January 26, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS -- A few days after the New Year's holiday, clerks at the Dollar Tree store in the St. Paul, Minn., Midway neighborhood were busily setting up new displays celebrating Valentine's Day and Super Bowl Sunday. Any remnants of the Christmas holida...
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December 18, 2011
CHARLOTTE -- During a record-setting debut in which he passed for 422 yards in a 28-21 loss at Arizona, it was the 11 yards Cam Newton didn't get that irked the Panthers' rookie quarterback.
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December 10, 2011
CHARLOTTE -- Carolina Panthers defensive tackle Andre Neblett has been growing a beard for four months. It's dark, thick and a little unruly. And, until Wednesday, nobody other than his teammates and coaches noticed it.
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November 20, 2011
After losing two of three on their recent homestand, the Panthers hit the road for a three-game stretch talking about what really has been the focus throughout Ron Rivera's first season -- the future.
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July 10, 2011
SPARTA, Ky. -- Kentucky Speedway's inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup race was a sellout. Yet there were ticket holders who never got to see Kyle Busch win the Quaker State 400. An untold number of fans were turned away Saturday night as traffic problems caused...
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June 28, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT)— Bank of America Corp. is close to reaching an agreement to pay $8.5 billion to settle claims by a group of investors that took losses on soured mortgage-backed securities, people familiar with the matter said. The settlement could b...
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February 18, 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — If “lovebug” racing is the new world order, then Kurt Busch is king.Busch and his No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge will be on the inside pole for Sunday’s Daytona 500, trying to become the first driver in NASCAR hi...
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January 13, 2011
CHARLOTTE (MCT) — Waxhaw police met with Union County prosecutors Thursday to discuss possible charges against the owner of two pit bulls that killed a 5-year-old girl Wednesday.
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January 12, 2011
WAXHAW (MCT) — A kindergartner at home on a day off from school Wednesday was mauled to death by two pit bulls who had prompted calls to police before, authorities said. Makayla Woodard, a 5-year-old who attended Waxhaw Elementary School, died on th...
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December 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (MCT) — The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday night that would provide a conditional path to citizenship for as many as 500,000 children of illegal immigrants.
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November 28, 2010
Job-hunting in this economy is hard enough without hurting yourself from the get-go. I got an e-mail recently from someone who was having trouble for several reasons. But the likelihood of an employer paying attention to him as an applicant probably stopp...
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September 24, 2010
CHAPEL HILL (MCT) — The contract of the undergraduate tutor linked to the investigation of possible academic misconduct in the North Carolina football program was not renewed in the summer of 2009 because "there was too much of a friendship bet...
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August 11, 2010
WASHINGTON (MCT) — Hoping to preserve more than $10 billion in annual fees, banks and credit unions are pushing hard for customers to accept costly overdraft protection on their debit and ATM cards. The marketing blitz, which includes letters, e-mai...
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May 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (MCT) — A divided Supreme Court said Monday that Florida and 36 other states that permitted it can't sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole for non-homicide crimes.
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May 14, 2010
RALEIGH — To hear coach Roy Williams tell it Wednesday night on the stairs leading up to North Ridge Country Club in Raleigh, the sky isn't falling on the North Carolina basketball team.Yes, Williams admitted he was surprised last week when forwards...
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May 5, 2010
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (MCT) — For many on the Grand Strand, the ocean is life.
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March 7, 2010
In depressed job markets, where job hunters vastly outnumber job openings, there are people who try to profit at job hunters’ expense. There are “headhunters” who charge for access to a “hidden job market.” There are Web page...
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March 1, 2010
MARION (MCT) — A Marion woman is recovering after a trek in the woods Sunday left her in the bitter cold overnight as rescuers spent hours cutting their way to her.
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February 24, 2010
WASHINGTON (MCT) — For what appears to be the first time, a former resident of Camp Lejeune, N.C., has been permitted to move ahead with a claim against the Marine Corps for years of water contamination that she says led to the development of her no...
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September 29, 2009
HICKORY — The owner of the now-closed Domino's Pizza in Conover said the notorious gross-out videos that two employees posted on YouTube cost him more than half his profits.The store closed Sept. 22.''My business was off 58 percent because of YouTub...
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September 23, 2009
Anyone who's been to an auction or has tried their hand at an online auction Web site such as eBay knows that the item up for grabs always goes to the highest bidder.So it took a little time for me to wrap myself around a really different twist to the auc...
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September 22, 2009
CHARLOTTE — Bank of America Corp. is making significant changes to its overdraft fee policies, as banks face increasing criticism and potential new laws around customer surcharges Starting Oct. 19, the Charlotte-based bank said Tuesday, it will no...
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September 9, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — "Cash for Clunkers" may have ended, but some retailers are piggybacking on the popular federal car rebate program, offering their own deals with a clunker twist.There are cribs for clunkers, printers for clunkers and this f...
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September 5, 2009
A former Tabor City police chief was convicted in Pennsylvania this week of pointing a gun at a driver in a case of road rage, a prosecutor said.Willie Roland Gore, 63, was convicted Thursday of simple assault by physical menace and recklessly endangering...
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September 2, 2009
What a difference a year can make, at least when figuring how much it will cost to travel somewhere for the last holiday of the summer.During Labor Day weekend in 2008, the statewide price of self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline averaged $3.60 per gallon...
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