October 16, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — A statutory rape charge was dropped Thursday against a Charlotte man accused of having sex with Tiffany Wright, the pregnant teen who was fatally shot last month while waiting for her school bus.The news incensed Charlotte-Mecklenb...
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October 14, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — A van stopped Monday near Kannapolis was packed with undocumented immigrants who paid $1,000 each for transportation from Texas, according to federal criminal complaints filed Tuesday.
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October 5, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — A Mooresville man who sparked an Amber Alert when he disappeared with his 12-year-old pregnant adopted daughter and her 11-year-old sister now faces rape and incest charges.
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October 1, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Two missing Mooresville sisters were found Wednesday when a motorist on Interstate 40 in Tennessee recognized the family's faded green Ford Explorer from an Amber Alert on the interstate.The woman called the Tennessee Highway Patro...
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September 8, 2009
CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers' punt-returner situation took a twist Monday and remains in flux. Carolina was hoping for a solution in Mark Jones, who returned kicks and punts last season for the Panthers. But Jones said he failed a physical Mond...
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August 27, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Carolina Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams missed the team's Wednesday practice with what coach John Fox called a "sore knee." Fox didn't say how Williams hurt the knee, how severe the injury is, or if Williams...
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August 11, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say officers shot three pit bulls in two recent dog attacks. Two people were hospitalized, and the dogs were later euthanized.On Monday, animal control officers arrived at a home off Rozzelles Ferry Roa...
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August 9, 2009
SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Kenneth Moore jumps from one position to another at Carolina Panthers training camp. First, he practices with the receivers. Then, when it's time for the special teams to get their work in, he goes with them. There's little res...
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August 6, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Martray Proctor, awaiting trial on a manslaughter charge in connection with a March fatal wreck, has resigned from the force.Proctor also faces a wrongful death lawsuit that names the city...
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July 24, 2009
DURHAM (MCT) — Coach Tom O'Brien gave a somber assessment of N.C. State linebacker Nate Irving's status Thursday.Irving is out indefinitely, and O'Brien said he won't know more about Irving's status until after the player's next appointment with doc...
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July 10, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — A Taylorsville couple faces murder charges after police pulled over their vehicle Thursday morning in Virginia and found a woman's body inside.The woman had been shot several times, police say.Lisa Church Damron, 31, and her h...
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April 1, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who authorities say was driving more than 90 mph in a wreck that killed a 20-year-old woman has been cited three times in recent years for speeding.In two of the cases, court recor...
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March 26, 2009
DANA POINT, Calif. (MCT) — New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft wouldn't say Tuesday whether the team has serious interest in trying to work out a trade for Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers. "We never negotiate in the papers," Kr...
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March 20, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — A 350-year-old statue disappeared from a Naples church in an elaborate heist of artifacts nearly two decades ago. Italian officials said they lost a national treasure.The intricately carved bust of St. Innocent traveled from I...
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March 12, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Cornerback Ken Lucas, whose value to the Carolina Panthers' playoff run last season couldn't be measured solely by his on-field contributions, was released Wednesday to create much-needed salary-cap room."These decisions...
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March 4, 2009
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — The Carolina Panthers have created some salary cap room by extending and restructuring the contract of linebacker Na'il Diggs. The new deal helped offset a combined cap growth of $2.8 million to the 2009 base salaries of running back...
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March 3, 2009
DURHAM (MCT) — After an excellent first half, Duke's Gerald Henderson was "bricking it," as he humbly described it, after halftime. Fellow forward Kyle Singler, who'd been held to two first-half points, knew it was time to assert himself. Singler scored...
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February 28, 2009
Donors surveyed by UNC's Educational Foundation in November showed a keen interest in buying premium seats and luxury boxes if they are built at Kenan Stadium. But as the economy continues to struggle, is that still true? Athletic departments aren't the o...
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February 23, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is laying off 55 employees -- about 10 percent of its staff. "With the economy the way it is, we need to make sure we're tightening our belts as much as we can," Ken Barun, the ministr...
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February 17, 2009
Wachovia Corp. almost collapsed in 2008, but it never lost sight of keeping the customer happy. For the eighth year in a row, the Charlotte bank placed first among large banks in the highly regarded American Customer Satisfaction Index, scheduled for rele...
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February 13, 2009
MOUNT HOLLY (MCT) — Even in later years, when the KKK could barely muster enough Klansmen to hold a march, Virgil Griffin was defiant. In interviews over the years, he remained stubbornly unrepentant for cross burnings, his white supremacist views — a...
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January 30, 2009
CHARLOTTE — For a second time, the "America's Most Wanted" TV show will feature the mysterious disappearance of 25-year-old Kyle Fleischmann and ask the country for tips to where he might be. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Det. Johnnie Tuttle plans to tra...
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MATTHEWS (MCT) — Harris Teeter is cutting the number of store openings and renovations planned for 2009 and beyond because of the weak economy, the Matthews-based grocer's parent company said in a filing Thursday. Charlotte-based Ruddick Corp. said in a...
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January 13, 2009
CHARLOTTE -- Julius Peppers drove away into the offseason with his future with the Carolina Panthers a mystery. For the second straight day Sunday, Peppers declined to say whether he'd like to remain with the team, and coach John Fox wouldn't say what pre...
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January 12, 2009
The economy is in the toilet. So, do yourself a favor and ease up on the accelerator. That's the indirect message of a recent study by two economists, who found that when government revenues dry up, police write more speeding tickets. After analyzing 14 y...
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