December 16, 2009
EDEN — Layoffs this week at the 81-year-old Karastan carpet and rug maker will shrink its work force by half. Georgia-based Mohawk Industries , which owns Karastan, will lay off about 140 people over the next few days, leaving about 130 workers a...
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WINSTON-SALEM — Reynolds American Inc.
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GREENSBORO — In the first major decision of its new term, a narrowly divided City Council agreed to build an $18.8 million aquatics center at the Greensboro Coliseum. The 5-4 vote reaffirms a decision made by the previous council Dec. 1. That decisi...
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GREENSBORO — Crooks beware: There are good kids out there looking to thwart your dastardly — and dumb — deeds. Or as Donna Myers sees it, her son returning a stolen purse with nearly $2,000 cash is good beating evil. On Saturday mornin...
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WILMINGTON, North Carolina (AP) — Authorities have charged a woman with keeping the corpse of her elderly mother in their home for months.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bank of America's board of directors chose consumer banking chief Brian Moynihan to replace Ken Lewis as CEO on Jan. 1.
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ASHEBORO — For the second time this week, a gorilla undergoing treatment for cancer was euthanized Wednesday after N.C. Zoo veterinarians determined her health had dramatically deteriorated and would not improve.
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There is a threat of snow in the Triad's forecast.The National Weather Service in Raleigh says there is a chance of snow and rain Friday night into Saturday morning across central North Carolina.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — ABC News will air an exclusive interview next month with the man who once claimed to have fathered the child of former Sen. John Edwards' mistress, the network said Wednesday.
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The FBI believes that a man who robbed three North Carolina banks on Tuesday is likely the same man dubbed the "Bearcat Bandit" who recently robbed several banks in the Triad.The most recent robberies occurred in Statesville, Hickory and Mocksvi...
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Work to expand a nine-mile section of railroad tracks between Greensboro and High Point has been completed, the N.C. Department of Transportation said today.
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GREENSBORO – A Greensboro woman found dead in her apartment in October was attacked, severely beaten and stabbed to death, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday. Mary Ferrell Jones, 55, was found dead early Oct. 11 at her home at 317-A E...
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GREENSBORO – Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel in space, will be the keynote speaker for UNCG's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.The event starts at 7 p.m. Jan. 26, in Aycock Auditorium. The event is open to the public...
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GREENSBORO – Three inmates at the Greensboro jail have been charged in connection with an assault on another inmate with a handle removed from a door. According to arrest warrants, Gerard Davis Lewis, 18, and Justin Dupree Scales, 20, are accused of...
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CHICAGO (AP) - General Growth Properties Inc. said a bankruptcy court has approved its plan to restructure $10.25 billion in debt related to 103 properties as part of its effort to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.The mall operator filed the l...
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WILMINGTON (AP) — The body of an elderly woman remained in her bed for up to eight months even though caretakers paid daily visits to the house and kept it tidy, authorities said Wednesday.Sheriff's deputies were investigating the suspicious death o...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — Swedish appliance maker Electrolux will move its North American headquarters from Georgia and consolidate hundreds of white-collar jobs in North Carolina's largest city, the company and Gov. Beverly Perdue said Wednesday.
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HIGH POINT (MCT) — The Forbidden City furniture show will bid farewell to High Point next year, organizers said Tuesday.
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Two Davidson County men were arrested Monday and nearly 20 pounds of marijuana were seized during a drug probe.The arrest was part of a month-long investigation of 3903 Horseshoe Neck Road in the Lexington area, according to the Davidson County Sheriff&rs...
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WINSTON-SALEM — The directors of BB&T Corp. on Tuesday elected CEO Kelly S. King as the chairman of the board, effective Jan. 1.
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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — Attorneys for a man charged with kidnapping and killing the student body president of UNC-Chapel Hill have asked to move the federal trial out of state.
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DANVILLE, Va. — A Danville, Va., man faces charges he shot his wife several times.The woman, whom police did not identify, was taken to Danville Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according to a press release.About 11 p.m. Tuesd...
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CHARLOTTE (AP) — The chairman and top officers of North Carolina's largest local enforcer of alcohol laws have reimbursed an international liquor company $9,000 for a holiday dinner they were treated to last month.
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RALEIGH (AP) — Two North Carolina judges are heading to Capitol Hill for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on their nominations to the nation's most conservative federal appeals court.
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FORT BRAGG (AP) — Two Special Forces soldiers based in North Carolina will be awarded for repeatedly risking their lives to help their unit mates during battles in Afghanistan.
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