warned of a storm ...

  • North Carolina Bill Targets Drivers Who Pass School Buses

    North Carolina lawmakers want to increase the consequences for drivers who fail to stop for school buses picking up or dropping off students. The bill approved unanimously by the House would require those convicted of the misdemeanor charge to receive a minimum $500 fine. A driver who hits a child and faces a felony would receive a minimum $2,500 fine, while a death conviction would mean at ...

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