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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 ...

  • CMPD breaks ground Monday on Eastway office

    Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, police Chief Rodney Monroe and city council member Patsy Kinsey are expected to be on hand Monday afternoon for groundbreaking ceremonies on the new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police station in the Eastway Division. The event is planned for 2 p.m. at the site of the facility, on Central Avenue at Merry Oaks Road. When finished, the building will cover 14,622 square ...

  • Cleveland schools name 4 new principals

    SHELBY -- Retirements and a promotion have paved the way for the appointment of four new principals in the Cleveland County Schools. The school board last week approved the naming of new directors at three elementary schools and a high school. The appointments take effect July 1, the school system says. The newly named principals are: Molly Blanton, Township Three Elementary she replaces ...

  • Walters new head of Union school

    MONROE -- Ann Walters, who completed much of her schooling in Union County, was named recently as the new head of school at Union Academy, a charter school in Monroe. Walters, a Monroe High School graduate, was appointed by the school’s board to the position in April. She had served as director of technology at Union Academy since last July. Prior to that, she was a teacher and athletic ...

  • Washington group Immigration reform could mean 5K new jobs in N.C.

    Granting immigration reform to North Carolina's 325,000 undocumented workers would boost the state's gross state product by $34 billion and create 5,000 new jobs over the next 10 years, according to a progressive Washington-based think tank. ...


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30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less

30 Minutes or Less is a hyped-up comedic fictionalization of an actual event that occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2003, in which a middle-aged pizza delivery man was supposedly forced to rob a bank by a trio of men who latched a homemade timebomb around his neck. The ... ...

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  • Billy Graham on camera new message out this fall

    http://bit.ly/17Tj9Jt ) that the 94-year-old has been talking on camera for months. The Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association plans to distribute his filmed comments on TV, DVD, and the Internet in November as part of a new nationwide evangelical ...

  • NC Senate unveils $20B budget plan

    The N.C. Senate has released details of a $20 billion budget plan. The N.C. Senate has put forth a $20 billion budget that includes a 2.3 percent increase in spending and a tax cut that is being touted as the largest in state history, News14 Carolina reports. The plan, released Sunday night, looks similar to Gov. Pat McCrorys recommended budget on issues such as health care and education reform, ...

  • Charlotte Bobcats want to be Hornets again

    Charlotte Bobcats camp isn't something that will make a difference in the win-loss column, but it has the Queen City buzzing nonetheless. According to a report from CBSSports.com, the Bobcats are in the process of changing their name back to "Hornets," which would, critically, mean the return of Hugo the Hornet and the beehive-themed free throw lane to Charlotte. Such a change ...

  • Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1 billion

    Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has agreed to buy Tumblr Inc. in a $1.1 billion, all-cash deal. The board of directors for Yahoo Inc. has agreed to buy social-networking and blogging site Tumblr Inc. for $1.1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Its the biggest deal yet for Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, after a series of smaller deals since she took control last year, according to the Silicon Valley ...

  • NC adds 500 construction jobs

    North Carolina was one of 23 states to add construction jobs in April, according to Associated General Contractors of America. North Carolina added 500 construction jobs between March and April, one hopeful sign of a turnaround in the works. But taking a longer frame of reference, the sector still has a way to go before the promise of a recovery is realized. As of the close of April, statewide ...

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