January 26, 2012
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx has opened the door to a possible run for governor, hours after Gov. Bev Perdue, a fellow Democrat, announced she wouldn't run.
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January 10, 2012
CHARLOTTE — The Florida-based Publix supermarket chain is set to open two stores in the area this year — one each in York and Lancaster counties in South Carolina — marking the retailer's first push into the Charlotte-area market.The mov...
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December 30, 2011
LINCOLNTON — Lady, a 13-year-old Labrador mix, will likely spend the next day or so resting near the heater of her Lincolnton home.It's a long way from where the dog was Wednesday morning: standing in cold, rushing water at the brink of a South Fork...
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December 27, 2011
CHARLOTTE -- Despite colder weather and a possible crackdown by city officials in January, Occupy Charlotte protesters are pushing forward -- with meetings, fundraisers and eventually what they say will be a showdown at the Democratic National Conven...
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December 25, 2011
CHARLOTTE -- If there was a Zen saying about the holiday season, it might go something like this: Before Christmas, shopping. After Christmas, shopping.
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December 24, 2011
Elisa Baker, who pleaded guilty in September to murdering her 10-year-old stepdaughter, Zahra, has cut a deal with prosecutors on federal drug-trafficking charges. In a plea agreement filed earlier this week, Baker agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to...
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November 22, 2011
CHARLOTTE — A judge has granted a motion by federal prosecutors to dismiss charges against a woman accused of keeping three children as her domestic slaves in Monroe.
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November 17, 2011
CHARLOTTE — ABC's reality show "Extreme Makeover" will be returning to the Charlotte area in December to knock down a house and raise another on the same lot, organizers announced Thursday.
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November 5, 2011
Cabarrus tourism officials hope expansions to last year's popular holiday light show at Charlotte Motor Speedway will boost tourism and shopping dollars.
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November 2, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — The U.S. Justice Department approved North Carolina's new voting maps Tuesday night, taking away a major roadblock to next year's elections but leaving open the door to new lawsuits.The Obama administration's decision handed a...
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October 9, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- Hundreds chanted in unison "We are the 99 percent," as they marched down through uptown Saturday during Occupy Charlotte, a peaceful protest serving as a symbol for the community's discontent with current economic conditions.
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October 8, 2011
CHARLOTTE (AP) — When the door is always open, no one is truly late. Worship started at 9:30 a.m. sharp on Sunday at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. Five minutes later, Steve and Carol Conti of Pittsburgh appeared at the doorway, parked the...
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October 7, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- The 15-year-old charged with killing his father and stepmother last week will remain in custody as officials determine who will become his legal guardian. The teen, whose attorney has said was abused since infancy, appeared in Mecklenbu...
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October 5, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- Politicians have seized on Bank of America's newly announced $5 debit card fee, using it as an example of what they consider corporate greed at a time when populist anger against banks and Wall Street is on the rise.
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September 25, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- A 4-year-old girl was killed Saturday afternoon in what police said was an accidental shooting in southwest Charlotte, and a man has been charged in connection with her death. Relatives told Observer news partner WCNC-TV that the g...
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September 24, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- The Charlotte bank robber infamously known as the "Bearded Bandit" has been sentenced to more than 60 years in prison.
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CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- Two months after Charlotte-Mecklenburg police suspended the use of Tasers following the death of a suspect, the department wants to spend $1.83 million to upgrade to a newer, safer model.
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CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- A Charlotte man whose conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping was overturned last year has filed a federal lawsuit against 13 police officers alleging they fabricated evidence and should have known there was no probable cause to pro...
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September 23, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- Three teenagers were jailed Thursday, police said, after one of them fired at two students as he tried to rob them at a school bus stop in northern Charlotte. Two middle school students were waiting for their bus in the 4900 block of Su...
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September 22, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- The father of infant triplets involved in what police have deemed a child abuse case has been charged with harming at least two of the children. Terrell Nelson, 27, was arrested Wednesday and was in Mecklenburg Jail on $70,000 bond. He...
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September 19, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- The path to creating the nation's largest merger faces its toughest test this week as Duke Energy asks the N.C. Utilities Commission to bless its union with Raleigh-based Progress Energy.
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September 2, 2011
One of three suspects charged in a triple slaying last week told police they planned to steal drugs, money and guns, and that the victims -- a mother, father and 4-year-old daughter -- were killed to get rid of witnesses, court documents reveal.
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September 1, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — North Carolina Chamber of Commerce leaders aren't saying much about if or how a possible legislative push to ban same-sex marriage would affect the state's business climate.
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August 21, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- Ten years ago, Shirley Quarterman had just earned her associate's degree in health care and moved from Atlanta to Charlotte -- encouraged by all she'd heard and read about Charlotte as a hotspot for young African-American professionals.
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August 18, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) -- With the first day of classes just a week away, the leaders of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are racing to fill as many as 500 teaching vacancies and move dozens of mobile classrooms.
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