August 26, 2009
CHARLOTTE (AP) — Police are unraveling a home invasion and burglary that began at an elderly couple's home and ended with a 15-year-old suspect shot to death on a nearby street. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said robbery and homicide investigative un...
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GREENSBORO — A new hotline and e-mail address are available for people to report suspected violations as Guilford County Schools tries to curb recruiting and fraud in high school athletics.The tools are part of the Fair Play campaign, designed to ma...
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MANTEO (AP) — Electric igniters being pushed into fireworks exploded inside a truck in North Carolina, killing four crew members July 4 on Ocracoke Island, according to a report from federal investigators.
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KERNERSVILLE (MCT) — The pull of key customers persuaded an Oklahoma aviation-maintenance company not to expand its operations in the Triad after all. TAT Technologies Ltd., the parent company of Piedmont Aviation Component Services LLC of Kernersvi...
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CHAPEL HILL (AP) — Some of the more than 11,000 workers at UNC-Chapel Hill are upset their work schedules are being altered to make room for a weeknight football game on the campus. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that universi...
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MEBANE — The GE Consumer & Industrial plant here is cutting 54 hourly positions at its local plant.In a news release, the company said it plans to lay off 33 workers. Another 21 job cuts will come through attrition and buyouts to employees eligi...
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RALEIGH — As students across the state go back to school this week, they’ll likely be taking an unwelcome guest into the classroom: a persistent strain of the flu virus. What health workers call H1N1 is the swine flu that flared up around the...
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ELON — When one of his Elon University students suggested a study of Red Bull energy drinks, Mat Gendle jumped on the idea like a wired freshman the night before finals. Trained in neurotoxicology and neuropharmacology, the associate psychology prof...
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GREENSBORO — UMOJA will be steppin’ out tonight. In New York City. On national television. Before millions of viewers. With $5,000 on the line. And a chance to make the Triad proud. UMOJA, the award-winning male step team at Dudley High School...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans' pessimism about the economy appears to be lifting, with consumer expectations for the next six months hitting their most positive point since the recession began. And a national gauge of home prices has posted its first...
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August 24, 2009
ARCHDALE — Students at UNC-Chapel Hill return to class today grieving the loss of a fellow student who was shot and killed early Sunday by an Archdale police officer. Courtland Benjamin Smith, 21, of Houston, Texas, died at High Point Regional Hospi...
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Industrial-food fatigued residents of Greensboro and other North Carolina cities have emerged in recent years as influential in the evolving local foods movement. Behind the scenes, farmers are trying to meet that demand by growing and marketing foods in...
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August 22, 2009
GREENSBORO - N.C. A & T has increased its campus police department, installed more security cameras, and updated communications in an effort to improve safety at the school. The changes, already in place when classes began this week, came at a tim...
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August 18, 2009
A business that wants to make Davidson County the state’s leader in solar energy has firmed up its commitment by buying a 356-acre farm near the Linwood community. Sun Edison, a Beltsville, Md., solar energy company, bought the Golden Crescent Farms...
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July 17, 2009
Two candidates will vie for the District 5 City Council seat. The election is Nov. 3.This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates. Biographical information will be updated throughout the election.ARTHUR “ART” BOYETTSeat...
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Candidates for the District 4 City Council seat. The election is Nov. 3This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates.JOEL LANDAUSeat seeking: District 4Age (date of birth): 59 (Aug. 13, 1950)Residence: 6 Collwood Court
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Candidates for the District 3 City Council seat. The election will be Nov. 3.This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates.GEORGE HARTZMANSeat seeking: District 3Age (date of birth): 42 (July 27, 1967)Residence: 2506 Baytree Dr...
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Two candidates are vying for the District 1 City Council seat. The election will be Nov. 3.This information was compiled through interviews with the candidates. T. DIANNE BELLAMY-SMALL (i)Seat seeking: District 1Age (date of birth): 58 (Oct...
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These candidates will run for mayor of Greensboro. The election is Nov. 3.The information was compiled through interviews with the candidates and will be updated throughout the election.YVONNE JOHNSON (i)Seat seeking: MayorAge (date of birth): 6...
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July 15, 2009
Candidates for the District 2 City Council seat. The election is Nov. 3.The following information was compiled through interviews with the candidates.NETTIE COADSeat seeking: District 2Age (date of birth): 73 (Jan. 30, 1936)Residence: 706 Martin Luth...
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May 6, 2009
Police will launch a focused 11-point strategic plan to reduce crime in the Randleman Road area and evaluate its results before moving forward with any plans to shut down a strip club there, officials announced Tuesday.
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February 9, 2009
GREENSBORO -- Police and SBI investigators are working through the night piecing together details of a bank robbery and ensuing chase Monday that ended in a hail of gunfire and at least three injuries. One police officer and two suspects were shot in the...
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August 21, 2008
The drier weather that western North Carolina experienced during the spring and early summer means a more colorful fall leaf season starting in October, one forecaster said today."Although there was enough rainfall this spring to keep the trees healt...
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February 18, 2008
GREENSBORO — The number can hit like a ton of bricks. The city has more than 12,000 outstanding criminal warrants divided into 1,826 felony and 10,505 misdemeanor charges all with ties to Greensboro. Each day, police officers assigned to the departm...
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